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HERE AND THERE
Godless ideologiesBy Fr. Roy CimagalaINQ7.net
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I&'(L()I'* are not +ad in t,emsel-es. ,ey are o/ten ,eroi
andam+itious attempts to mae a ind o/ 2orld-ie2 o/ t,ings3
e4plaining t,emsienti/ially and e4tensi-ely. In a 2ay3 t,ey are an
una-oida+le stage inmans e//ort to de-elop.
)oing +eyond t,e merely p,ilosop,ial and t,eoretial3 ideologies
enterinto t,e pratial 2orld o/ ation3 2it, programs3 strategies and
a net2oro/ agenies to arry out t,eir ends. ,ey on-ert dotrine into
ation.
6s su,3 t,ey an +e use/ul. ,ey an ser-e legitimate purposes.
,eyan do a lot o/ good. oday3 2,et,er 2e are a2are o/ t,em or not3
t,ey area part o/ our li-es3 in/luening us in one 2ay or anot,er. e
need to +ediserning.
Its 2,en t,ey are 2rongly inspired3 or 2,en t,ey o-erstep t,eir
limits3o-ersimpli/ying or e4aggerating t,ings3 a+soluti8ing t,e
relati-e andrelati-i8ing t,e a+solute3 t,at t,ey an +eome +ad and
dangerous.
istory3 sad to say3 is /ull o/ su, ,arm/ul ideologies. 6 produt
o/ someuestiona+le p,ilosop,ies and ultimately o/ ,uman pride and
-anity3 t,ey,a-e prolaimed3 /or e4ample3 t,at t,ere is no )od3 t,at
t,ere are nospiritual3 mu, less supernatural realities.
it, t,e assertion t,at t,ere is no )od3 t,e aut,ors o/ t,ese
ideologiesmae a 2orld mainly onsisting o/ t,eir o2n sel-es. ,e
2orld seems to+egin and end 2it, t,em. In s,ort3 t,ere is no 2orld
outside t,eir egos.
,ey seem to en-ision a 2orld made e4lusi-ely o/ material t,ings.
Realityis simply 2,at one sees or /eels. 6t +est3 it an +e 2,at one
an
understand and diso-er. But its a reality t,at dies 2it, man.
,ere is noreality a/ter deat,.
*ome ,a-e promised utopias +ased simply on eart,ly progress.
(t,ers,a-e ponti/iated total ,uman li+eration e4lusi-ely t,roug,
some soio;eonomi or politial operations. ,ere is no mention o/
li+eration /rom sin3t,e real e-il t,at /ully orresponds to mans
ondition.
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in issues3 t,ey are easily uno-ered. ,ey tae ad-antage o/ t,e
ignoraneand po-erty o/ t,e people. ,ey lure t,em to /anatiism.
,ose assoiated 2it, t,e Rig,t3 +eause t,ey are more su+tle
anddeepti-e3 2ill tae time and a lot o/ in,uman rises +e/ore t,ey
get /inally
e4posed as t,ey really are3 t,at is3 e-il. But t,eyll +e
e4posed.
Fr. Roy Cimagala is chaplain of the Center for Industrial
Technology andEnterprise in Talamban, Cebu City. E-mail:
royimagala=,otmail.om
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