Did you really think that an article, by a Catholic apologist, on a topic of significant and complex disagreement, wouldn’t generate conflict? It seems like a no-brainer to me.
“...wouldn’t generate conflict?...’
I can’t speak for anyone else, of course, yet it would seem that we can all feel free to post even controversial topics that will generate civil debate and even heated rhetoric; the problem is posts such as #50 that are pure sarcasm, snark and have nothing to do with honest discussion. That seems to be the actual issue.
Post #50 is not controversy or argument. It is abuse (albeit pretty funny abuse. Personally, I’m distraught that I’ve been spelling Tiffani wrong all these years. No wonder I’m still overweight.)
In the midst of all this conversation about free will, mercy, grace, and love, the saints cannot avoid abuse?
Does that concern no one?