A Merry Pascalian Christmas! | SHARPER IRON

Society & Culture

Carl Trueman

Commercialism

Blaise Pascal

Carl Trueman: Perhaps the irony of Christmas is that, in its current form, it has become one of the focal points of the culture of distraction, which Pascal so ably critiqued. It is all about consumption, which is just another form of distraction and diversion.

Discussion

Jim

Mon, 12/19/16 3:52 pm

Re: " It is all about consumption"

Re: ” It is all about consumption”

Make it “NOT about consumption”

See the SMUGS

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1912-thousands-of-women-in-new-…

Jim's Doctrinal Statement

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A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

(ESV, Proverbs 15:18)