The Aim Of Modern Propaganda

Our Civilization Is First And Foremost A Civilization Of Means; In The Reality Of Modern Life, The Means, It Would Seem, Are More Important Than The Ends.

Christians Have Always Tended To Transform The Christian Revelation Into A Christian Religion. Christianity Is Said To Be A Religion Like Any Other Or, Conversely, Some Christians Try To Show That It Is A Better Religion Than The Others. People Attempt To Take Possession Of God. Theology Claims To Explain Everything, Including The Being Of God. People Tend To Transform Christianity Into A Religion Because The Christian Faith Obviously Places People In An Extremely Uncomfortable Position ­ That Of Freedom Guided Only By Love And All In The Context Of God's Radical Demand That We Be Holy.

Human Life As A Whole Is Not Inundated By Technique. It Has Room For Activities That Are Not Rationally Or Systematically Ordered. But The Collision Between Spontaneous Activities And Technique Is Catastrophic For The Spontaneous Activities.

Almost Always, It Is The Conviction That 'i Am Right' Or 'my Cause Is The Cause Of Justice' That Triggers Violence. That Is, ...the Moment Propaganda Does Its Work, Violence Is Unleashed. And Violence Can Be Reduced By Countering This Propaganda.

We Have To Admit That There Is An Immeasurable Distance Between All That We Read In The Bible And The Practice Of The Church And Of Christians.