Better to try and save western civilization than identity Marxism right peter?
@lilamaria48724 күн бұрын
Missing Fr Justin and Fr Simon. Great vibes! God bless the Dominican family! 🙏✨️🙏✨️🙏
@gregtrottet960416 күн бұрын
Kreeft seems ignorant of islam
@Scottus-q8l16 күн бұрын
Western civilization declined because it had the honesty to question its own myths.
@Apicalgrowth16 күн бұрын
I am very greatful to Peter Kreeft and his lifes work. I have finished reading his book the unaborted Socrates and it has changed my life. He is going to heaven.
@gerardlegrange23716 күн бұрын
Dr. Kreeft always disturbs me. He disturbs me from my comfortable, settled place and out into the greater beyond. Thank God.
@lucydilinna355718 күн бұрын
My favorite modern philosopher !
@mikeschmidt806618 күн бұрын
I could listen to Dr. Kreeft every day. He is a treasure.
@Steveorino12318 күн бұрын
What? Dr Kreeft thinks the Jews still have ‘their’ Mosaic Covenant? No Dr. Kreeft, the Catholic Church is the new Israel. Have you forgotten or are you worried about your position at Boston College? I was with you right up til then. Sorry, but you’re in grave error on your thinking of Gaza and the expired Covenant with the Jews when they institutionally rejected Jesus. The Mosaic Covenant was fulfilled by Jesus Christ and is carried forward by the Church.
@kdogg207719 күн бұрын
His idea of the teaching of the Koran is a ridiculous denial of reality.
@petersexton568119 күн бұрын
Thank you for pointing out the obvious, because we have become deaf and blind to Truth of God and his promises
@BaintonTV19 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, with wonderful insights, thank you!
@edh.958419 күн бұрын
"The cause of nuclear war is abortion." - Mother Teresa. God will answer soon.
@edh.958419 күн бұрын
Two things are for sure: God helps those who are pro-life and/or pro-Israel. And God brings to defeat those who are anti-life and enemies of Israel.
@kylekemper421719 күн бұрын
I don’t think Kreeft knows many Muslims.
@DeeStewart-oj2zj15 күн бұрын
Don’t think you know Islam!
@Dmoney17719 күн бұрын
I paid $16,50 for a reg cheeseburger and a small milk shake at five guys. Will it be $20 in a couple years ? WTAF ?? 😮
@joylarson904019 күн бұрын
It isn't worth saving!
@zahidali-mt9ck19 күн бұрын
We need more charismatic young thought leaders like Peter Kreeft.
@petion201320 күн бұрын
Well, Carthage had its origin in Canaan. They continued to sacrifice children because they were Canaanites.
@michaelmethexis20 күн бұрын
Convicting
@matthiasmuller767720 күн бұрын
His opinion on Gaza is disturbing.
@matthiasmuller767719 күн бұрын
No, he is so far off that it actually makes me question everything he said up to that point.
@hempenasphalt158719 күн бұрын
@@matthiasmuller7677yes perhaps you must do that; or else question everything you think 🤷🏼♀️ wonder which is more uncomfortable
@matthiasmuller767719 күн бұрын
@@hempenasphalt1587 ok, let me question the idea that today's secular and predominantly atheistic state called Israel is what is meant in the bible by the term Israel, real quick. ... Done. It's BS.
@hempenasphalt158719 күн бұрын
@@matthiasmuller7677ahhh sorry I jumped the gun. I agree with you Matthias and it’s a bit depressing Kreeft is so educated and yet on this issue doesn’t know what he is talking about. All that stuff about baby’s lives and so on… I mean just look at how Israel has killed so many Palestinian children it’s heartbreaking . This Zionist, dispensationalist stuff - I actually thought Kreeft would know more about it - I myself am Orthodox now and since then have just be shocked at how brainwashed I as a Protestant had been with Zionism / dispensationalism. The true “Israel” the true ark of salvation , is the Christian Church! So Matthias I have to apologize as I totally thought Kreeft was alluding to this truth - to Truth and Love - and instead it’s depressing to see he is so well read in philosophy and so dead wrong on this issue 😢 I apologize - the Gaza stuff came out explicitly at the End of the questions -
@hempenasphalt158719 күн бұрын
@@matthiasmuller7677I wouldn’t question everything but he has HUGE Lacuna on this particular issue. In the Orthodox Church as I see it we have the church fathers who guide us. Kreeft appeals so much to Aquinas but what about John Chrysostom on this issue? Zionism is WRONG.
