If the Catholic Church is “true”, no mere mortal can harm it. So why the fuss?
Because evil must be opposed. It’s our Christian duty.
Actually, most of the charges in these books are against Christianity in general (whith some made to Jesus specifically). A few are against the Chatholic Church in particular. Because there was only on Church for 1500 years, it might give you comfort to think that only the Vatican needs to be defending itself here, but all Christian faith is assulted by these charges.
The Church isn’t harmed by it and so part of me thinks it’s much ado about nothing. Your comment, at least “why the fuss” could be said about the outrage that accompanied “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “Religulous (sp?)” and practically any movie/TV show about conservatives.
In fact, why comment on or correct the news at all? So what if the MSM lies about abortion or gun control or anything in which you believe. No “mere mortal” can harm the truth, so why worry about?
Imagine someone made a movie about this site that purports all kinds of crazy stuff in a fashion that your typical moron would believe. Would Free Republic be harmed? No. However, would there be an element of people on this board who would feel obliged to attack it, poke holes in it, etc? Absolutely.
I also think that it’s part of a marketing campaign for a movie.