the rix mix

I don't know which is worse: arrogant intellectualism or arrogant materialism. But I do know both must be humbled by deep suffering. Every ill, physical & emotional, that can befall a human is harder to bear in poverty & isolation. It is no sin to point to suffering & demand that it be alleviated with the compassionate application of charity & reason. This "pointing" has prophetic weight, no matter how imperfect the person who does it. The truth pointed to carries the authority.