@vinnyv94920 күн бұрын
I’m only 15 minutes in to the speech but I’m already so bothered I have to post this…so is Peter is saying it was wrong to build Christendom? That the Church and state should be separated? That the Church shouldn’t guide the state? The idea of the state existing separate from the Church being condemned in the syllabus of errors btw. That Catholics I suppose hes saying make an idol out of religion though that’s disconnecting God from his one, true religion. I’m confused here by his point so far.
@mickey_rose20 күн бұрын
This has been a big debate for the past few years. Paul Kingsnorth is of the opinion that we, as Christians, should be against Christian civilization. This is somewhat a reaction to the Christian nationalist types that want to see values embodied in the Christian faith exalted in the public sphere. This has led to a variety of reactions both for and against. Paul Kingsnorth, and perhaps Kreeft, believe religion to be an apolitical phenomenon. Thus, our decisions in politics are practical and separate from our religion. Those who would disagree believe that there are certain unavoidable presuppositions in political action and therefore an honest polity would acknowledge those presuppositions and the values dependent on those presuppositions. Like all philosophies, Christianity has its theory of knowledge-epistemology. It has its theory of reality-metaphysics. It has its theory of moral behavior-ethics. Those like Kreeft and Kingsnorth rare rather vague when it comes to certain political actions. The Christian Nationalist types are less shy about the necessities of orienting a nation’s laws around the biblical definition of Justice.
@vinnyv94920 күн бұрын
@ appreciate your post. I don’t see how Catholics could be against Christian civilization (Catholic specifically not Protestant) after so many Popes have declared it to be good and necessary. A state is basically a zombie without religion. A body without a soul. I like this quote from Pope Pius X: That the State must be separated from the Church is a thesis absolutely false, a most pernicious error. Based, as it is, on the principle that the State must recognize any religious cult, it is in the first place guilty of a great injustice to God; for the Creator of man is also the Founder of human societies, and preserves their existence as He preserves our own. We owe Him, therefore, not only a private cult, but a public and social worship to honor Him.
@jonathanstensberg20 күн бұрын
“Nobody worships paper clips” The cult of Clippy, the bygone helpful Microsoft Word assistant, is seriously offended.
@gsullivan326220 күн бұрын
Terrific as usual! In the full sense of "terrific".
@rasmusmller62520 күн бұрын
4:30 ends introduction
@Lxigln20 күн бұрын
Just be careful with the Quran English translation Dr. Kreeft it might be westernized
@brianbacon514920 күн бұрын
+JMJ The solution is for the West to repent, return to the Lord and His holy Mass of the Ages. That means to reject the New Order and its apostate apostle, Bergoglio. The Lord will never abandon His Church. Vivat Christus Rex!!! 👑
@thomasjoseph348820 күн бұрын
Everyone knows the answer. The "why" is a "who."
@NEMO-NEMO20 күн бұрын
Most folks in the audience know exactly what he is saying and yet most of them will not and never will embrace it.
@ruthgilmour839920 күн бұрын
By audience, sadly, that includes we who are watching on KZbin as well.
@LoudandClearChastity20 күн бұрын
Brilliant sense of humour! Thank you Dr Kreeft. Fantastic lecture. Warm greetings from Australia 🦘
@tellyhow628120 күн бұрын
Peter Kreeft, brilliant and piercing as ever! Greetings from Manila. Mabuhay!
@tonybamber113720 күн бұрын
So much uncomfortable truth.
@matthiasmuller767719 күн бұрын
And some fatal falsehood at the end.
@jeffreykalb975220 күн бұрын
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all else will be given you." "The kingdom of God is within you." If your concern is with Christian civilization, rather than with serving Christ, then you have already succumbed. Christian civilization cannot be the end we seek, only the fruit of our obedience.
