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floresco said:
Yes, CC was wrong. You don’t need their analysis and opinions. You are capable of looking at the website and forming your own opinion on it. Your opinion, like mine, is just as good as theirs.
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Uhm…The site distills the entire FE website down in a relevant manner. Readers who wish to get a sense of what material/viewpoints/tones of a website may be problematic can check out CC and save themselves a substantial amount of time. So, no, it is not a necessity. Neither is an encyclopaedia, but it sure makes things easier for us.
 
Baelor said:
Uhm…The site distills the entire FE website down in a relevant manner. Readers who wish to get a sense of what material/viewpoints/tones of a website may be problematic can check out CC and save themselves a substantial amount of time. So, no, it is not a necessity. Neither is an encyclopaedia, but it sure makes things easier for us.
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Are you shy about visiting Catholic websites?
 
Baelor said:
Uhm…The site distills the entire FE website down in a relevant manner. Readers who wish to get a sense of what material/viewpoints/tones of a website may be problematic can check out CC and save themselves a substantial amount of time. So, no, it is not a necessity. Neither is an encyclopaedia, but it sure makes things easier for us.
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An encyclopedia does save time, but I wouldn’t use one that I didn’t trust. Personally, I don’t trust CC enough to let them make these sort of decisions for me. You are certainly free to do so if you wish.
 
Baelor said:
My personal habits are not within the purview of this thread.
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In a way, they are because it probably affects how you view things.
Readers who wish to get a sense of what material/viewpoints/tones of a website may be problematic can check out CC and save themselves a substantial amount of time.
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Based on my personality and my personal habits, I am not likely to read a review written about a Catholic site to figure out whether I should check it out or not. In fact, any negative review would probably make me curious. So that’s why I asked about how you personally view things.
 
floresco said:
An encyclopedia does save time, but I wouldn’t use one that I didn’t trust. Personally, I don’t trust CC enough to let them make these sort of decisions for me. You are certainly free to do so if you wish.
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TrueLight said:
In a way, they are because it probably affects how you view things.

Based on my personality and my personal habits, I am not likely to read a review written about a Catholic site to figure out whether I should check it out or not. In fact, any negative review would probably make me curious. So that’s why I asked about how you personally view things.
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My response to both of you is then the same: I do not care how whether CC or any other source labels or what it deems acceptable or unacceptable; the usefulness of the site is in its lifting of potentially decision-affecting quotations. In other words, the review is irrelevant, and “how I view things” is also irrelevant. What is relevant is what the site says. There is bias insofar as which selections are biased, but their presence is factual (if hyperlinked, etc.).
 
The Fisheaters website is vast: 100’s of pages. It offers the most comprehensive, thorough and traditional information about the Catholic faith. Its step-by-step “How to go to Confession” alone is worth it. It filled in all the gaps (and some gaps I didn’t even know were there) from RCIA. It has beautiful stories from and about the saints, animals, astronomy, all from a traditional Catholic perspective. It shows how the Catholic view of the world is the correct one, and focuses on the beauty, awe and wonder that exists in the world. Honestly, criticisms of Vatican II, the New Mass etc is only a fraction of that site.
 
I think the integrity of the website master is a big factor to consider. Compare the FYI warning from OUR moderator with the permission allowed ty THEIR moderator to post very uncharitable threads about Catholic Answers, its moderators, and its members. That in itself is a huge turnoff. At the present time, there are three rather nasty threads going, and I’ve seen others in the past.

To respond to Spooky, yes I agree there are strengths at FE, just as Catholic Culture noted. Yet, the danger warning is posted to alert innocent people that they could be subjected to information that is complete at odds with Church teaching. There is not even a “yellow” caution, but an out and out warning.
 
This article deserves its own post. Dr. Mirus, the owner of Catholic Culture, explains their rating system.
For us, fidelity means fidelity to the “mind of the Church” and it consists of four elements:
Orthodoxy; Obedience: Prudence; Fortitude
[Further description and explanation can be found in the article]

Recently, however, we’ve encountered another serious violation of prudence in evaluating several web sites which claim either to be associated with an “Order” that lacks any formal ecclesiastical standing or which claim to provide deliverance from demons without proper ecclesiastical oversight, or both. In addition, the founder of this “Order” is a recently-convicted sex offender. Now I want to assure you that I am fully aware that the world is full of repentant sinners (ourselves included) who attempt to do good work for the Church. Moreover, any of us may live like a traditional hermit if we so choose, or even dress in traditional religious garb. And certainly we are all entitled to form associations among our fellow-Catholics to pursue spiritual aims.
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Let’s have enough of criticizing the excellent work of this organization.
 
What is the purpose of this site?
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The purpose of this site is to bring souls to the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church – the Church headed by Christ and built on the rock of St. Peter, the Church against which the gates of Hell will never prevail. Fish Eaters strives to do this by showing Protestants the errors of Protestantism and by teaching Catholics to recognize what is and isn’t Catholic. Fish Eaters wishes to inspire Catholics to do all in their power:
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to fight to preserve the traditional Mass and all the other traditional Sacramental rites
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to learn, teach, and guard every last drop of the Faith in the same way that Catholics have learned, taught, and guarded it for two millennia
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to practice traditional devotions and popular customs that have always served to build strong Catholic families and communities, and to keep us all close to Christ
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Amen.

People are human. As I said before, the forum can get out of hand. That doesn’t change the fact that it’s a wonderful site.
 
People who need a third party website to tell them what they think may have a problem with thinking for themselves. Here is a thought, go and check it out for yourself, if it isn’t something you like, then don’t read it. If it is something you like, then enjoy. Isn’t freedom great!
 
TrueLight said:
I think the site is extremely informative with very well researched articles. It is an excellent resource for sound, Catholic teaching.
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Yes I agree 👍

Right now the Fisheaters website says:

Maintenance Mode
Forum will be unlocked shortly.
 
So we have people here who have a problem with others expressing criticism of Catholic Culture, while they themselves do not hesitate to criticize Fish Eaters. That scarcely seems reasonable. How about if everyone is free to express their views of other websites, but in a charitable and respectful way?
 
hudson said:
People who need a third party website to tell them what they think may have a problem with thinking for themselves. Here is a thought, go and check it out for yourself, if it isn’t something you like, then don’t read it. If it is something you like, then enjoy. Isn’t freedom great!
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😃
 
Spooky7272 said:
The Fisheaters website is vast: 100’s of pages. It offers the most comprehensive, thorough and traditional information about the Catholic faith. Its step-by-step “How to go to Confession” alone is worth it. It filled in all the gaps (and some gaps I didn’t even know were there) from RCIA. It has beautiful stories from and about the saints, animals, astronomy, all from a traditional Catholic perspective. It shows how the Catholic view of the world is the correct one, and focuses on the beauty, awe and wonder that exists in the world. Honestly, criticisms of Vatican II, the New Mass etc is only a fraction of that site.
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Very, very true.
 
floresco said:
So we have people here who have a problem with others expressing criticism of Catholic Culture, while they themselves do not hesitate to criticize Fish Eaters. That scarcely seems reasonable. How about if everyone is free to express their views of other websites, but in a charitable and respectful way?
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That’s what I’ve been thinking!

Incidentally, FE forum allows people to criticize FE itself there, so criticism can go any direction on that site and it’s usually allowed to stay. Sometimes plugging one’s ears isn’t the solution to something.
 
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