Outside The Asylum

Here's an imagined conversation between a random post-modern American Protestant and Jesus Christ- on things Christ Got Wrong: First off I’d like to thank you Jesus for saving me by dying on the Cross. I know you suffered a lot for me. Of course those silly Catholics think that just because we’re supposed to be like you suffering has a purpose. Which reminds me I think it’s time that we rebooted your franchise. It’s been 1500+ years and your brand could use a refresh.We’ve grown a lot since your time and so we’ve come up with Christianity 2.0, those Papists call it Protestantism, which fixes the problems with the old Christianity. Like that eat your flesh thing. I mean really. Did you have to say it so many times? What were you thinking? You can’t have really meant it because after all we’re not cannibals. Clearly your Apostles got it wrong when they taught everyone that the Eucharist was really you. But then they weren’t as educated as we are. Even you admit that a lot of ...

This post on the Distributist Review, reminded me of Tom Woods' review of Caritas In Veritate in Taki's Magazine, in which he claims that the Holy Father has no say in economics at all . But if we Catholics are to believe in a monarchy of God's Kingdom at all- with Jesus Christ as the Once and Future King- then His Kingship *should* rule over *all* of our lives, not just some. Therefore, perhaps long before we consider monetary policy, we need to consider what use an economy is at all- and what we want out of it. Only with the end in sight, can we plan a way to get there.