@johndorilag412920 күн бұрын
Huh?
@johnzammit254820 күн бұрын
Wonderful thinker, deep insights, driven by a search for the truth. When man does not seek virtue, he turns himself into his own god, and that is the beginning of his end. The only remedy is, think hard and turn back - metanoia.
@NEMO-NEMO21 күн бұрын
The first 11.24 minutes of his speech had my full attention.
@matthiasmuller767719 күн бұрын
So you didn't get to the point where he justifies the genocide in Gaza.
@anthonygoodman4821 күн бұрын
Thankyou Peter we all had a similar reaction. The spirit of Antchrist is alive and floeioshing in many supposedly faithful.
@stevecalovich368221 күн бұрын
The Novus Ordo false church ruled by Satan from Rome since 1960 was missed by all and will ruin everyone's chances!
@sliglusamelius857821 күн бұрын
Culture changes quickly, I'm not giving up yet.
@tonybamber113720 күн бұрын
Amen to that. I'm with you.
@liammccann876320 күн бұрын
Culture must be cultivated.
@Ruffian179020 күн бұрын
Agreed and Amen.
@sliglusamelius857820 күн бұрын
@@liammccann8763 Looks like Trump read your text. Cultural shift happening now!!!!
@LostArchivist20 күн бұрын
We must fight for the Lord by proclaiming the Truth in Love and be willing to suffer in Christ for the Gospel and for love of our enemies for their conversion to Christ, in Christ, and in and by the Holy Spirit for the glory of God the Father. God must be our end, our way, and our means. God must be our All in all things.
@EmmanuelFantone21 күн бұрын
Beautiful Dr Kreeft
@Zippy-I-O21 күн бұрын
The peoples of the west really NEED this form of enlightenment to help them reach logical conclusions in today's threats. While educated to the history of the Aztecs and Cortez with the rest of the European explorers during the 70's, THIS WAS NEVER CONNECTED to the Valley of Gehenna in Israel or Carthage under Hannibal...Very little of the history of Rome and the Old Testament was ever connected to 'Human Sacrifice' as you've outlined during Primary or Secondary School in the U.S. It wasn't until university that enlightenment surrounding your topics today was provided proving the same evils, the same Pagan Demigods, to exist around the globe in variety of isolated cultures. Love listening to your presentations, reading your books and use your instruction often for our 'Home School Co-op' with the kids. Exposure to excellence creates high standards among the young for them to live by throughout purposeful lives.
@Vsapph1121 күн бұрын
I agree, Dr Kreeft, we must, like Jesus, lead both contemplative life and an active life of ministry.
@DSTH32321 күн бұрын
What a talk! Thank You.
@ismaeloroz46521 күн бұрын
Great speech, thank you! Greetings from Spain!
@kforest274521 күн бұрын
This brain activity this communication plain old cult. As for “the line between good and evil runs straight through the middle of every human heart” no it doesn’t, it was indoctrinated that way that is all. So technically, it doesn’t exist. Neither good nor evil. It’s only temporary for as long as anyone believes it. It’s redundancy it’s the war itself the inflated use of imagination so spoiled just to get what it wants all its imagined riches. It used to be there was no good there was no evil because there was life. People don’t have lives anymore their minds hijacked to believe only this and that the whole point being to pick a side and it’s honestly juvenile. Independence clears that up immediately. I don’t have to believe in good or evil the fact is they’re both wrong they’re nothing but an interference in life for control. Picture yourself going about your day suddenly an interference approaches to distract to undermine you from your life no matter good or bad. For who does it think it is this inflated self importance. Jesus was ego no different than any other human being. And when he said, btw, that he was the son of god, he didn’t mean it literally, for this was figment and he knew it he meant it as the son of something bigger than him since he could see the universe existed but technically I would say he was nothing but a salesman speaking of a product he was trying to promote since he was so adamant about having followers. Any man that seeks followers is not a man he’s an instigator. He was a self-proclaimed carpenter and he never built a house a home he did nothing but instigate war. A man living life lives life he doesn’t monopolize door to door. Frankly, meat-eating dinosaurs should still be here.
