The Spiritual Roots of God's Revolution

Thinking about it, in the broadest sense, the root of all rebellion is sin. Now, that is not to say all revolutions are sinful. Rather insurrections are either rebellions against virtue (such as the Sexual Revolution against chastity or the French Revolution against obedience) or they are rebellions against sin itself (such as the American Revolution against tyranny or the Civil Rights Movement against racism). I imagine its safe to say that God's Revolution would be categorized with the latter group.

Tyler Duden, the quote at the top right hand corner. Now, I never really considered that a fictional nihilistic anti-hero would be the first person I would turn to in an article promoting the Catholic Faith, but I cannot think of anyone who has a more accurate diagnosis of of the spiritual corrosion which afflicts us. He is dead on... our Great War is a spiritual war. Mindless consumerism, lust, lack of identity or direction. Many men and women today are spiritual anemics, and those who know it are ripe with indignation because so many of us have bought into this shallow lifestyle. Where Tyler Durden's character goes off the rails is when he holds God in contempt for the state of his life rather than identifying the very absence of God as the chief cause. Rather, his rage against our Lord is a displaced disgust with his father:

"We're a generation of men raised by women... Our fathers were our models for God. If our fathers bailed, what does that tell you about God? Listen to me! You have to consider the possibility that God does not like you. He never wanted you. In all probability, he hates you. This is not the worst thing that can happen... Fuck damnation, man! Fuck redemption! We are God's unwanted children? So be it! If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing, which would you choose? We're the middle children of history, we have no special purpose or place, and unless we get God's attention, we have no hope of damnation or redemption. Which is worse, hell or nothing? Burn the museums, wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa. This way, at least God will know your name."

That's more of a childish temper-tantrum than righteous anger, born of blind emotion in opposition to reason. The wages of sin are suffering and death, and that principle has held true from the very dawn of time... since that first rebellion against God in paradise where our fore bearers abandoned their preternatural gifts. Since then there is a hollowness in all mens souls, a yawning abyss which craves satisfaction... and the only thing that can quench it is the love of God.

Durden at least has his hand on the pulse of an entire generation. We've been lied to and led into sin, time and time again... and we're pretty fuckin' disgusted at this point.