Why is it that so many in the atheist community cannot bring themselves to get past their anger whenever they engage in discussions? The language of many of their contributions in public debate is laced with invective and dripping with sarcasm and bile. There are exceptions of course, but they tend to fall more into the category of being the 'exception that proves the rule' when compared to the hostility of many of today's atheist posters. Comment offered by the theists in the public square is often depicted as being 'malicious' or 'venomous' and intended to enslave the 'feeble minded and weak' by those who post. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venom is something that is oriented to death. Christians are oriented in a 180 degree different direction. We speak not to the culture of death that grips our world but rather for the culture of life and light which ends with the gift of eternal life. For example, the Catholic Church in its hum...
I don't have a problem with the fact that Micheal Voris is all kinds of crazy.
ReplyDeleteWhat bothers me is how the entire "traditional, orthodox" Catholic community not only tolerated his internet rantings but embraced them, until told by the church that they should regard him as a kook. The flip side is that up until that point people who voiced concerns about Voris were often accused of being liberal cranks.
What does that say about the level of personal, intellectual conscience among a faction that almost unanimously regard only their own small group as the "real" Catholics and the rest of us as a heterodox threat or at best fellow travelers of such.
Voris regularly rails against abortion, euthanasia, women priest movements, homosexual marriage, birth control, moral relativism, fornication, adultery, attacks on our religious freedom, secular hedonism in Catholic institutions, reiki, enneagrams and all manner of new age quackery. He often blathers on about our need for the eucharist, the real presence, confession, prayer and catechesis. Really kooky stuff and kooky stuff you don't often hear mentioned in homilies or in polite Catholic circles. Sounds like he's been reading too many Papal Encyclicals. Hasn't he got the memo that official church teaching is kooky in Liberal land?
ReplyDelete"Voris regularly rails against abortion, euthanasia, women priest movements, homosexual marriage, birth control, moral relativism, fornication, adultery, attacks on our religious freedom, secular hedonism in Catholic institutions, reiki, enneagrams and all manner of new age quackery. He often blathers on about our need for the eucharist, the real presence, confession, prayer and catechesis. Really kooky stuff and kooky stuff you don't often hear mentioned in homilies or in polite Catholic circles. Sounds like he's been reading too many Papal Encyclicals. Hasn't he got the memo that official church teaching is kooky in Liberal land?"
ReplyDeleteHa! God bless Michael Voris, who continues his work of saving souls in the face of all manner of calumny.
Colleen Hammond interviewed Michael Voris this past Monday:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/up-close/2012/05/01/up-close-with-michael-voris