Conservatism in one lesson

WaPo's far-right obsession beyond New Zealand inflames Notre Dame and Sri Lanka coverage, might as well be making everything about the Jews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My toilet's clogged. Wait until the far-right hears about THIS. My plumber's name is Scharfman.

Latest NY Times religion gaffe said chaplain rescued statue of Christ from Notre Dame when he actually rescued the host

Excellent article outlining the Times' chronic ignorance of the Christian faith:

New York Times hits new low with mortifying Notre Dame correction

Western civilization wasn't built on the "Judeo-Christian" heritage until the "Judeo" was added in the mid-20th century

The addition of "Judeo" is largely due to the post-war victors' response to and feelings of guilt for the Holocaust, but is also bound up with the post-war enthusiasm for ecumenism which remembered how Protestants and Catholics of many stripes fought side by side with Jews in the allied forces of the west to defeat Hitler.

The France which started to build the Notre Dame Cathedral in about 1160 thought so little of Jews it took away their property and expelled them from time to time.