Now, I turned 81 years old on March 17, 2025 - shortly before I published my 28,800-word OEN article "Fareed Zakarian and Ezra Klein on President Trump's Foreign Policy" in which I explicitly thematized for the first time in my life the tragic anti-body heritage of Christianity - and I also became keenly aware of the sad anti-body heritage of Christianity in my psyche.
Ah, but did the tragic anti-body heritage of Christianity play an important role in bring us the tragic priest sex-abuse-scandal? Yes, it did. No doubt about it. So why didn't I start writing about the tragic anti-body heritage of Christianity when we collectively started hearing about it?
That's an excellent question. And I have no response to it.
Ah, but didn't the tragic anti-body heritage of Christianity play a key role in Pope Paul VI's controversial encyclical Humanae Vitae (Latin for "Of Human Life";1968), reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to the use of artificial contraception by married couples? Yes, it did. No doubt about that. So why didn't married Catholics start writing about the Catholic church's tragic anti-body heritage in connection with their understandable objections to the Church's opposition to the use of artificial contraception by married couples?
That's also another excellent question that I do not have an answer to offer here. Simply stated, Roman Catholic moral theologians have not yet figured out how to recognize and respond to the tragic anti-body heritage of Christianity.
For further information about Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, see the Wikipedia entry "Humanae Vitae":
Now, I have also reflected on my life and work in certain other recent OEN articles:
"Young Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman" (dated September 3, 2024; viewed 1,611 times as of May 30, 2025):
"Thomas J. Farrell's Encore on Young Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman" (dated September 30, 2024; viewed 1,050 times as of May 30, 2025):
"Some Personal Reflections About Porn" (dated January 2, 2025; viewed 1,297 times as of May 30, 2025):
"Some Deeply Personal Reflections About My Life, and About Certain Pornstars" (dated January 29, 2025; viewed 884 times as of May 30, 2025):
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