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What is wrong with society?
Part 6A. The Machine.
We have created a machine. We’re all working on different parts of it. Some of us are working on it while thinking we’re fighting the machine.
Paul Kingsnorth writes about the machine. Over the years and through his studies, he became a Christian after exploring many alternatives and resisting the idea. You can read about his story here
The machine is a societal and technological manifestation of the “autonomous self” ideology. And it is totalitarian in its core. Things are rapidly unfolding. There’s probably not much we can do to stop the machine.
Paul Kingsnorth writes about the machine. Over the years and through his studies, he became a Christian after exploring many alternatives and resisting the idea. You can read about his story at the link below.
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"In the Kingdom of Man, the seas are ribboned with plastic, the forests are burning, the cities bulge with billionaires and tented camps, and still we kneel before the idol of the great god Economy as it grows and grows like a cancer cell. And what if this ancient faith is not an obstacle after all, but a way through? As we see the consequences of eating the forbidden fruit, of choosing power over humility, separation over communion, the stakes become clearer each day. Surrender or rebellion; sacrifice or conquest; death of the self or triumph of the will; the Cross or the machine. We have always been offered the same choice. The gate is strait and the way is narrow and maybe we will always fail to walk it. But is there any other road that leads home?" - Paul Kingsnorth