In a time of upheaval and radically changing values in the West, it is important to reflect on the world view that shaped the West and historically created a strong civilization. The origins of traditional Western values are mainly found in the Greek, Roman and Judeo-Christian heritage. The radical Hebrew–Christian contribution to the concept of Western values differed from both …
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The need for Metaphysical Reflection and Morality to foster Mental Health
Metaphysical Reflection and Morality: The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates said that an unexamined life is not worth living. We need to question more, to study ancient wisdom, to acquire knowledge about the key to happiness and how we may fulfil the purpose of life. Socrates believed that each man has access to the truths of life, as they are …
Read More »How the Left redefine History: Voltaire, hailed as apostle of tolerance was not tolerant at all
The elites that controls the media, the universities, and the publishing houses write history. They retell how we are to understand the past, redefining perspectives. How the Left redefine history: Since the Marxist groups began dominating the narrative in the West, history has been rewritten to fit a specific agenda: To demonize traditional values, precisely the ideals that made the …
Read More »Why Western Values Underpin the World’s Best Countries
Elements of the left and their allies in the media are constantly driving this point home: White people are bad and so is the culture that they have created. Cultural Superiority? Everything we value as a society is bad and, more than that, little more than an ex post facto justification for the subjugation of non-whites. Western culture is white culture, and all …
Read More »The Easter Message of Jesus Christ: The symbol of a New Beginning
It is Easter. We celebrate the Easter message of Jesus Christ as he was willing to suffer an excruciating death in order to give his life for the redemption of human kind. Those who attempt to follow Christ, are to take up their cross and follow his example in love for humanity, writes Hanne Nabintu Herland for World Net …
Read More »The Violent Defenders of the West by Raymond Ibrahim: Which values are we really fighting for?
The Defenders of the West: Which values are we really fighting for? The historical virtues that once built a world-leading Western civilization or the atheist hedonist relativism that permeates Western thinking today? Which of these values hold the moral high ground? “He who occupies the high ground…will fight to advantage,” wrote the Chinese military strategist and mastermind, Sun Tzu …
Read More »The Christian contributions to Western culture: Equality, human dignity, rationality
Herland Report: Christmas and the baby born in Bethlehem who grew to become to world’s most famous person, is often a great reminder of the values that Jesus, the son of Mary, brought into Western culture. So, what are the historical Western values that stem from the Judeo-Christian heritage? The term “Western values” is often used when describing historical …
Read More »Karl Marx’ socialist hatred of Western society and desire to destroy eternal truths such as freedom, justice
At the heart of Karl Marx’ socialist ideology was the profound hatred of the Western order and civil rights. His aim was to destroy our culture as we know it, as described in The Communist Manifesto: “There are .. eternal truths such as freedom, justice .. that are common to all states of society. But communism abolishes eternal truths, …
Read More »The Social Credit System is the Elite’s Means of Control
The Social Credit System: Duff Cooper, Viscount Norwich, was the only British minister who resigned over the Munich Agreement of 1938. His autobiography was titled Old Men Forget. I expect they do, but I remember. I remember when business, even large business, operated on handshakes without contracts. Business could operate this way because people in those days had good character and …
Read More »Countries that constitute the West are no longer nations, no common values, no unifying forces
The West no common values: On Christmas eve in Paris the police were battling violent protesters from the Paris Kurdish community. Clashes of this sort have become common all over Europe. They are the product of “diversity” and “multiculturalism.” Countries that constitute the West are no longer nations. They are conglomerates of populations that have nothing in common. There …
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