Much of Scalia's book was not new to me. I mean, who doesn't know that they spend too much time on Facebook? who isn't aware that they are a little too attached to their possessions? I did like the discussion of idols we don't even think about most days, e.g. coolness (which is passed off as sophistication or cynicism) or habitual behaviors (we've always done it this way and we don't want to change). All of these things--the Internet, the stuff, our coolness, our habits--they are all things which separate us from the love of God. I pray to be able to remember my hidden idols: cynicism and resistance to change.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Strange Gods
On Elizabeth Scalia's Strange Gods (Ave Maria Press: 2013), 168 pgs.
Much of Scalia's book was not new to me. I mean, who doesn't know that they spend too much time on Facebook? who isn't aware that they are a little too attached to their possessions? I did like the discussion of idols we don't even think about most days, e.g. coolness (which is passed off as sophistication or cynicism) or habitual behaviors (we've always done it this way and we don't want to change). All of these things--the Internet, the stuff, our coolness, our habits--they are all things which separate us from the love of God. I pray to be able to remember my hidden idols: cynicism and resistance to change.
Much of Scalia's book was not new to me. I mean, who doesn't know that they spend too much time on Facebook? who isn't aware that they are a little too attached to their possessions? I did like the discussion of idols we don't even think about most days, e.g. coolness (which is passed off as sophistication or cynicism) or habitual behaviors (we've always done it this way and we don't want to change). All of these things--the Internet, the stuff, our coolness, our habits--they are all things which separate us from the love of God. I pray to be able to remember my hidden idols: cynicism and resistance to change.
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