Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. "Do We Need Religion or Religious Institutions?"

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22 Dec 11

I enjoyed Buckley through the years. As a result of his conversations w/Muggeridge, I have read several of Malcolm's books.

This DVD's material [[ASIN:JrB001E52UBC Firing Line with William F. Buckley . "Do We Need Religion or Religious Institutions?"]] is informative and relaxing. Muggeridge is forthcoming--doesn't dodge questions. He had not converted to Catholicism at this juncture; however, he and his wife did convert a few years before he died. I bet he was welcomed to heaven.

An Intelligent Display of the Life of the American Mind
No one illustrated the intelligence of the Amercan spirit in historical and intellectual context than Bill Buckley. If anyone want to learn what TRUE conservatism actually means, then watch and LISTEN (not merely 'hear') to Bukley.

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Malcom Muggeridge was of course a frequent guest on firing line throughout it's thirty plus years on the air. The review of questions put to Mr Muggeridge by Mr Buckley revealed a religious earnestness seldom in evidence even, and most especially perhaps among theologians. Muggeridge has an outlook very similar to Fr Ronald Knox just prior to and after his conversion to the Catholic faith. Muggeridge of course never converted to the Catholic faith, preferring instead to remain in the Anglican church. Nevertheless he held pretty much the same essential doctrinal positions that traditional Catholicism has always held and continues to do so today.
He gives interesting reasons for not entering into full communion with the Catholic church, which by the way aren't too different from those held by organizations like the Pius X society. He held to the position that the Catholic church since Vatican II had moved away from it's doctrinal standards that once characterized the Catholic...

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