tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post4376096084013973246..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: PerspectivePastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-31814113689771021162010-09-25T05:20:16.699+01:002010-09-25T05:20:16.699+01:00As As Doctor Rumble said in his Radio Replies (a t...As As Doctor Rumble said in his Radio Replies (a transcript of queries about catholicism organised into three volumes in the 1950s), there is no atheism without some sin.<br /><br />Another point: it is quite valid to see every atheist as an inchoate Mao, Hitler, Stalin, Genrikh Yagoda, etc., because they have no rational justification for not doing whatever they feel like - if that includes mass murder, should the inclination take them, why not?? After all, they effectively make themselves gods.<br /><br />+ Albrecht von BrandenburgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-55106273559413502682010-09-22T00:53:01.622+01:002010-09-22T00:53:01.622+01:00Thanks for the link to Ms Moorehead's article ...Thanks for the link to Ms Moorehead's article Sean. It reminds me of the reaction to the Pope when he visited Sydney for WYD in 2008, when he charmed all with his energy and sincre humility. Of course, Catholics do form a rather larger section of society here than in the United Kingdom, due in no small measure to the large number of Irish convicts transported for such crimes as protesting rent increases to their English landlords, at least according to Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore.<br /><br />Equally interesting (but profoundly depressing) is the general tone of the damning comments after Ms Moorehead's article. It's very tedious seeing the same whinging vitriol and personal abuse in the comments section of almost any online article these days.<br /><br />And congratulations, by the way, on your sabbatical. Should you find yourself able to travel to Australia at any point during the year, you can be assured of a warm and hospitable welcome.Andrew Jordannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-23770343825489972672010-09-21T23:13:09.964+01:002010-09-21T23:13:09.964+01:00Yes Father, even from a distance the impression ha...Yes Father, even from a distance the impression has been the same. Strident irrationality overcome by humble and charitable reason. But it again points out the difference between media depiction and personal experience. For years Cdl. Ratzinger was depicted as the enforcer, the austere and impersonal keeper of the gate. This was in contrast to the impressions of people who had actually met him and knew him. They always spoke of a kind, gentle and humble man, but also one who was not afraid to take a stand, albeit with charity and thoughtfulness.<br /><br />If nothing else the Holy Father’s visit served to show the real Papa Ratzinger to the people – not a Pope John Paul II who was at home in the limelight and knew how to ‘work the crowd’ - but a quiet, prayerful man, deflecting attention from himself, pointing us to Our Lord, calling all of us to holiness and leading by example.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-61902582062855363032010-09-20T20:04:25.471+01:002010-09-20T20:04:25.471+01:00I am glad you have this impression - it was mine a...I am glad you have this impression - it was mine also, but I tend to read into things what I want to find there, so I didn't trust it!berenikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16917803593444075354noreply@blogger.com