Hello World

Hello, dear reader. Thank you for visiting. I am Civis Silas, an anonmous man from an anonymous place. Who I am is of little concern compared to what I've learned, what I've experienced, and what I'll do with it.

In a time of intense cultural change, men of conscience must be prepared to use every linguistic tool at their disposal to unearth, refine, and wield the truth. Use of the three basic tools of persuasion--pathos, ethos, and logos--must be employed to their greatest effect by all. It is said that the hottest furnace produces the hardest steel, and so it is the same with the crucible of human civilization. Those educated in the schools of academia must contend with those educated in the schools of the world. Those who adhere to the loftiest ideals must be made to treat with those who follow their basest instincts. These values are not equivalent, but they are complementary. The rural/intuitive leads to the urban/intellectual, and both in harmony make the other richer. The moment that we begin taking certain aspects of the human experience for granted is the moment that their true value becomes lost.

Right now, the modern world is facing a stern indictment. While faith is declining in the West, we're simultaneously told that scientific objectivity might not be all it's cracked up to be. We see a clash of civilizations in the form of the Western secularism/Christianity vs. Islamic theocracy--though clash seems inappropriate, since many supposed adherents of the first seem bound and determined to aid the second in achieving supremacy over them. Ethnic tensions are near-boiling in the West, while the virtues of diversity get forced on a handful of societies. Meanwhile, the global economic situation is anaemic at best, near-collapse at worst, and has been such for at least 7 years now.(though the structural problems go back much further)

With this in mind, and with an earnest hope for the future, I take a new step in helping shape the future, whatever that may hold. I cannot predict the future, but where there is faith, there is hope.

Deus Vult.