tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post8816204168725227326..comments2024-01-08T10:10:48.074+00:00Comments on That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Pansy Grayling Throws Toys Out of Pram in No Pope ShowThe Boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-50187465742983939832011-10-21T10:00:14.873+01:002011-10-21T10:00:14.873+01:00Paddy, you've made your point. All I was sayin...Paddy, you've made your point. All I was saying was that Grayling wouldn't have used Cliff's logic to defend a moral issue. The moral issue Cliff was trying to defend was gay marriage because his friends want it, so that makes it okay. All I was saying is that Cliff is dumb and Grayling considerably less dumb.The Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-11776784698720583592011-10-20T20:37:25.409+01:002011-10-20T20:37:25.409+01:00W-e-l-l you did call him a pansy but perhaps that ...W-e-l-l you did call him a pansy but perhaps that was a gardening reference?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-45149222981888781642011-10-20T15:25:29.487+01:002011-10-20T15:25:29.487+01:00I understand that the Holy Father has no need for ...I understand that the Holy Father has no need for my 'confidence', though he does ask us for our prayers. I am bound as a Catholic to be obedient to him. I can be obedient to the Holy Father and be confident (given his excellent pontificate) that he will manage Assisi III very well. <br /><br />This I say in the light of Assisi I, under Blessed Pope John Paul II, which led many Catholics to have expressed concerns of a creeping 'syncretism' with regard to other faiths. The event was criticised for this reason. It goes without saying, I would have thought, that Pope Benedict XVI does not answer to me, but to God, as well he knows.<br /><br />I didn't discuss Grayling and homosexuality. I don't worry that the Holy Father will in any way denigrate the Holy Faith during the Assisi III pilgrimage. The Catholic Faith comes from God - it is Holy. That said, Pope Benedict XVI is a Pope of Christian Unity and of charitable dialogue. He is very much an embodiment of 'caritas in veritate'. I didn't conjecture that Grayling might say something about homosexuals. Are you sure you read my post properly? The last paragraph of your comment doesn't make much sense.The Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10271719805983763595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2389530333077823143.post-11986022285303988602011-10-20T14:49:50.848+01:002011-10-20T14:49:50.848+01:00Two interesting statements here. 1) "The prob...Two interesting statements here. 1) "The problem with some atheists, you see, and most especially the religious types, is that they are so convinced of their own rightness [that they can't see the truth of anyone else's view point" and 2) "I have every confidence in the Holy Father that he can lead this without the event looking as if he believes 'your truth is as good as mine'"<br /><br />You have every confidence in the HF??? Are you his boss? It sounds like something the board of directors would say in response to a staff cock-up. He IS the RCC, he can hardly need your support<br /><br />Also, you criticise one man for believing in his Truth and not that of others (for being anti-relativist) but then when the HF listens to all voices on his pilgrimage you worry that he might not do this same thing. AND you conjecture that Grayling might say something about (sigh, wait for it)homosexuals (yep, another piece where the contents of men's knickers makes an appearance in tedious fashion). Out of left field, the gays again, in a piece that's not about gays.Paddynoreply@blogger.com