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To: Religion Moderator
IMHO, how some folks classify themselves is more a matter of what's convenient at the moment than an honest characterization of what they believe.

For example, how many people could be routinely attending an SSPX or similar Mass even if they wanted to ? More fleas want to ride a well cared for old hound than can find one but they're still fleas whether they can find a hound or not.

Basically, some folks aren't happy unless they get to nail their own list of complaints about the Catholic Church to any door they see.

Like you, I can only look at a posting history and get an idea of where someone is coming from. I suppose that as long as someone says they're Catholic in full Communion with the Church the same way Nancy Pelosi echos John Hus but claims to be a faithful Catholic, then that's how they see their Self.

I wasn't actually thinking about whether or not a given poster should be commenting when a asked, "SSPX much?", I was wondering how someone believes they're helping anything by trying to read their viewpoint into even a really trivial bit of news.

I run across a lot of little things I feel would be useful, or very useful, to refer to when dealing with more complete treatments of topics in the news but which in and of themselves don't prove much of anything. Having all that available on FR seemed like a good idea as long as posting it didn't just add more noise than signal. Obviously, there's no real way to post such things and therefore no need to.

I am sorry for the hassle this has caused you and thought I had taken steps to avoid the need for your involvement. I stand corrected.

23 posted on 03/22/2014 4:52:40 AM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Rashputin
It's no problem, my job is to foster religious debate or conversation. And that necessarily involves providing niches for all, sedate to noisy and all points in between.
26 posted on 03/22/2014 8:15:47 AM PDT by Religion Moderator
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