It is not I who is flattering myself, while It is you who rely on rhetoric and bombast, as here, and throwing what the Moderator himself rightly termed “spitwads, that being after it was shown — in response to another of your self-righteous protestations, and unproven assertions of ignorance and misrepresentation — that it is you who has been unapologetically (and who remains so) guilty of making brazen false charges.
And rather than me being disingenuous as per your latest charge (but at least not malevolent), it was shown that i did not misrepresent Basil, that being the specific complaint. And you continue to resort to making this “personal,” thus fostering a response in kind. Either put up or shutup. You can go back to trying to reduce blame for Catholics electing Obama based upon how many did not vote at all!
I am not your dancing bear and I am not going to allow you to bate me into a personal exchange However, I will continue to criticize your scholarship and false conclusions. If you take that personally that is your problem. What, after all, do you think an open forum is for?
When an offensive comment is made about "Catholics" and "Rome" we are reminded by the Religion Moderator that group or doctrinal comments are not personal, not to be taken personally and to either develop a thick enough skin for these town square discussions or limit our participation to caucus and ecumenical threads. I advise you to do the same. If the big bad Catholics won't play nice, don't play with or taunt them.
One man's "spit-wads" is another mans affirmation of Truth. A sympathetic moderator does not determine truth, as pointed out in the Forum Guidelines. I would also remind you of the forum policies against making threads about individuals and dragging arguments from thread to thread.
I sincerely pray that the Peace of Christ bless and keep you.