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Still Way Too Much System and Way Too Little Distancing

11/16/2022

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I first began writing about system distancing in 2020 shortly after the birdemic broke. In that post, I outlined system-distancing in the following way: 


System distancing involves measures taken to reduce or stop the spread of the evil System within one's own individual being and the hope that such action might help to reduce or stop the spread of the evil System in the greater world. 

The extent to which people will be able to distance themselves from the System will depend on individual circumstances and individual outcomes will vary; nevertheless, I believe the effort must be made.

The most significant step any individual can take in this time and place is to sincerely acknowledge, once and for all, that the System, together with the Establishment that runs it, is evil - meaning it is anti-God, anti-spiritual, anti-Truth, anti-Beauty, and anti-Goodness.

This simple acknowledgment doesn't seem like much, but it is incredibly significant. At its very core, it is the choice of good over evil; virtue over sin; truth over lies; courage over fear; reality over unreality; salvation over damnation; love over hate; and hope over despair.

Look at it this way: The more we distance ourselves from the System, the closer we draw to God and Creation. Thus, this movement away is simultaneously a movement toward.


Not long after that, I began to refer to system distancing as a spiritual imperative, and later posted some thoughts about how system distancing might facilitate divine providence.

I mention all of this now – closing in on three years after the start of the birdemic – because I am utterly convinced that system distancing at the spiritual level is a necessity rather than an option.

Nearly everywhere I look I see too much System and not enough distance. 

Put another way, those who have refused to practice adequate system distancing are making it increasingly difficult for themselves to commit to and remain on the right side of the spiritual war.

Why? Because system distancing requires strong answers to relatively easy questions. It requires sacrifice. It also requires a great deal of repentance. Unfortunately, the less distanced people are from the System, the less inclined they will be to recognize the need for repentance.

Case in point, Vox Day recently featured a letter by Archbishop Vigano in which Vigano demanded repentance from the Catholic Hierarchy for its support of the birdemic peck. Nearly a month has passed since Vigano posted that letter, and thus far, it has elicited nothing but crickets from Rome.

Of course, the Catholic Church is not alone in this. Nearly all major mainstream Christian churches behaved shamefully when it came to anything related to the birdemic, and like the Catholic Church, they continue to do so now, primarily by refusing to acknowledge any need to repent their appalling complicity or egregious actions, many of which continue to this day.

That the leadership within Christian churches callously ignores calls for repentance is hardly surprising. The majority of the people ordained for religious duties within churches are aligned with the overall System agenda. But what of the laity? Unfortunately, things don’t improve much at that level. Most churchgoers with whom I have raised the issue of birdemic-related repentance have reacted quite disparagingly to the notion of church repentance.

The reasons for the generally dismissive attitude about church repentance vary significantly, yet they all inevitably share one thing in common – insufficient system distancing. Whenever I encounter anyone who insists that churches have nothing to repent for, I know I am dealing with an individual who is still hopelessly tethered to the System.

In the call for repentance Vox Day featured on his blog, Vigano made the following remarkable observation concerning system distancing (bold added):


I further believe, Most Reverend Eminence, that the time has come for the Holy See to definitively distance itself from those private entities and multinational corporations that have believed that they can use the authority of the Catholic Church to endorse the neo-malthusian project of the United Nations’ Agenda2030 and the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset.

It is not tolerable that the voice of the Church of Christ continues to be complicit in a plan to reduce the global population based on the chronic pathologization of humanity and the induction of sterility; and this is even more necessary in the face of the scandalous conflict of interests to which the Holy See is exposed by accepting sponsorship and funding from the architects of these criminal plans. 


Time will tell if the Holy See or other Christian churches do distance themselves from the System and its evil agenda. I could be wrong, but I do not believe that day will come for the simple reason that the longer something goes unrepented, the less likely it is to ever be repented. As far as I can tell, when it comes to the System, the churches are “all in”, and it doesn’t look like anything is going to change that.

Churches will likely continue to ignore or dismiss all calls for system distancing, but individual Christians must not do the same.

System distancing truly is a spiritual imperative. Without it, Christians are lost. 
10 Comments
bruce g charlton
11/16/2022 20:04:15

Vigano is some guy!

