The Charter & God.

From Edward King re

May I comment somewhat belatedly on Doug McManaman's feature article in the December, 2005 issue on "The Charter and the Supremacy of God?"

He writes: "It would seem to me that the Charter should be read and perhaps was intended to be read in light of that opening line"--i.e.: "Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law." Then he admits that it is not read that way and the fault lies with the movement known as "post-modernism" which he goes on to describe and explain, bringing Nietzsche and Sartre into the picture. The rest of the article describes the difficulties faced by the Catholic in this new situation.

Now I would argue that postmodernism is a rationalization of the sexual revolution of the sixties and the social acceptance of the promiscuous lifestyle with all of its tremendous implications--i.e, the culture of death. Pierre Trudeau baptized this revolution and its philosophy of liberation using its language of idealism--the language of "rights and freedoms" and "the rule of law" and "democracy" to great effect thereby giving the hedonists and materialists the moral high ground.

The cultural implication seems to be that Trudeau has become a secular "prophet" and his Charter a new Ten Commandments or Sermon on the Mount--a spiritual absolute to which we all must conform. Pardon me if I see the reference to "God" in the Charter as pure hypocrisy.

In any case Trudeau's "God" is the god of the hedonists who demands constant sacrifices of life on the altar of lust camouflaged as "choice." We should be under no illusions. The social acceptance of a lifestyle based on instant gratification leads not only to abortion and infanticide but also to suicide and euthanasia. When suffering has no ultimate meaning the medical hit man becomes a social necessity.

During the last 150 years the popes have repeatedly warned Catholics about the tremendous implications of the growing secularization of Western culture and the need for a profound movement of conversion to fill the spiritual vacuum resulting from the retreat of Christianity into the private domain. Hence, given the failure of Christians in Canada to unite and fill that vacuum, it was inevitable that some secular prophet with a secular gospel would perform that task.

Every culture needs a spiritual absolute to unify it--otherwise it would fall apart. So while the secularists rally around the Charter and sing its praises, Christians ought to rally around the Feast of Christ the King and unite to convert our Canadian hedonistic mass civilization--a new Babylon and a new Moloch.

Kirkland, QC