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MarcoPolo
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Sure, but one could argue that a blink and walking away speaks volumes itself. At the least, keep the discussion to a minimum because it’s really a futile enterprise to try to reason with irrational people. In addition to Lisa’s post, as Austen pointed out, the person essentially called themselves a “vampire” since they were once in the womb. So on what basis are we allowed to let live “vampires” like the skeptic who didn’t get aborted and yet kill other “vampires” the skeptic feels like killing. The injustice is the same—the skeptic is just trying to use silly language to justify his position. But as I said, a person who believes such thinking makes sense is not really someone who is likely to accept reason. Frankly, they don’t even belong in the conversation.Great quote, but I have a follow-up question:
If the person described above is not attacking me as an individual and my individual positions, but is attacking the Church Herself, are we not in some way obligated to respond to defend Her? It seems to me that, while a personal attack is best treated with silence - a veritable show of humility - an attack against the Church, left unaddressed, gives the attacker the impression that he/she is correct in some way in his/her attack. I find it difficult to remain silent when someone insults me or calls my beliefs into question. It’s a personal problem and I’m working on it… but does humility really require that we also keep silent when the Church is so slighted?