I think it has become impossible for modern bureaucracies - and all large organizations and institutions are now bureaucracies - to System distance, or to repent - even if they wanted-to; even in private (which would probably be the only possible way to repent and survive).

But - unfortunately - I think the simple answer is that they do not desire to repent because they do not believe that they have sinned in this respect (the only sins they will acknowledge and 'repent' are System-approved - racism, failure to be sufficiently Green etc).

Because institutions, including churches, will not repent when they absolutely need to, then - as you say - it becomes spiritually imperative that individuals take over this responsibility.

But this is apparently not happening to anything like the degree I would have expected and hoped - right across all the denominations of which I am aware.

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Anti-Gnostic
11/17/2022 04:43:09

<i>But this is apparently not happening to anything like the degree I would have expected and hoped - right across all the denominations of which I am aware.</i>

Normalcy bias. It's unthinkable to people that the institutions are past the point of no return. Normalcy bias also motivated the resistance to Trump; conservatives, being conservative, did not want to face the reality of politics as territorial, not ideological. They still think they need an ideologue versus an adventurer-conqueror.

(Trump, I would add, has passed his sell-by date and turned out not to be an adventurer-conqueror in any event).

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Nara
11/18/2022 11:06:25

(Good) old wine in new bottles. Did Jesus not say, "I am in this world, but not of it"? Disentangling myself from the world is an arduous and decades-long project, but as I age, I appreciate more and more how vital it is.

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Francis Berger
11/18/2022 17:43:44

@ Nara - That's a good point about age and being in the world, but not of it.. Thinking back on my youth, I imagine it is difficult for most young people to distance themselves from the world, but it is certainly something they should be doing after they marry, start a family.

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Nara
11/20/2022 09:02:08

I interpret Jesus' words to be not only a statement of fact but also advice to others: like Jesus we too are in the world but we can choose whether to be of it or not, "not" being the wise, long-term choice.

I don't think this necessarily means giving up worldly things, e.g. living like a hermit, although there is much to be said for a minimalist approach to life (which is the Orthodox approach, if I understand Father Bailey correctly). It means "don't rely on worldly things to bring you the peace you long for; they are not designed to do that." Some single people think they need a spouse to be happy; that not having a spouse is the reason they are unhappy. But, as a wise man once said, "you can be happily married, and be miserable in this world!" Does this mean no-one should get married? Or those who are married should divorce? Obviously not. I understand it to mean, there is something we all need which we can experience but which is entirely independent of our exterior circs.
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Roger Mexico
11/18/2022 18:14:58

So are you suggesting that all Christian families should practice a sort of "Splendid Isolation" in which they only look after themselves? At what point do multi-family communities just become another (or part of the original) "system" of which you so strongly rail against? It's rather ironic that you advocate such separation on the internet, since the internet itself is both a product of "the System" and a means of propagating its power.

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Francis Berger
11/18/2022 21:41:03

@ Roger - Seriously? No, that is not what I'm suggesting. Read what I wrote in the post and the links provided. Carefully. This. Time.

System distancing is a spiritual imperative, not a call to build isolated Christian prepper communes.

A comment above referred to being in the world but not of it -- that's more in line with what system distancing aims for.

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Nara
11/20/2022 09:54:46

Just discovered Bruce Charlton's blog and this post about how evil in the world has helped wean him from worldly desires: https://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-benefits-of-creeping.html

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Francis Berger
11/20/2022 10:14:58

@ Nara - Good points. I often equate being in the world but not of it with love. Do we love the world -- that temporary coagulation of God's Creation we take as "reality" -- or the overabundant expression of love flowing through Creation itself?

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Lady Mermaid link
11/21/2022 03:03:05

When Jesus was talking about not loving the world, He was referring to worldly "systems" that seek to further their own power. As far as creation, John 3:16 tells us that God loved the world and sent His Son to redeem it.

I agree that system distancing is imperative. This past week, the LDS Church has given their endorsement of the Orwellian Respect Marriage Act seeking to codify same sex "marriage" at the federal level. In a truly chilling display of evil, the United Church of Canada has given its blessing for euthanasia through this "prayer".

https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/actually-demonic-read-a-mainline-canadian-denominations-prayers-to-help-people-commit-medically-assisted-suicide/

Things are coming to a point as CS Lewis stated. We must renew our minds every day to remain on the right side.

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