tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post6498265539767754113..comments2024-01-22T01:52:37.473-06:00Comments on RENEGADE TRADS: A Sad SituationA Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-89968218695481921032010-05-17T01:12:07.116-05:002010-05-17T01:12:07.116-05:00I meant the Vasquez article. No, the first one I ...I meant the Vasquez article. No, the first one I think highlights an important point about try to make problems go away by pretending they don't exist, it's just silly.Michael Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906855958052420966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-11151484900780898742010-05-17T00:59:46.365-05:002010-05-17T00:59:46.365-05:00Which scathing article? The one about the lesbian ...Which scathing article? The one about the lesbian couple? The blogpost I wrote in response to the whole situation? Or the one I quote from Arturo Vasquez?<br /><br />He was making a point, I think, not really advocating indifferentism but rather realism about how folk religion works.<br /><br />If we don't excommunicate the guy worshiping Jesus Malverde, why single out the gays?A Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-56749912905078797332010-05-17T00:12:34.144-05:002010-05-17T00:12:34.144-05:00Well, in response to that scathing article, I wil...Well, in response to that scathing article, I will posit one of my other favorite Chesterton quotes:<br /><br />"It is incomprehensible to me that any thinker can calmly call himself a 'Modernist.' He might as well call himself a Thursdayite."<br /><br />I suppose the obvious defense would be that at no point did Vasquez seem to be trying to remain calm.Michael Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906855958052420966noreply@blogger.com