tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post7972475285422048481..comments2024-03-12T09:16:40.228-04:00Comments on Dyspeptic Mutterings: Is this Catholicism?DPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-27037314957621222702013-10-10T12:42:10.454-04:002013-10-10T12:42:10.454-04:00Charles, I'm more than happy to give people th...Charles, I'm more than happy to give people the benefit of the doubt. But if you haven't seen special pleading, goalpost moving, shooting the wounded and ultramontanism in the defenses of the interviews, I say this with utter sincerity:<br /><br />I envy you. Hopefully not in a sinful way, though.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-4539626532755067002013-10-09T12:02:01.457-04:002013-10-09T12:02:01.457-04:00"... why begrudge those who want to try to in..."... why begrudge those who want to try to interpret what he is saying in the most orthodox light possible?"<br /><br />I don't want to speak for Dale, but what I'm guessing he begrudges is not so much the interpretation of the Holy Father "in the most orthodox light possible", but rather that those who are attempting to interpret him in that way are engaging in name Pro Ecclesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814831624547392519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-79484061478894677282013-10-09T04:37:55.059-04:002013-10-09T04:37:55.059-04:00I can understand some measured criticism of the Po...I can understand some measured criticism of the Pope loose language in the interviews, but why begrudge those who want to try to interpret what he is saying in the most orthodox light possible? He is the Pope, after all, shouldn't we in charity be trying to do that and give him the benefit of the doubt? Charles Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-38780734159441807162013-10-08T18:03:36.703-04:002013-10-08T18:03:36.703-04:00It's a way of for me to deal with it construct...It's a way of for me to deal with it constructively. But I completely understand the opposite reaction, too.DPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249117106906577345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3861468.post-91082791146773882602013-10-08T15:29:44.085-04:002013-10-08T15:29:44.085-04:00Yeah, I think you and Elliot hit on why I'm a ...Yeah, I think you and Elliot hit on why I'm a bit unnerved by what's been happening lately. It's just funny that this has kind of inspired completely opposite reactions in the two of us - you've been inspired to write more, and I've basically all but given up the keyboard. Paul Zummohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574775522802920843noreply@blogger.com