I admire Chesterton and I agree that the thought that brings inaction and paralysis is unwelcome. That said, > That is the ultimate evil against which all reli

I admire Chesterton and I agree that the thought that brings inaction and paralysis is unwelcome. That said, > That is the ultimate evil against which all religious authority was aimed Well, that's very debatable. "All religious authority"? "All" is doing some heavy-duty work in that sentence. > It only appears at the end of decadent ages like our own Whenever you read this sentence, this is the most decadent age. This one, the one you're living in!