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I don’t make stuff up.
And I certainly would not lie to you two.
Some catholic posters here post inflammatory articles about a liberal non catholic sect to bash non Catholic sects in general
I happen to find PCUSA apostate as well but know they are hardly indicative of say my sect ..rural Southern Baptists
Until FR I never knew they’re were Catholics who held non Catholics in such low regard
I sure knew none in the South where we got along and public schools always had fish on Fridays
A learning curve.
Inflammatory? On the Religion Forum? Surely you jest.
The fact that "some" (actually any) post intemperately is a shame and a scandal and, imo, is not God pleasing. Then we have to wrestle with what is and is not temperate.
In one way, it's like that Supreme Court Justice said, "I know it when I see it." And, it definitely has do do with whose ox is being gored. We fallible and sinful humans lack pure motives. Some of us struggle with that and do try to consider both the content and effect of our words. Some of us recoil at the very thought that we could EVER be wrong.
The Missus posts more in this forum than do I. I read a great deal of what she posts because I admire both what she says and how she says it. When I commented "You're so busted" (on a previous thread) I believe it was in reaction to some challenging, possibly off base comment you had made that I anticipated her to dissect and refute with her usual skill and precision.
That's all that was. I ask forgiveness for any offense I caused.
Back to the tenor of discussion on the RF - I have thought it might be worthwhile to have a thread to discuss how to discuss. Maybe begin with a refresher course in the conventions of courtesy in real life and how those might be translated into the cyber world. That alone could improve interactions a lot.
Then we might remind ourselves of the basics of logic and how to make and support a position. We might all resolve to take greater care to find the right word, especially when a hot word that pops in our mind, in the heat, seems so perfect.
Of course such a thread would require the reading comprehension that we used to get in high school. There are so many comments here that demonstrate an appalling lack of it.
Until FR I never knew they’re were Catholics who held non Catholics in such low regard
...my, but you have very selective vision when it comes to that sort of thing...
...entire threads are launched with the express purpose of defaming Catholics on this forum, but somehow you fail to notice that...
...personally, I am opposed to the whole practice of carving up other denominations, but when my religion is attacked for no reason other than to attack, I will respond...