There are too many wolves around here!
I wish you a Blessed Day
I don't really have much time this morning to respond in depth, but I would like to make one comment about caucusing threads.
While I agree that there are some who seem to gain tremendous pleasure and satisfaction from deriding our beliefs, there are several others who do not agree with the Catholic or Orthodox issues on the Eucharist who have engaged in good conversation. In fact, I believe that it is very possible to gain some quite useful insight from their posts. HarleyD has recently brought up some valuable issues, from his persepctive, Ears_to_hear brought forward something about the Passover meal that I hadn't heard before (and I'm still looking forward to reading), and likewise GoLightly has been very constructive. We wouldn't have had that good conversation had the thread been caucused, as they wouldn't have posted.
Yes, there are wolves out there. But we must be steeled against them. Shoot, this is only an Internet forum (the premier Internet forum on the 'Net, but still, it's only a forum). Not like one of these wolves is actually in your face. Not like one of these wolves is standing up in the middle of a Mass and shouting condemnation. Not like one of these wolves is calling the police to close down the place and arrest the priest. Not like one of these wolves is trying to have the Church labeled a hate organization in an effort to shut it down. What about when that happens in real life? Not if, but when. Having some detractors on this Internet forum is not all that big a deal when you compare it to the coming r/w persecution.
I think the useful conversation we are having with our separated brethren is well worth dealing with the disruption. At least IMHO.
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I believe you are right. There are times when it makes sense to step away from a thread, but one hopes that there will be another to pick up the slack. It does seem as though that is what usually happens, thanks to all of you good Catholic warriors out there. :)
I agree with you,but we must be careful of avoiding the sin of scandal as well.
There does come a point when when the same people over and over reject Eucharistic teaching and on many occasions they go way "over the top"- so to speak.
We have to keep in mind that many people view these threads and some can be mislead if we don,t completely rebuke heretical teaching.