Comments on: It Is Better That One Man Should Stand In For The People http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: christianity http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19377 christianity Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:42:32 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19377 <strong>christianity...</strong> It can occasionally become wearisome to split up the valuable holy bible reading from the abominable.... christianity…

It can occasionally become wearisome to split up the valuable holy bible reading from the abominable….

]]> By: S.B. http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19376 S.B. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:07:40 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19376 And I too shrug off your cognitively meaningless insults. You're just letting off steam in the only way you know how. And I too shrug off your cognitively meaningless insults. You’re just letting off steam in the only way you know how.

]]> By: jonathanjones02 http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19375 jonathanjones02 Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:10:41 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19375 <i>As an aside, your supercilious, “I’m from Ireland, and therefore have a better appreciation for Catholicism,” tone is as off-putting as it is unjustified by the lack of charity towards Evangelical Christians in your writings. Whatever your background, you have not learned to discuss differences between Christians charitably.</i> John Henry: I agree with this assessment, and your original point that negative generalizations about Evangelicals are commonplace and tolerated in a way that derision and condensation toward other groups would never be. Good post. There is much we could learn from Evangelicals, especially when it comes to charity. Few groups are more charitable and kindhearted as a whole, something I also admire a great deal about Mormons, another group it seems perfectly acceptable to go after full force. As an aside, your supercilious, “I’m from Ireland, and therefore have a better appreciation for Catholicism,” tone is as off-putting as it is unjustified by the lack of charity towards Evangelical Christians in your writings. Whatever your background, you have not learned to discuss differences between Christians charitably.

John Henry: I agree with this assessment, and your original point that negative generalizations about Evangelicals are commonplace and tolerated in a way that derision and condensation toward other groups would never be. Good post.

There is much we could learn from Evangelicals, especially when it comes to charity. Few groups are more charitable and kindhearted as a whole, something I also admire a great deal about Mormons, another group it seems perfectly acceptable to go after full force.

]]> By: Michael J. Iafrate http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19374 Michael J. Iafrate Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:58:16 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19374 <I>No, it’s just an insult. I could just as well say that your beliefs are “regressive.”</I> And I would shrug it off. Wouldn't be the first time. No, it’s just an insult. I could just as well say that your beliefs are “regressive.”

And I would shrug it off. Wouldn’t be the first time.

]]> By: S.B. http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19373 S.B. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:37:50 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19373 No, it's just an insult. I could just as well say that your beliefs are "regressive." No, it’s just an insult. I could just as well say that your beliefs are “regressive.”

]]> By: Michael J. Iafrate http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/12/05/it-is-better-that-one-man-should-stand-in-for-the-people/#comment-19372 Michael J. Iafrate Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:32:54 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=2689#comment-19372 <I>"Regressive political beliefs” isn’t a meaningful term.</I> I suppose that if such beliefs were the air one breathed, it would not be a "meaningful" term. “Regressive political beliefs” isn’t a meaningful term.

I suppose that if such beliefs were the air one breathed, it would not be a “meaningful” term.

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