Comments on: I do hope they exorcise the space before the next Mass.

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:54:09 +0000

In other words, you prove my point: 10 years of CCD to check that box, the bare minimum box-checking Mass attendance until you couldn’t keep up the charade any longer. I’m glad you decided to end the charade, but I wish it had been because you learned more rather than rejected the little you had possibly learned. You keep ascribing things to me that I do not say, mean, or know. You assume certain things that simply aren’t true. And you seem to think I’m the one in the wrong here. Weird.

By: Greg B.

Greg B. — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:44:23 +0000

I get my view of Catholicism from my upbringing in the church – 10 years of CCD, 52 masses a year for 25 years. Tom, your post about the sin of mastirbation proves my point about Catholic view of the human body as shameful. It’s also another example of denying reality. Do you honestly expect young people to avoid orgasms until marriage? You want to stop people from learning about sex. masturbating, and using contraception then complain about the prevalence of abortion and out of wedlock births.

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:18 +0000

We do? Wow. News to me. I’m curious: Have you ever heard of the Theology of the Body? If not, do yourself a favor and check it out. If you’re at all interested in being challenged on that ridiculous assertion I can recommend some resources. The beauty of the dignity of the body and its functions as described therein will blow. your. mind. (And I can’t say I’m surprised Family Guy would come up with a line like that. Do you get all of your philosophy and theology from crass pop TV shows? Or just your horribly inaccurate view of Catholicism?)

By: Greg B.

Greg B. — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:39:22 +0000

Nope. It’s a line from Family Guy. But the joke is rooted in the very unfunny reality that those who adhere to strict Catholic teaching view the body and its natural functions as things about which we should feel ashamed.

By: Tom Crowe

Tom Crowe — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:55:12 +0000

Did you think of that one all by yourself?

By: Ken Johnson

Ken Johnson — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:53:22 +0000

New format doesn’t seem to allow responding to a specific post

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:05:00 +0000

Rev,
I guess this comment was missed but I’m sure you see several comments where it says, “this comment was deleted.” I already reported the offensive words and the troll that made them.
Reverend, it infuriates me when I see how low some folks will sink into because they don’t have an argument to post or even the proper vocabulary to express themselves.

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:01:00 +0000

How am I wrong? Should I not “capitalize” proper names?

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:00:00 +0000

And I respect the fact that you don’t share with us the teachings of our Church. Now, we are not making psychological judgments as to whether masturbation is normal or not. That’s out of our competency. We are judging, and by “we” we mean the Church, whether the act we have described is moral or not and the Church has concluded that indeed, it is not, it does not enhance one’s spirituality nor does it do anything for mature growth.
When Tom wrote about this subject, he knew what the teaching of the Catholic Church is on it, but that teaching needs a broader context, a context you seem unwilling to understand, not necessarily embrace.

By: abadilla

abadilla — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:52:00 +0000

What makes you think that teaching a young Catholic to respect the integrity of his /her body because it is the Temple of the Holy Spirt, is the same as teaching them to be ashamed of themselves and their bodies?