tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5524489730096448906..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Expect the Bergoglio papacy to lead to more inquisition and less discussionRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62597615786050114872017-09-20T14:05:37.211-04:002017-09-20T14:05:37.211-04:00Hi Geoff -- You are right about the bait and switc...Hi Geoff -- You are right about the bait and switch. They want an infallible interpreter, and they dismiss the notion that they can determine the fine line between "divine revelation and mere human opinion". Until they want to push their own opinions. <br /><br />I think the problem goes a lot deeper than the "infallible interpreter" thing though (although that is looming large now). They have lost their "infallible interpreter" (one of the conservative popes of the past), and, to paraphrase Douthat (who paraphrased R.C. Sproul), "it's all opinion, all the way down". And as you say, it means they don't have a church that can help them figure things out. John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-45630809795414396842017-09-20T13:13:44.617-04:002017-09-20T13:13:44.617-04:00My takeaways:
Catholic apologists are involved in...My takeaways:<br /><br />Catholic apologists are involved in a massive bait & switch campaign. They sell this conservative church that Christ founded when they are about 50 years behind Mainline Protestantism.<br /><br />On top of that, conservative Catholics always seem to freak out about the possibility that an infallible interpreter won't be there to tell them what to believe. Stop and think. How did they figure out there is a bunch of liberals running their church? Why didn't they need an infallible person to tell them that? And...<br /><br />On top of that, doesn't this mean they don't have a church that can help them figure things out?geoffrobinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949411893531888555noreply@blogger.com