Monthly Archives: April 2005

Treacherous Tongue?

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Rand of A Form of Sound Words says:

"DARN it to HECK! I can’t believe Billy believes that load of CRAP. I mean JEEEZ, what is he thinking. I tried and tried to talk some sense into him, but OH MY GOSH, he’s stubborn."

"I apologize in advance to all the good and faithful Christians reading the above phrases and are offended. Your reaction is appropriate. I still felt it was important for me to post it as an example. You see, in the above four little phrases, we have a remarkable four blasphemies, and one gross word that any civil human would avoid using (non-Christian’s included)"

Which word? "Thinking"?

"Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." – H. L. Mencken

Bye, Bye, Marty

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June 22, 2005

I still get a number of hits to my post about the firing of Christian talk show host Marty Minto. I never quite finished it because I got tied up in more important things, so I decided to come back and do just that. For those interested, the original entry can be found in its entirety (misspellings, bad grammar, and all) here.

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Consistent Life Ethic

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On Friday, CNN published a brief article describing the differences between John F. Kennedy and John F. Kerry in the eyes of Catholic voters. The moral of the story is pretty obvious at this point. Namely, more observant Catholics favored Bush by 13 points because of his conservative stances on social issues like abortion. What hasn't been so obvious is this.

"Only 29 percent of churchgoing Catholics favor the death penalty for murder. Among less observant Catholics, nearly two-thirds support the death penalty."

This took me very much by surprise and should have surprised the author as well. I had to re-read it a couple times for it to sink in. Opposition to the death penalty is something more often associated with the left side of the spectrum, with the occasional moderate exception, such as myself. There's a known correlation, which the article mentions, between regular church attendance and support for conservative causes. Why, then, do so many wishy-washy Catholics support the death penalty?

I think the author wrote the wrong story – the less interesting one.

Thoughts? Comments?

TCitMW: Responses to Critics

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I wish to thank all those who have contributed their opinions to the discussion what ways the Church

can/should change in the next pontificate and ways it cannot/should notchange. Some of the responses have come in the form of full blog entries, rather than comments. I’d like now to offer rebuttals and clarifications.

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No Symbolism To See Here; Move Along

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“I was reading ‘Lord of the Rings’ the other night, trying to let
my mind escape from the impending doom that awaits us all, and I
realized that Aragorn kicked some serious Orc ass, helped defeat the
forces of evil and became king, all without even saying the word ‘God.’
The best stories are not about mystical religious powers, but men and
women with strong moral courage that they didn’t get from quoting
chapter and verse.” – Michael
Mastroianni

Perhaps a Catholic Tolkien fan ought to inform Mr. Mastroianni of the
humerous irony of his statements. 😉