Two Female Catholic Priests Conduct First Mass (coffee mugs down alert!)

Mystl ^ | December 1, 2007

[IrishBrigade]

Hmmmmm....”Rectorix”?...

...not amusing to an individual scheduled for a colonoscopy later in the week...

[Ann Archy]

These are NOT Roman Catholic Women Priests!! They aren’t Roman Catholic anymore, they aren’t PRIESTS, and they probaboly aren’t women...they are LESBIANS dancing on the trapdoors of HELL!

[Ann Archy]

The ONLY word that’s true in that whole sentence is “TWO”.

[marshmallow]

Irving's Law has three components - Phariseeism, "Jack Chick"-ism, and Anti-Semitism. IMO the real question is not whether the "invocations" should be subject to some kind of religious quota, but rather how many times someone on FR has actually quoted/referenced a Jack Chick publication favorably, in contrast to the number of times Catholics have accused people of doing so w/o evidence. If FRCatholics are certain that someone is using/quoting/posting Jack Chick material (w/ or w/o crediting the source), they should ping the Religion Moderator to those posts, since the RM has already ruled that Jack Chick is a hate monger and that his material is/will be banned from FR. A failure to back up a Phariseeism/Antisemitism/Jack-Chick-ism claim is IMO a tacit admission that the accuser has run out of intelligent responses and can't continue the debate, hence Irving's Law.

All of which assumes that the issue being addressed actually merits an intelliegent response. Often it doesn't. Frequently it's simply the repetition of oft rebutted arguments, legends, rumors and sometimes outright lies.

It's a little late to take the high road, Alex.

Truly.

You're well aware by now that Catholic apologists on this forum are perfectly capable of debating any aspect of Catholicism or indeed Protestant theology in an intelligent, reasonable and informed manner. They're too capable. That's the problem.

So you don't go there.

Rather, you post some piece of tripe which you know is guaranteed to anger and inflame somebody who will dismiss it as being at the same level as Chick agitprop. Which is often the case. Enter Alex shrieking "Irving's law"! We win!!

Claim victory, Alex. It's childish in the extreme and it's getting worse. Your most recent offering is really scraping the bottom of the barrel and is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.

You've earned a well merited place on my "time waster" filter as someone with no serious interest in honest give and take. Your responses to this and any other of my posts will be ignored.

[Proud2BeRight]

Thanks for the replies. I now understand the reasoning.

[najida]

Nope,
Out of respect to you and the others no,
A light went on, that’s all.

[najida]

No thank you,
What you wrote was enough.

[ArrogantBustard]

A light went on, that’s all.

I wonder ...

Still, you've identified the twin failings of this forum ... and I mean FR in general, not just the "Religion Ghetto".

1) Too many folks have forgotten (if they ever knew) how to seek understanding without agreement.

2) Too many folks have forgotten (if they ever knew) how to disagree without being a jerk.

[najida]

Erm,
thank you (I think).

[GCC Catholic]

Still, you've identified the twin failings of this forum ... and I mean FR in general, not just the "Religion Ghetto".

1) Too many folks have forgotten (if they ever knew) how to seek understanding without agreement.

2) Too many folks have forgotten (if they ever knew) how to disagree without being a jerk.

Amen to that.

[ArrogantBustard]

That you decline to discuss the matter on this forum suggests to me that you don’t think the forum will support polite discussion. If so, I agree ... and I think that’s a tragedy.

[najida]

LOL!
Me keeping my mouth shut is a miracle, not a tragedy. :)