@johnstewart702520 күн бұрын
I am agnostic but the bible represents life as including god and the devil. I doubt that but people do seem to be a combination of evil and good.
@kforest274520 күн бұрын
@ yeah it seems to you there’s good and evil because that’s what your brain’s been trained to think. If it had never been told that you’d give no attention to it just as animals don’t conjure prejudice. If you hadn’t been told what suffering was just as animals haven’t you’d simply manage it just as they do. It’s a perspective to keep in mind it’s better to give yourself distance.
@johnstewart702519 күн бұрын
@@kforest2745 But humans have self-consciousness. We can talk to ourselves and make observations about our circumstances. Animals cannot. Although a crow can learn.
@kforest274519 күн бұрын
@ definitely animals make observations they plan they coordinate etc. Animals aren’t stupid they were here before you and are still here they are the test of time. Humans are babies in comparison they’re very young. Just because you think you live superior doesn’t mean you do. Naturally you’re going to be comfortable in your state because you’re in your state of mind. But that doesn’t mean it’s advanced or helpful or beneficial etc. Humans can be a major problem for many. For you are an extremely high maintenance species, which doesn’t say much. So is human consciousness in comparison proof of anything? No. For WHAT do humans actually observe? They don’t observe animals very well they make all kinds of assumptions about them, which means they definitely make assumptions about people too including themselves. They believe information they can’t prove they believe people they don’t even know etc. What CAN a human ACTUALLY observe when everything it knows has been TOLD. When you “learn” to read-that’s not learning. That’s copying. Someone tells you what a letter sounds like and you copy it. THAT is NOT learning. THAT is propaganda. LEARNING requires you to do something on your own. So for example you’re working with something and you need to fix it. Suddenly, something comes to mind in which you realize a way to do it. This is a huge topic I can’t continue right now so what I do is give a lot of my time to being alone in nature BECAUSE THAT’S where we actually learn to think. You don’t learn to think by being surrounded by other minds.
@kforest274519 күн бұрын
@ ultimately, nobody actually wants you to “learn” anything. Unless of course they can profit from it. You can see from that how the majority of population is only still enslaved then.
@jonah986121 күн бұрын
Western Civilization: Entertainment & Pornography.
@NEMO-NEMO20 күн бұрын
@jonah there are still many left who understand your post but don’t allow their light to shine.
@matthewstokes160820 күн бұрын
@@NEMO-NEMOAnd there are some who do ❤
@italophile201121 күн бұрын
Unfortunately the theory of the talk does not acknowledge the life of the Saints when Christianity was the dominant force in Western philosophy and in the life of ordinary people. The thought here is our civilization and culture is something separate from Christianity and modernism. Underlying it is the idea that Christians are not responsible for the life of our civilization, for ourselves and our neighbors. Also that Christians are by definition good, it is the people out in the world who are evil, despite the warnings of Christ and the Apostles to the future Christians to not lose their ethical responsibility to be the light of the world. Christians fall prey to bad ideology just as do those outside of Christianity. Modernism arose because of the collapse of the Christian ethic especially after the Great Schism of 1054. Western civilization sought to find a replacement for the Creator when Christian authorities became oppressive. Then in the Enlightenment Christianity adapted to the hostile divisions by becoming passive, self-centered and gnostic about the world. It ignores the engagement of Christ and the apostles with the governing authorities. Paul was not advocating passivity when he taught "Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good." And when he used his Roman citizenship strategically to survive assassination. When Paul went to Athens and saw the pagan altars it grieved him. He thought about how to appeal to the Athenians and spoke in their public forum to persuade them to turn away from this error of their civilization. He was not passive. It was the civilization he shared with the Greeks as a Hellenized Judean speaking Greek.
@mariaornelas78562 ай бұрын
Thank you Father! May God bless you always.
@totomorenodosal2 ай бұрын
father Al pray for us.
@noel88982 ай бұрын
How beautiful!! I hope to make time and stop by on my next visit!