Absolutely. At the chapel ‘sanctuary’ I enthusiastically shared my love for Jesus and the Bible with the Pastor. On next seeing the pastor, he had a book on Celtic paganism he thought I might like?
Nick Mason is my near neighbour. He purchased Middlewick house from Camilla Parker Bowles. The house is where the Charles & Camilla tapes were captured.
We ran a global Empire for 200 years. You don't get to do that by tolerating situations and hoping. We've been programmed into believing things about our national character that simply aren't true.
My head is spinning a bit with this interview. I got past the moment when Alex said ‘the wrong kind of women’, without elaborating on what that means and where the judgement arises from. I recovered after he referred to a woman as a ‘witch in the real sense’ (which is what?)…and now you, Ben, appear to be lauding our inglorious past as one of the original ‘globalist nations’. What else was colonisation if not an agenda for a few to control and manipulate others and their lands and resources for centralised but hierarchically designated gain? The current globalists learned from the empires of old. There is a place for all of us but I struggle to find the views of this guest anything more than the mewling of a conservative Traditionalist who cannot quite accept that in these times of radical change, some babies WILL be thrown out with the bath water. Did Christ himself not advocate for radical change? Some women would no doubt love to live in dusty English traditionally structured societies, with their achingly beautiful old churches, baking scones for the vicar but I smell the sweaty fragrance of underlying misogyny. Please correct me if I’ve got this all wrong. My dad was a lay reader and my uncle was the restorative architect for St Albans cathedral. I was immersed in the C of E and knew many men like Alex. Good men, though perhaps in need of release from the curse of nostalgia. ‘Our pain’. It hurts for a reason. Free yourselves from The Church and carry your faith with love for the living in real need of spirit in action.
Hi. I'm not sure what comment you're referring to from Alex - are you able to provide a time in the interview so I can take a listen?
So far as traditional gender roles go... What's wrong with them, exactly? Please spare me accusations of misogyny, it's all getting a bit tired. The observation that men and women are different does not equate to anyone hating women, or men for that matter.
You've also taken my reference to the British Empire well out of context - the point I made is that we used to run a global empire, therefore 'hanging on in quiet desperation' is certainly not the English way. That doesn't therefore mean I want to run a global Empire again in the future. That's a HUGE leap you've taken. Nothing I've said or published at any point should lead you to conclude I'm advocating for globalist imperialism. It's the literal opposite of what I'm advocating for.
Hi Ben, I am sorry if I upset you, I do value what you do and follow your work. My comments about misogyny referred to Alex alone, not you. It was within the first 12-15 minutes I think. Alex stated that there were women in the C of E governing body - Synod? - who were 'the wrong kind of women' in addition to being women in the first place, which he appears to be very uncomfortable with. As the sentence tailed off he also said that he didn't believe women should have a ministry at all. Perhaps then would have been a good time to explain why the differences between men and women equip men for ministry and not women.
It's a deeply ingrained bias that informs ones' views as correct by default and does not allow for anyone to see differently. He probably didn't even realise his views could be seen as offensive. Regardless, I'm sure he doesn't care about causing offence because he is, in his mind, completely correct. Maybe in the context from which he comes, it all adds up but he should perhaps only make those comments when he substantiates them with the full facts (from his perspective) surrounding the issue. The matter of misogyny shouldn't make you feel weary, you would never say the same thing about other wrongdoings, in fact you actively do much good work to call out evil.
I didn't follow through on my thoughts about your comment about the Empire. I did not assume or state that you want to run another empire. I was trying to say that the driving forces behind the empires of old and the global empire of today are the same. I would argue that the colonisation that occurred during the British Empire had nothing to do with the values of the ordinary British man and woman. It was driven by the same kind of cabals that drive what happens today. Monarchs, their toadying 'upper class favourites and capitalists, seeking vast fortunes at the expense of the conquered. There was nothing noble about it. Do you imagine the ordinary Englishman cheering on the destruction of indigenous people around the globe and the theft of their land as evidence he was somehow indomitable and proud?
I suspect a mood of 'quiet desperation' was exactly what was in the soul of conscripted individuals, coerced out of their homes and lives to go steal and rape for good old England. If you decry it today, then would it not truly be sad if our forefathers were all in for running amok claiming territories and superiority everywhere they went? I think there IS a quiet desperation in every Englishman, not surprisingly, when you look at the centuries of being subjected to tyrannical top-down rule, expecting him to work for peanuts or raise himself up by brutal competition and provide his body as collateral damage fodder in corrupt and evil wars.
I hope my arguments are reasonable to you, I do not want to upset or offend and I do support your work. You trigger deep thought for me and as you know, it's healthy to debate! Thanks, Ben.
Thanks for the kind words.
FYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcKRhO2hmfk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOkRGsAb7dU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2o9tgpdx8w
Portugal people also very passive. Surprised because of the dictatorship for 5 decades. Not sure why!
