tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post8314123084079563467..comments2024-01-02T23:22:21.430-05:00Comments on The Guild Review: A Letter to a Former Altar BoyAaron Lindermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15992073027586818751noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-26653067178493135972012-08-03T19:40:10.570-04:002012-08-03T19:40:10.570-04:00This guy is clearly a superstar.
"For the ca...This guy is clearly a superstar.<br /><br />"For the cardinal to say that Jesus believes in this, and therefore we all must believe in this, I think is just disingenuous and irresponsible." I don't know that the cardinal ever used the phrase "Jesus believes X." We're talking about the nature of things here, which is slightly more complex.<br /><br />"The God I believe in is one about equal rights, and to not give equal rights to those that want to marry, is in my opinion un-Christian." Well no one asked about your opinion, did they? Because if we're asking about opinions, the cardinal has one too. We're talking about truth, so throw down!<br /><br />"Moreno also called the cardinal’s reference in the blog to a fictional Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities 'hyperbole and rhetoric'." Yes, yes it is. The cardinal does not actually believe there is such a committee; he was making a point, which was clearly missed.Aaron Lindermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992073027586818751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-60383647000128705632012-08-02T20:28:42.753-04:002012-08-02T20:28:42.753-04:00It turns out, of course, that Joe Moreno, the Chic...It turns out, of course, that Joe Moreno, the Chicago alderman at the heart of the whole Chick-fil-A "controversy," knows more than Cardinal George about what the Catholic faith requires of believers because he used to be an altar boy. At least that's what the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cardinal-blasts-city-government-over-chickfila-opposition-20120801,0,3109917.story" rel="nofollow">Chicago Tribune</a> reports.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825489013036249581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-84327738986069123252010-05-06T10:47:46.327-04:002010-05-06T10:47:46.327-04:00Apparently, I still haven't figured out how to...Apparently, I still haven't figured out how to do a link properly. Here it is:<br /><br />http://bonald.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/against-journalism-the-nominalist-lens/Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825489013036249581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-45124229379551483442010-05-06T10:46:20.876-04:002010-05-06T10:46:20.876-04:00Ah, Aaron, at least you can understand how silly t...Ah, Aaron, at least you can understand how silly the Rhenisch can sound.<br /><br />That's an interesting idea about nominalism. I came across a recent post <a href="" rel="nofollow">elsewhere</a> that attacked journalism in general, but especially when it reports on institutions like the Church, as essentially nominalist in nature(if anything can be "essentially nominalist in nature"). Perhaps that form of argumentation--defining the Church (or any other institution) as however you want to define it--could just as easily be called sophism or ideology.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825489013036249581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-91470932062414049982010-05-05T12:20:34.340-04:002010-05-05T12:20:34.340-04:00Silly Rhenish accent...
It strikes me that behind...Silly Rhenish accent...<br /><br />It strikes me that behind all this is a kind of nominalism, a notion that terms can mean whatever we want them to mean. Thus, rather than saying Catholicism is wrong (but at least acknowledging that is has something to do with Jesus, the Church's teachings, the bishop of Rome, etc.), people now redefine it to mean whatever suits their purposes.Aaron Lindermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992073027586818751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-53569705225084612742010-05-05T11:04:57.536-04:002010-05-05T11:04:57.536-04:00Here's a perfect illustration of both cultural...Here's a perfect illustration of both cultural Catholicism and the "altar boy phenomenon."<br /><br />When I was teaching (at a Catholic school) for a year in Germany, I went on a ski trip to Austria with the 11th grade. On Sunday, I told one of the teachers that I was going to skip skiing in the morning and go to Mass at the church in the village. She didn't want to let me go, but she finally relented. Later that day, another teacher asked me about why I felt that I had to go to Mass, and I just responded that as a Catholic I go to Mass every Sunday. Before launching into his speech about why he disagreed with the Church on issues of sexual morality, he declared quite emphatically, in his thick Rhenish accent, "I'm from the Rhineland. I'm Catholic. I used to be an altar boy!"<br /><br />In his mind, those three things--being from the Rhineland, being a baptized Catholic, and having been an altar boy--meant that I couldn't question his opinions.<br /><br />Me, me, me (isch, isch, isch)!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10825489013036249581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573015459789360915.post-20359938356526270062010-05-05T08:37:53.894-04:002010-05-05T08:37:53.894-04:00Thanks for this post Steve, I know what you mean. ...Thanks for this post Steve, I know what you mean. It is frustrating not only in the media (which of course I deal a lot with) but also personally with many in our generation. It is hard to hear how closed peoples' minds are because they think they understood the whole of Catholicism by the time they were 12. Thank God I'm still learning.Caitlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574296000884377853noreply@blogger.com