Wesley Huff
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Now, a friend of mine, Glenn Scrivener out in the UK, he runs an organization called Speak Life, wrote an excellent book that you, Patrick, need to make sure that you get your hands on called The Air We Breathe. And in The Air We Breathe, he takes a lot of this stuff that Tom Holland kind of encapsulates, and he synthesizes it into a more bite-size film. kind of portion.
Now, a friend of mine, Glenn Scrivener out in the UK, he runs an organization called Speak Life, wrote an excellent book that you, Patrick, need to make sure that you get your hands on called The Air We Breathe. And in The Air We Breathe, he takes a lot of this stuff that Tom Holland kind of encapsulates, and he synthesizes it into a more bite-size film. kind of portion.
And in the air we breathe, he goes through these qualities that we look at in the West in particular. Things like if you, yeah, so the subheading is how we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, and equality. And that he traces those roots directly back to Christianity.
And in the air we breathe, he goes through these qualities that we look at in the West in particular. Things like if you, yeah, so the subheading is how we all came to believe in freedom, kindness, progress, and equality. And that he traces those roots directly back to Christianity.
And I think one thing that's happened in the West in particular is we want to hold onto these values that are inherent to building the West. that are fundamentally Christian values, but we want to then also strip God from them. And what we're seeing, I think, in a lot of the confusion in the West is that that doesn't work.
And I think one thing that's happened in the West in particular is we want to hold onto these values that are inherent to building the West. that are fundamentally Christian values, but we want to then also strip God from them. And what we're seeing, I think, in a lot of the confusion in the West is that that doesn't work.
in that the ability to stripping the actual foundations of where those things came from. So you can say, okay, humans have value, and we should take care of people who are weaker than. But where does that come from?
in that the ability to stripping the actual foundations of where those things came from. So you can say, okay, humans have value, and we should take care of people who are weaker than. But where does that come from?
Because if all you are is matter in motion, if you're just the product of time plus matter plus chance, then survival of the fittest actually should mandate that, no, not all people have intrinsic value. In fact, some people have extrinsic value in that what they can contribute to society is actually how we should ascribe their worth.
Because if all you are is matter in motion, if you're just the product of time plus matter plus chance, then survival of the fittest actually should mandate that, no, not all people have intrinsic value. In fact, some people have extrinsic value in that what they can contribute to society is actually how we should ascribe their worth.
And so say if they're – and we're seeing this in Canada with maid medical assistance in dying – if they're elderly and they can no longer contribute, if they're sick, then – the best option for them is actually to be eliminated.
And so say if they're – and we're seeing this in Canada with maid medical assistance in dying – if they're elderly and they can no longer contribute, if they're sick, then – the best option for them is actually to be eliminated.
Because although we're going to dress this up in language like care and dignity, ultimately what it's saying is that this person no longer has enough to contribute to society, so we should remove them from society. And so I think our world wants to hold two things at the exact same time, which are fundamentally contradictory, in that it wants to say values, freedom,
Because although we're going to dress this up in language like care and dignity, ultimately what it's saying is that this person no longer has enough to contribute to society, so we should remove them from society. And so I think our world wants to hold two things at the exact same time, which are fundamentally contradictory, in that it wants to say values, freedom,
You know, unity, purpose, kindness, progress, equality. These are things that built the West. But we also want to say, well, no, all that God stuff, we want to get rid of that. And once you start to do that, you run into issues with foundation. Where are you getting your actual reasoning to say?
You know, unity, purpose, kindness, progress, equality. These are things that built the West. But we also want to say, well, no, all that God stuff, we want to get rid of that. And once you start to do that, you run into issues with foundation. Where are you getting your actual reasoning to say?
So Glenn Scrivener, my friend who I mentioned who wrote the book The Air We Breathe, he always says... I just ordered a book. Great. I'll make sure I let him know. You got him a sale. You did. I might even get him to sign it for you. The... One of the things he says is, you know, when people say that morality, like, where do you get your morality from?
So Glenn Scrivener, my friend who I mentioned who wrote the book The Air We Breathe, he always says... I just ordered a book. Great. I'll make sure I let him know. You got him a sale. You did. I might even get him to sign it for you. The... One of the things he says is, you know, when people say that morality, like, where do you get your morality from?
And I've done this with, you know, atheists who want to ascribe, say that rape is wrong. Now, rape is wrong. Rape is objectively wrong. And I say, okay, why is rape wrong? Where do you get the objective morality to say that something like rape is wrong? And they say, how dare you say I don't have any... Morality. I'm saying, no, no, no. I'm not saying you don't have morality.
And I've done this with, you know, atheists who want to ascribe, say that rape is wrong. Now, rape is wrong. Rape is objectively wrong. And I say, okay, why is rape wrong? Where do you get the objective morality to say that something like rape is wrong? And they say, how dare you say I don't have any... Morality. I'm saying, no, no, no. I'm not saying you don't have morality.