tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5688222693729010768..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Who picks the referee?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31581918491782384612017-12-16T22:23:10.591-05:002017-12-16T22:23:10.591-05:00The referee analogy doesn't work in a more fun...The referee analogy doesn't work in a more fundamental sense: a referee merely arbitrates the rules of the game. He is not supposed to have an influence on the outcome of the contest. If we are indeed forming consensus over time as a church as a whole, then the Catholic magisterium analogizes more closely to a Commissioner of Baseball, not a caller of balls and strikes. For it can overturn a victory earned on the field, even one fairly adjudicated by an umpire.<br /><br />Rome is not the moderator of debate. She is the stifler of debate. She is the predeterminer of wins and losses, not based on the merit of arguments but on dictatorial fiat.ziggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11725284287331487390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-9026216654073495672017-12-15T04:45:40.321-05:002017-12-15T04:45:40.321-05:00/// ... who picks the referee?///
The Cardinals d.../// ... who picks the referee?///<br /><br />The Cardinals do, of course. 😉John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83717850643992247512017-12-14T21:02:48.189-05:002017-12-14T21:02:48.189-05:00He also trots out the old myth of tens of thousand...He also trots out the old myth of tens of thousands of Protestant denominations down in the comments:<br /><br />"But whose reading of the Bible? There are tens of thousands of Protestant churches, each one representing a distinctive interpretation of the Bible. And the referee I'm talking about is one that has received the sanction of the Holy Spirit."Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784922935749497931noreply@blogger.com