Bill Donohue: Over the line?

dotCommonweal ^ | David Gibson

[Gamecock]

***A non-Catholic posting on a Catholic caucus is a disruption.***

I have posted on a few Catholic Caucus/Devotional threads, but always in a complementary fashion, ie: “that is one of my favorite passages of scripture” or “I admire that particular stand on a social issue.”

I was under the impression that such posts are OK... Am I wrong?

[maryz]

Thanks, sitetest -- you said it well! (Though I'm less patient than you with the constant repetition of sheer refusal to acknowledge what we actually say!)

[pgkdan]

Thanks Sitetest...that’s a pretty good summation of the problem. Maybe this airing will produce something positive.

[Running On Empty]

I want to express my sincere gratitude for your contribution on this thread. You have not only expressed well my own sense of the subject/problem but you have done it in an edifyiing way.

I can’t help but hope that some of the posters (anti-Catholic) who would benefit by reading this thread have actually been reading it. My hope is that they would be able to perceive how their attitudes and posts have had a seriously negative effect on meaningful exchanges with Catholics-—unless, of course, that may have been their objective in the first place.

[trisham]

I can’t help but hope that some of the posters (anti-Catholic) who would benefit by reading this thread have actually been reading it. My hope is that they would be able to perceive how their attitudes and posts have had a seriously negative effect on meaningful exchanges with Catholics-—

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Agreed!

[trisham]

That’s something. It may also have succeeded simply by allowing us to define our thoughts on this difficult issue.

[Titanites]

"idolatrous, blasphemous Magnificent Magical Earth-Mother Marian dogma"?

I'd be interested if the RM recognizes any hint of insult or mockery in the phrase, or if it is considered to be conducive to discussion.

[sitetest]

Dear Gamecock,

“I was under the impression that such posts are OK... Am I wrong?”

If you're going to come on a Catholic Caucus thread and say something that is clearly, plainly positive toward Catholic sentiment, then my own view is that you're more than welcome.

It's a good thing, I think, when we can identify where we agree.

sitetest

[sitetest]

Thanks.

[Alex Murphy]

How should a Catholic respond to the 1,000th. reference to our "idolatrous, blasphemous Magnificent Magical Earth-Mother Marian dogma"?

I would expect you to do it in the same way that I've responded to the countless slanders, insults, accusations, and personal jibes that many Catholics here have made against me for over four years...

...namely, with much perseverance, forbearance, and forgiveness. And occasionally, with a pinch of levity to take the edge off.

Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"
Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."
- Matthew 18:21-22

"Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either."
- Luke 6:29.

[trisham]

I would expect you to do it in the same way that I've responded to the countless slanders, insults, accusations, and personal jibes that many Catholics here have made against me for over four years...

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Yes, you've been quite the role model. I'm sure we all appreciate it.

[sitetest]

“Funny, I thought I was talking to the Religion Moderator.”

And?

[trisham]

Welllll....

[Judith Anne]

Things that make you go, “hmmmmmmmm...”