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I wanted to make the whole Catholic Exchange community aware that Larry Doyle, who wrote the infamous satire, "Jesus-Eating Cult" at HuffPo, has entered into conversation with us.
Here's how it happened. Friday, I thought a few things needed saying in response to Doyle and his Catholic critics. So I wrote an article, "Larry Doyle's 'Jesus-Eating Cult,'" both in protest to Doyle's satire and also the attempt by Catholiic leaders to stop such anti-Catholic critiques through pressure tactics. As the article argues, if we are going to have the conversation we need in the public square about faith and public policy, we must be ready to respond to such attacks with reasoned argument--and humor of our own. We should never try to shut down the conversation. When we pressure people to stop talking, no matter how offensive their comments may be, we make ourselves irrelevant. You can read the article here.
Late Friday afternoon, I was checking out comments when I found that Larry Doyle had responded personally to my article. He began, "Since yours is the only reasoned critique I've read from so-called Christians..."
With that the conversation was off and running.
I want to invite the community to join this important conversation as Catholic Exchange participates in a new way in the national dialogue.
Keep a couple of things in mind. One of my friends wrote to me: "I know not Larry Doyle, but I do know that what you have done is discover a wounded calf and alerted the rest of the ranch hands that there would be veal for dinner. I hope I'm wrong."
We don't want to prove Larry's anti-Catholiic point by flaying him alive with our comments. If he is a "wounded calf"--and who isn't a wounded person in some respect--let's reach out to him in chariity. If Larry didn't want to have some other response from the Catholic community besides the heap of abuse he's received, why would he be entering into the discussion at Catholic Exchange? This is a moment of evangelization, which always means talking with people who DON'T accept our faith. Perhaps even the HuffPo world will take note.
God bless, Harold
lol.
Funny guy. /not
The pomp and circumstance and the worship of non-deities, tons of them, is what I dislike about the Catholic Church.
EVERY Christian ate the body and drank the blood of Jesus, as Jesus commanded us to do. One can read John to see what happens if we DON'T.
Too bad some Protestants don't know where their faith came from, both A.D. and B.C. Even our dating of TIME is based on Jesus.
Needs your thoughts, perspective and comments.
Might just be me, but I have to say — it’s a very odd way to ‘want a conversation and ask for engagement’ to slander and mock your opponent, then be surprised when you get vitriolic responses, then act the victim by finally finding ‘one person’ who is Chrsitian enough to, what?, not be offended.
I think the guy’s a jerk. There are many other ways to engage in dialog with an opponent, but mocking and slander are not among them.
