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Christ will not ask us if we have a "thick skin," he will ask us if we loved him (and our neighbors).

Well, the RM certainly has called us to have a thick skin and he has the power to boot people off the thread, so the advice is good.

Besides, I do believe Jesus addressed the thin skin issue as well

Matthew 5:38-39 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

So try again to tell us how Jesus said we didn't need a thick skin.....

Nobody on the threads has a thicker skin then the RM.....or he’d never be able to handle what crosses these threads!

I remember a time I was ‘so livid’ people just didn’t get how bad a situation really was and were treating the topic like it wasn’t near as bad as people were attempting to portray it.

I flipped a really bad photo right out there and got smacked down so fast and hard by the RM my computer darn near fell off the table! Even my check got pink!

Well, the RM certainly has called us to have a thick skin and he has the power to boot people off the thread, so the advice is good.

I put on my armor and my breastplate every day, metmom; your commentary (or the commentary of boatbums) does not hurt me (the Eucharist provides a sturdy skin), it hurts you imo (which shows up through your words; i.e. bitter, upset, angry with/at the Catholic Church and/or her beliefs). Granted I may not have the overall intelligence that you possess, but am I not to try to help my Christian brother with the knowledge I do possess through "His strength and His power"?

1336 The first announcement of the Eucharist divided the disciples, just as the announcement of the Passion scandalized them: "This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?"160 The Eucharist and the Cross are stumbling blocks. It is the same mystery and it never ceases to be an occasion of division. "Will you also go away?":161 the Lord's question echoes through the ages, as a loving invitation to discover that only he has "the words of eternal life"162 and that to receive in faith the gift of his Eucharist is to receive the Lord himself. -CCC

Emphasis; mine