I respect your comments.
However, the opening comment by the poster of the thread, pyro, said that he wanted protestants to back off on their opinions and consider this a different kind of discussion....as if we were inside a Catholic catechism class.
That's fine with me. I'll do that. But that makes it a protected thread.
For me, I probably wouldn't think I was being intensely disagreeable when others would think that my disagreements were designed to be rude.
Dear xzins,
"I respect your comments."
Thanks.
And that's the point, xzins. You're usually respectful of other folks' comments, viewpoints, beliefs, etc.
Having a heavy-duty theological dispute with you is usually a pretty pleasant affair. Remembering Chesterton, it shouldn't be impossible to disagree without being disagreeable.
Although Pyro7480 has asked for respectful commenting, nonetheless, the articles themselves preclude making the thread protected. Clearly, Catholicism is contrasted with Protestantism, directly, by name.
If there are non-Catholics who believe that their beliefs are poorly represented by the Catholic author, it is unfair not to permit them to say so in this thread. It's difficult to justify the exclusion of non-Catholics with non-Catholic viewpoints from this thread.
That being the case, I don't know why it should be so darned difficult to treat each other and each other's beliefs with a modicum of respect. And I don't know why treating each other's beliefs with a modicum of respect isn't built-in and explicit in the forum's rules.
This is clearly a thread that should be: open; but where folks should deal respectfully with the material.
The rules certainly require the first, but certainly don't require the second.
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