tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post224238595847373930..comments2023-06-18T05:01:03.708-05:00Comments on Popin' Ain't Easy: This Will Be Rambling and Incoherent. Sorry About That.Throwbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-60669514495750952962009-03-25T21:56:00.000-05:002009-03-25T21:56:00.000-05:00Such is my plight. Disagreeing with people is prob...Such is my plight. Disagreeing with people is probably 90% of this blog.Throwbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-83637876683099679252009-03-25T20:13:00.000-05:002009-03-25T20:13:00.000-05:00Bear with me one more time; I promise it will be t...Bear with me one more time; I promise it will be the last:<BR/><BR/><BR/>Apparently we disagree.Lisa'sMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307922694518565480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-33659278970910105442009-03-25T18:59:00.000-05:002009-03-25T18:59:00.000-05:00What concord hath Christ with Belial? St. Paul ask...What concord hath Christ with Belial? St. Paul asked this question, and I think the ND administration should ask themselves that same thing. What Obama might have to offer the university in the way of a commencement speech is public acclaim. It's not worth it.<BR/><BR/>If this is the ND of the future, then yes, I can think of a number of better places to send my kids. It would be incorrect to say that all my pride in the place is going out in one fell swoop. As my post should indicate, this has been building for a while. Inviting someone who actively presents himself as an enemy of life was basically the last straw.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I'm asking a whole lot here. Fidelity to the Holy See (per JPII's norms in Ex Corde Ecclesia)? Acting according to the very meager requests of the USCCB (hardly what you'd call a bastion of traditional thinking)? This is the bare minimum, and ND has decided that it's way too onerous and that there are speakers who are bigger than the school's duties to the Almighty. If you can't even do the bare minimum, why call yourself Catholic in the first place?Throwbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896446477292839087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1670360131617205450.post-66730285844396169702009-03-25T15:51:00.000-05:002009-03-25T15:51:00.000-05:00Thank you for your ramblings -- may I offer that p...Thank you for your ramblings -- may I offer that perhaps a little tolerance is needed every once in a while. ND has not invited a mass murderer to speak; they have invited the leader of our country who has a lot to offer, but yes, does not agree 100% with the USCCB (but because he is not catholic this is not necessarily a surprise or unreasonable). You have every right to protest ND’s choice of speakers because we live in America where free speech is a right of everyone but don’t let this event cause the end of your relationship with ND. Do you know of a better place to send your kids??? Does all your pride in your four years there go out the window in one fell swoop??? <BR/><BR/>ND is not a perfect place but no place (here on earth) is. Frankly, illusions are meant to be shattered because they are illusions and this is not a perfect world and as we grow up we (hopefully) recognize that and can still maintain our core beliefs and strive to make the whole world a better place for all of us. I hope this is what you teach your kids regardless of where they go to school.Lisa'sMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06307922694518565480noreply@blogger.com