I have often wondered that too having visited the Algarve in the late 70s and more recently Lisbon in 2013.
https://open.spotify.com/track/2cBBSDwWiu8J3GEk9aTaPT?si=0yG1BDG5RjOWeNnVkDfsbw
University of Gloucestershire’s Francis Close Hall Chapel, has the rainbow flag on the glass door and, is known as ‘the sanctuary’.
it is quite literally the Satanic flag - 6 colours instead of 7. Why on earth anyone would think this appropriate for the church is beyond me
Absolutely. At the chapel ‘sanctuary’ I enthusiastically shared my love for Jesus and the Bible with the Pastor. On next seeing the pastor, he had a book on Celtic paganism he thought I might like?
Nick Mason is my near neighbour. He purchased Middlewick house from Camilla Parker Bowles. The house is where the Charles & Camilla tapes were captured.
The english way in terms of tolerating situations and hoping ,, and when that fails,, blame someone else,,lol.. Most definitely the english way .
We ran a global Empire for 200 years. You don't get to do that by tolerating situations and hoping. We've been programmed into believing things about our national character that simply aren't true.
My head is spinning a bit with this interview. I got past the moment when Alex said ‘the wrong kind of women’, without elaborating on what that means and where the judgement arises from. I recovered after he referred to a woman as a ‘witch in the real sense’ (which is what?)…and now you, Ben, appear to be lauding our inglorious past as one of the original ‘globalist nations’. What else was colonisation if not an agenda for a few to control and manipulate others and their lands and resources for centralised but hierarchically designated gain? The current globalists learned from the empires of old. There is a place for all of us but I struggle to find the views of this guest anything more than the mewling of a conservative Traditionalist who cannot quite accept that in these times of radical change, some babies WILL be thrown out with the bath water. Did Christ himself not advocate for radical change? Some women would no doubt love to live in dusty English traditionally structured societies, with their achingly beautiful old churches, baking scones for the vicar but I smell the sweaty fragrance of underlying misogyny. Please correct me if I’ve got this all wrong. My dad was a lay reader and my uncle was the restorative architect for St Albans cathedral. I was immersed in the C of E and knew many men like Alex. Good men, though perhaps in need of release from the curse of nostalgia. ‘Our pain’. It hurts for a reason. Free yourselves from The Church and carry your faith with love for the living in real need of spirit in action.
Hi. I'm not sure what comment you're referring to from Alex - are you able to provide a time in the interview so I can take a listen?
So far as traditional gender roles go... What's wrong with them, exactly? Please spare me accusations of misogyny, it's all getting a bit tired. The observation that men and women are different does not equate to anyone hating women, or men for that matter.
You've also taken my reference to the British Empire well out of context - the point I made is that we used to run a global empire, therefore 'hanging on in quiet desperation' is certainly not the English way. That doesn't therefore mean I want to run a global Empire again in the future. That's a HUGE leap you've taken. Nothing I've said or published at any point should lead you to conclude I'm advocating for globalist imperialism. It's the literal opposite of what I'm advocating for.
Many thanks.
Hi Ben, I am sorry if I upset you, I do value what you do and follow your work. My comments about misogyny referred to Alex alone, not you. It was within the first 12-15 minutes I think. Alex stated that there were women in the C of E governing body - Synod? - who were 'the wrong kind of women' in addition to being women in the first place, which he appears to be very uncomfortable with. As the sentence tailed off he also said that he didn't believe women should have a ministry at all. Perhaps then would have been a good time to explain why the differences between men and women equip men for ministry and not women.
It's a deeply ingrained bias that informs ones' views as correct by default and does not allow for anyone to see differently. He probably didn't even realise his views could be seen as offensive. Regardless, I'm sure he doesn't care about causing offence because he is, in his mind, completely correct. Maybe in the context from which he comes, it all adds up but he should perhaps only make those comments when he substantiates them with the full facts (from his perspective) surrounding the issue. The matter of misogyny shouldn't make you feel weary, you would never say the same thing about other wrongdoings, in fact you actively do much good work to call out evil.
I didn't follow through on my thoughts about your comment about the Empire. I did not assume or state that you want to run another empire. I was trying to say that the driving forces behind the empires of old and the global empire of today are the same. I would argue that the colonisation that occurred during the British Empire had nothing to do with the values of the ordinary British man and woman. It was driven by the same kind of cabals that drive what happens today. Monarchs, their toadying 'upper class favourites and capitalists, seeking vast fortunes at the expense of the conquered. There was nothing noble about it. Do you imagine the ordinary Englishman cheering on the destruction of indigenous people around the globe and the theft of their land as evidence he was somehow indomitable and proud?
I suspect a mood of 'quiet desperation' was exactly what was in the soul of conscripted individuals, coerced out of their homes and lives to go steal and rape for good old England. If you decry it today, then would it not truly be sad if our forefathers were all in for running amok claiming territories and superiority everywhere they went? I think there IS a quiet desperation in every Englishman, not surprisingly, when you look at the centuries of being subjected to tyrannical top-down rule, expecting him to work for peanuts or raise himself up by brutal competition and provide his body as collateral damage fodder in corrupt and evil wars.
I hope my arguments are reasonable to you, I do not want to upset or offend and I do support your work. You trigger deep thought for me and as you know, it's healthy to debate! Thanks, Ben.
I just took the time to listen again and Alex's throwaway comments about women in the ministry is just after 33.30. You're discussing articles.