[Havoc]

How is it, do you suppose, that people can quote these hacks like Tertullian and be utterly unaware of whome they are quoting and assuming someone will buy as authoritative.
I marvel at the audacity of it. I keep wondering if people can really be this ignorant of that which they presume to
educate us of - or if not ignorant, then so audacious as to knowingly push falsehood and lies as truth. It angers me just thinking about it. Sorry, just sounding off. Any thoughts?

[Invincibly Ignorant]

How is it, do you suppose, that people can quote these hacks like Tertullian and be utterly unaware of whome they are quoting and assuming someone will buy as authoritative.

I'd better not do it anymore. I've quoted Tertullian and am utterly unaware of who he is. Of course it was to make an anti-magisterium point. :-)

Hey you'd better take it easy on that pagan stuff. It upsets alot of people in here. :-)

[OLD REGGIE]

How is it, do you suppose, that people can quote these hacks like Tertullian and be utterly unaware of whome they are quoting and assuming someone will buy as authoritative. I marvel at the audacity of it. I keep wondering if people can really be this ignorant of that which they presume to educate us of - or if not ignorant, then so audacious as to knowingly push falsehood and lies as truth. It angers me just thinking about it. Sorry, just sounding off. Any thoughts?

I think people sometimes go to an Apologist WebSite and post what they find. Unfortunately, some of these sites are not known for their scholarship.

I don't believe, in most cases, it is audaciousness (sp) or dishonesty on their part, it is simply a case of lack of knowledge.

When all else fails the good RC resorts to "whatever my Church teaches me is true".