Posted on 08/17/2022 10:48:17 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Atlantic's hit-piece on Catholicism and the rosary has actually increased rosary sales. in Christianity, Culture, News, Politics Rosary Sales Surge After ‘The Atlantic’ Calls Rosary ‘An Extremist Symbol’
Three online shops have reported a massive surge in the sales of rosaries following The Atlantic, a massive mainstream media outlet, publishing a hit-piece on the rosary, labeling it a sign of extremism. Rosary vendors told Catholic News Agency that their sales and/or social media followings have boomed, probably to the spite of The Atlantic.
As National File previously reported, Daniel Panneton wrote an article in The Atlantic which called the Catholic rosary a “symbol” of religious radicalism.
The Atlantic piece, titled “How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol”, describes in a negative light, the rise of Catholic media groups or figures who “actively” campaign “against LGBTQ acceptance in the Church,” and other progressive issues in American society.
Panneton explained that these traditional Catholics on social media were radical because of so-called “extremist homophobic and transphobic “groomer” discourse.”
The far-Left Atlantic also mocked the idea of “rosary-branded events.” Panneton wrote, “On this extremist fringe, rosary beads have been woven into a conspiratorial politics and absolutist gun culture. These armed radical traditionalists have taken up a spiritual notion that the rosary can be a weapon in the fight against evil and turned it into something dangerously literal.
The basic beliefs of Catholicism are evidence of “extremism” amongst politically active Catholics, according to Panneton.
The author hit back on traditional views of masculinity, grounded in the Catholic faith. “The militarism also glorifies a warrior mentality and notions of manliness and male strength. This conflation of the masculine and the military is rooted in wider anxieties about Catholic manhood.”
“But among radical-traditional Catholic men, such concerns take an extremist turn, rooted in fantasies of violently defending one’s family and church from marauders,” he added.
After attacking the Catholic religion’s views on homosexuality, transgender issues, pedophilia, and masculinity, the Atlantic went on to suggest the Church’s pro-life advocacy tied them to far-right extremism.
“The convergence within Christian nationalism is cemented in common causes such as hostility toward abortion-rights advocates,” Panneton claimed.
Fr. Pius Pietrzyk, OP, a Dominican priest of the Province of St. Joseph, told Catholic News Agency that the Atlantic piece was “classic misdirection.”
“The author takes what are basic Catholic positions on the nature of the Church, Christian morality, and the like, and posit that they are somehow ‘extremist.’ This is classic misdirection.”
CatholicVote, a Catholic super PAC and advocacy group, slammed the Atlantic for publishing “an attack on any religion’s sacred objects.”
bkmk
They just pissed off 15 million illegal aliens
I only use high-capacity assault rosaries.
I once saw a rosary made with 15 decades (vice the usual five) ... it seemed a bit unwieldy to me.
I suppose I could make one using lead-free bullets for beads.
https://www.soulwinning.info/fr/catholic/vain_repetitions.htm
they buy rosaries.... news travels fast
The author “Daniel Panneton” appears to be a flunky of George Soros.
I started wearing rosaries when I was a goth weirdo back in the 80s.
Then I found Christ and married a boy from Boston’s “Dahchestah” area. Ergo, I married into a big Irish Catholic family. He’s the black sheep conservative, by the way.
Now, I say the rosary and wear my Scapular and cross under my clothes at work. I’m a teacher — I keep my views quiet.
Guess I’m an extremist now.
I have a Rosary, and I’m not even Catholic. I even know how to pray the Rosary. I’m at a point in my life that it gives me some comfort.
A Rosary with 15 decades is an AR15
>> These armed radical traditionalists have taken up a spiritual notion that the rosary can be a weapon in the fight against evil and turned it into something dangerously literal.
Yeah, they are going to commit mass-attacks of rosary beatings.
Sheesh, this guy is completely off the rails!
LOL!!!
A plug here for a rosary making non-profit founded in 1949.I have been a member since 1990 and gave made over 3000. They are sent by this organization free of charge, mostly overseas but some US. I make the chain rosaries a bead at a time. Takes about 20 minutes. The web site has supplies you can order for yourself. I belong to a local group that takes donation, buys the supplies and then ships them out. Countries all over the world are hungry for the rosary.
https://www.olrm.org/
And yes I have made some for myself including the AR15. LOL
You could definitely do that. Or try the Anglican Rosary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_prayer_beads
Or the Orthodox prayer rope:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_rope
Also, the Catholic rosary began as a way for illiterate peasants to say the equivalent of 150 psalms. So you could also recite the psalms and you wouldn’t be too far off the mark either.
Not that I’m running down the Dominican Rosary mind you—I say it fairly often—but there are a lot of variations on the theme.
Thank you. Making one would take awhile. Will give as a gift. 😊
Thanks so much for letting me know about this group!
I’m a totally disorganized (not a member of any group) Rosary maker. I use the wire/chain method, which a former Pastor taught me.
Membership is 2.00 a year. You will get a great newsletter in the snail mail.
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