Self-deception

I stumbled across this on another blog today (click on the title of this blog to access it). What immediately struck me was how true Chesterton was. But this euphemism does not hold true only to eugenicists, but to mankind in general. I myself "relax" by surfing the internet or watching a movie. What I am really doing is wasting time or procrastinating. Man seeks to excuse his actions by calling them something other than what they are. Ultimately, he ends up dreaming up a reality that fits the new names of his actions, and makes that his reality. Manichaeists, Protestants, existentialists: they all have done this. Let us be true to ourselves, not deceiving ourselves with new names or alternate realities. We only fool ourselves, while denying our nature. As the new liturgical year begins tonight, let us resolve to be honest, with the courage to live the truth, and the greatness of soul to want to live that truth.

-Amator