Mark, I would have loved to have read about this without the Usual Suspects jumping in.
That ruined it for me. I’m very interested in Fatima, I just don’t want to debate my beliefs anymore. I just want to read about the Pope and Fatima.
Well said!
I'm sorry that it ruined it for you.
I've tried arguing with them and it is just pointless. There is no sense arguing with one whose mind is already made up before the first word is uttered.
The best thing you can do when you read some of those comments is to pray for them. Remember that Jesus prayed for those who crucified them: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Who knows, God may give some of them a "Road to Damascus" moment (Acts 9:3-8)
Yes. I REALLY wish it had been caucused.
I have arrived late to the party, but I am making a few contributions of my own to this point in the thread.
I agree with everything you are saying here, nmm.
Every thread posted about a point of interest to Catholics becomes a battle zone unless it’s made a caucus thread or an ecumenical thread; doing that presupposes that Catholics are going to run into a volume of negative, combative posts unless they put up some kind of barrier to the thread. Then, in doing so, they find they can be accused of not wanting to debate in an open thread (”because they have no logical defense for their views”)
This kind of climate makes for a genuine and quite natural way of turning off posters who would like to come to the forum with their genuine interest and concerns.