Self-hate
Ireland seems to be caught up in a frenzy of self-hate at the moment, whipped up in large part by our evil politico-media establishment.
When a nation turns against its own children, even to the point of denying them their God-given right to life, when it congratulates itself on having legalised the killing of the helpless innocent, what future can it have?
When it scorns motherhood, telling women that love for their children is optional, when it excludes men from the most fundamental protection of their children, does it even deserve a future?
Despite the campaign slogans and lies, the abortion debate was never about true concern for women.
Rather, the destructive agenda was about promoting the "autonomy" ideology that dominates modern society and corrupts feminism, yet is protected from all examination and challenge.
This individualistic notion holds that each separate, non-relational self is free to choose as he or she pleases, regardless of the consequences and, apart from state law, is answerable to neither God nor man.
Utterly absurd, the concept of the autonomous individual dates from the mid-1600s. Kant (1724-1804) tried to connect it with reason, and failed miserably.
But that didn't stop Ireland's various "elites" from embracing the notion in recent decades and propagating it to the general population.
Salvation
This insanity is opposed to all that Christianity stands for, especially Church teaching on the God of love, the two great commandments, objective morality and the hope of salvation.
It is only to be expected, then, that advocates of autonomy or "choice" would hate the Catholic Church and do all they can to destroy it.
This hostility is shaped in large part by resentment. Modern liberals or secularists know that their ideology cannot stand up to investigation, it is a mass of contradictions.
They are also people without hope of salvation. They believe that their lives are ultimately futile. Even if they do not recognise it, this is the deepest source of their anger and bitterness.
The referendum result showed beyond all doubt that the dignity of human life cannot be defended today without faith in the God who reveals himself in Jesus Christ.
That means that the task ahead of us is far bigger than we realised, and the opposition will be more venomous. But now the issues are clear. And Christ is risen.
When a nation turns against its own children, even to the point of denying them their God-given right to life, when it congratulates itself on having legalised the killing of the helpless innocent, what future can it have?
When it scorns motherhood, telling women that love for their children is optional, when it excludes men from the most fundamental protection of their children, does it even deserve a future?
Despite the campaign slogans and lies, the abortion debate was never about true concern for women.
Rather, the destructive agenda was about promoting the "autonomy" ideology that dominates modern society and corrupts feminism, yet is protected from all examination and challenge.
This individualistic notion holds that each separate, non-relational self is free to choose as he or she pleases, regardless of the consequences and, apart from state law, is answerable to neither God nor man.
Utterly absurd, the concept of the autonomous individual dates from the mid-1600s. Kant (1724-1804) tried to connect it with reason, and failed miserably.
But that didn't stop Ireland's various "elites" from embracing the notion in recent decades and propagating it to the general population.
Salvation
This insanity is opposed to all that Christianity stands for, especially Church teaching on the God of love, the two great commandments, objective morality and the hope of salvation.
It is only to be expected, then, that advocates of autonomy or "choice" would hate the Catholic Church and do all they can to destroy it.
This hostility is shaped in large part by resentment. Modern liberals or secularists know that their ideology cannot stand up to investigation, it is a mass of contradictions.
They are also people without hope of salvation. They believe that their lives are ultimately futile. Even if they do not recognise it, this is the deepest source of their anger and bitterness.
The referendum result showed beyond all doubt that the dignity of human life cannot be defended today without faith in the God who reveals himself in Jesus Christ.
That means that the task ahead of us is far bigger than we realised, and the opposition will be more venomous. But now the issues are clear. And Christ is risen.