Sully on PBXVI
All I can say is, “wow.”
First, Sully links to the fedster in a positive way, and now he is praising the Holy Father.
Perhaps I should take it easy on ol’ Andrew for a spell. Of late, he has earned some degree of credit with me.
September 28, 2006
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September 28th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Wow is right. Great link, Feddie. Thanks. If Sully didn’t totally define himself by his sexuality, he’d be ok.
September 29th, 2006 at 12:01 am
How many contributors to and readers of this blog define themselves, at least in part, by their anti-sexuality?
September 29th, 2006 at 12:12 am
Huh?
September 29th, 2006 at 12:47 am
Feddie,
It seemed to me damantion by faint praise, by even mentioning extremism in Islam with “extremism” in Christianity.
September 29th, 2006 at 9:41 am
When he talks about religious extremism he also said “its spread within Christianity is deeply worrying.” So he basically equates jihadists with Christians that are involved politically. His view of religious extremism among “Christianists” is for example someone who supported the Federal Marriage Amendment. Sullivans view of religious extremists withing Christianity would be mostly at odds with the Pope.
September 29th, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Agreed. This is damning with praise.
September 30th, 2006 at 9:46 am
Let me get this straight… When you consult the teachings of your religion and your deeply held spiritual principles to form a public policy position that concurs with Sullivan’s(on “torture”), he praises you and happily links to your blog. But when you consult the teachings of your religion and your deeply held spiritual principles to come to a public policy position that Sullivan does not totally agree with (overturning Roe or banning gay marriage) you are a “Christianist” (implicitly not a Christian) who has illegitimately and menacingly introduced religion into the supposedly pristinely secular realm of politics, thereby threatening all of our rights and the very existence of our democracy. I would not be so quick to give Sullivan any credit. Sullivan claims take a principled stand against any significant role of religion in politics; in reality there are no principles involved- he is just against the involvement of any form of religion that he disagrees with in the political realm.
September 30th, 2006 at 10:16 am
Leroy and others-
All fair points. One can only pray that Mr. Sullivan will eventually see the light.