Tag - 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

The Flattery of Imitation

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Fr. Barnabas Powell2023-10-04T06:04:44+00:00

One of the Substacks I read regularly is Common Sense, and recently they had an article by Luke Burgis entitled "Why Everyone Wants the Same Thing." It was absolutely brilliant. Sadly, it's behind a paywall but the gist of the article is "Human beings are expert imitators (mimetic comes...

The Sincerest Form of Flattery

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Fr. Barnabas Powell2023-10-11T06:55:15+00:00

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. And they (whoever they are?) are right. And that is both comforting and kind of scary when you think about it. My children are going to learn how to behave and live by watching and copying me! Poor kids. But think...