{"id":42566,"date":"2013-03-12T00:35:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=42566"},"modified":"2014-12-30T00:31:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T07:31:24","slug":"theres-something-about-the-combination-of-technological-sophistication-and-brain-deadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/03\/theres-something-about-the-combination-of-technological-sophistication-and-brain-deadness.html","title":{"rendered":"There’s Something about the Combination of Technological Sophistication and Brain-Deadness…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026that is the unique character of our time:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nIt is, as human sin often is, both heart-breaking and really funny. Scripture and the tradition don\u2019t actually talk all that much about the human faculty for humor. I\u2019m not aware of a Theology of Humor out there. And yet one of the marks of sanctity seems to be the ability to laugh, particularly at one\u2019s self. \u201cAngels can fly because they take themselves lightly\u201d said Chesterton, while Thomas More remarked that \u201cThe devil, the proud spirit, cannot endure to be mocked.\u201d<\/p>\nOur deeply sinful culture is more and more obsessed with not feeling \u201cshame\u201d and with \u201cbullying\u201d. In less charitable moments, I find myself wondering how much of that is really concern for the weak and vulnerable (a noble aim) and how much of it is simply a tool used by shameless bullies to silence critics.<\/p>\nAnyway, I liked the video.<\/p>\nHT: <a href=\"http:\/\/thwordinc.blogspot.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kevin O\u2019Brien<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2026that is the unique character of our time: It is, as human sin often is, both heart-breaking and really funny. Scripture and the tradition don\u2019t actually talk all that much about the human faculty for humor. I\u2019m not aware of a Theology of Humor out there. 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