Posted on 04/21/2022 3:52:46 PM PDT by ebb tide
So, let us say that I am a Bishop, and that I am on record with saying that I hope that, “one day”, women will be able to be ordained.
Even if I were, say, a Jesuit, there is no damn way I do not know that this will never, ever, happen. In fact, as a Bishop, I would know it even in a Biden-advanced state of mental fog.
Why would I, then, say such a thing, giving scandal worldwide?
Below are my takes. No, ignorance in good faith is not one of them.
One: I am an appeaser and a coward. I know that the audience wants to hear something feminist from me, and I am only too happy to oblige. I know I am lying and giving scandal. But hey, the most important thing is being nice and not upset anyone with inconvenient truths.
Two: I do not believe that God is immutable. I think that God, actually, changes his mind. This means that I have forgotten what my religion, of which I am a very important representative, says about God’s nature. Logic, by the way, says exactly the same as my religion, but hey…
Three: I have lost the faith. I do not believe that there is a God anymore, perhaps I actually never did. I am now desperately searching for purpose for my existence and for the obvious scrounging I am perpetrating against my employer. I decide to find it in social work and fluffy statements. If I cannot believe in God, at least I will please some humans.
Fourth: I have skeletons in the closet. A girlfriend, a boyfriend, a liking for boys. This is, likely, why I was made a Bishop in the first place. I must now do the bidding of my masters, who can destroy me at a moment’s notice.
Fifth: I am a Freemason, or a Satanist. I am a fifth column, a plant inside the Church. I will be slick and gentle, and say all the right things, and undermine the Church and insult Christ as I smile, very kindly, to my audience.
Which one is, you would not likely know. But let me assure you, it would be one of these; then, Jesuit or not, I do know the very basics.
But what am I saying. Don’t ask me why I do this.
Ask Bishop Chow of Hong Kong instead.
Just don’t expect a truthful answer.
Ping
They try to square the circle by claiming that our understanding grows, but that growth doesn't constitute a change in the Magisterium.
Somehow Jesus always meant for us to ordain women "priests" and sanctify gay "marriages" but we had to grow in our faith to fully understand the true Magisterium.
It would be interesting if they could codify this as a new form of logic. We have various logics (some include the Axiom of Choice and others don't). There is Fuzzy Logic and logic which doesn't adhere to the Law of the Excluded Middle.
They could call it "living logic" and show that statements which initially appear to be false eventually become true and vice-versa.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.