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Honestly, this place has never made me angry.
That’s something I try to do from time to time, not always successfully. Once or twice I’ve found that the other person then gets even more wound up than they were to start with.How about confronting the person gently and respectfully?
Yeah, yeah! Sorry for misunderstanding. I agree.I did say we should perform the Spiritual Works of Mercy to correct the liberals and dissenters. That is for their benefit not ours. When I suggested a time of self reflection away from the forum I was referring to the op’s anger issues. The op is accountable for his anger and a time of self reflection away from the forum is for her/his benefit. Also the anger could be caused just because she/he doesn’t like what is being said even if it is said charitably in truth.
This forum also has many people purporting to be “faithful Catholics” who at least sometimes make posts that are contrary to the current Church teaching (which they don’t agree with for some reason and have decided is wrong), or are needlessly argumentative, unkind, or just inappropriate for the forum.This forum has many liberals & dissenters that could scandalize faithful Catholics.
This forum has many liberals & dissenters that could scandalize faithful Catholics.
I agree that it’s not so much a question of conservatives vs. liberals as the overdone partisanship in itself. On another website where posters are much more argumentative and confrontational than the nice, polite, quietly-spoken people here at CAF, I can engage with a Calvinist, say, about the Council of Trent, where we both clearly state our views without pulling our punches but at the same time we both maintain a friendly, considerate tone of voice. A debate needn’t be a quarrel.Hmmm, I wouldn’t point my finger at the “liberals.” I mean, many of the “dissenters” are just as respectful on here as anyone else. I’m mainly talking about disrespectful attitudes and the like — which can also be expressed by the self-righteous orthodox as much as the liberal dissenters.
I’m sure this is sarcasm.nice, polite, quietly-spoken people here at CAF,
No sarcasm at all! I’m comparing CAF with a particular British Anglican website. Sample it for yourself! It’s the Archbishop Cranmer blog. Take a look at this recent post about the crucifix and the burkha. When you scroll down through the thread, pay attention to the Protestant vs. Catholic comments on the cross vs. the crucifix. A little bit of background: one frequent commenter is Dominic Stockford (his real name), an ordained Catholic priest who went over to the Dark Side and is now the president of the Protestant Truth Society.I’m sure this is sarcasm.
And of course, we never see name-calling from conservatives/trads.Seems to be a tactic of the liberals in an attempt to shut down dialogue. No matter how charitable one is in proclaiming the Truth of Jesus Christ and His Church the name calling starts.
Exactly.And of course, we never see name-calling from conservatives/trads.![]()
Oh yeah. I remember a while back when some people were posting LifeSite artivles showing my cardinal in a negative light. It was annoying becauseI tend to avoid them as they often come in direct defiance of my bishop