tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775762753988840190.post4917113048359014750..comments2023-10-26T05:27:31.440-07:00Comments on St Francis Magazine: Not very wise of the Vatican to complain about anti-Christian TV show in IsraelJohn Stringerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16330961435344117811noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775762753988840190.post-48545218669743800632009-02-26T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:08:00.000-08:00I must have missed the link as I read SFM from my ...I must have missed the link as I read SFM from my aggregator... sometimes hyperlinks do not always appear in the articles if you read them there.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I think I better understand your objection. It seems a "third option" is sort of on the table here... Rather than be silent, or call for banning, it is incumbant upon the Catholic Church to make it known that the material is objectionable and insulting. From there, with the freedom to respond how they please, the offending parties are free to proceed and show their true colors.<BR/><BR/>Fair enough.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you understand that Williamson was not "brought into good standing" per se, and that the reversal of a penalty against him was without regard to his looney (and very wrong) personal views which he foolishly shared on TV.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, it is rather like a judge reversing a parking ticket for someone who believes the earth is flat... In such a case, I suspect no one would raise the objection "How can this judge support flat-earthers!?!?" Yet that seems to be what the media is having a hey-day with here.<BR/><BR/>When it comes to the mainstream media, I have grown accustomed to the fact that they darn near NEVER get the story accurate.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the terrific blog.A Simple Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710927638399318664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775762753988840190.post-61836529545184140372009-02-26T02:11:00.000-08:002009-02-26T02:11:00.000-08:00Dear SimpleSinner, I linked to Catholic News Agenc...Dear SimpleSinner, I linked to Catholic News Agency. Banning or censorship would mean the same in this instance, I guess.<BR/><BR/>No, I do not think Williamson is in good standing. And I wrote the above comment not because of any anti-Roman feelings - I do not have those. I have made similar comments about Orthodox and Protestant calls for censorship in the Arab world.<BR/><BR/>All churches in the Arab world suffer from a lack of rights, but when it suits them, they ask their dictatorial governments to apply similar bad laws against others, if that suits the churches at any particular moment.John Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330961435344117811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7775762753988840190.post-54671409266067485142009-02-25T21:41:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:41:00.000-08:00John could you provide a link to an ourside articl...John could you provide a link to an ourside article that reports this story, perhaps with the text of the complaint?<BR/><BR/>Does the complaint call for banning and censorship?<BR/><BR/>Do you wrongly understand Williams to be in good standing as a Catholic bishop just because the penalties of <I>Ecclesia Dei Adflicta</I> (1988) were reversed?A Simple Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710927638399318664noreply@blogger.com