After I mentioned yesterday that I am going to cease visiting blogs filled with hatred of my faith, hatred in general, hatred of America, or filled with self-righteous contempt for anyone who doesn\u2019t hold to the only True path, I should point out an exception. \u00a0I will still go to CAEI. \u00a0That\u2019s because that was the first blog I ever visited, the first blog I ever commented on, and part of the first website I ever went to in order to learn about how Catholicism works for a Catholic Convert. \u00a0So I owe Mark much. \u00a0Though his changes and alterations are almost nerve splitting and he holds views now such that, had I read him in this day and age, I may never have become Catholic in the first place. \u00a0At least because of anything he wrote.<\/p>\n
Still, I owe him much. \u00a0Some years ago, when we were struggling, and learned we were going to have our fourth son thanks to following Catholic teaching, he blew \u00a0the flugelhorn and raised a considerable sum from his readers. \u00a0I know Mark has a great heart. \u00a0He was able to inject a wonderful emotional element into the sometimes dry and barren world of theological exposition. \u00a0I fear it\u2019s that same hard edged emotional element that is his downfall. \u00a0To be an apologist, like any minister of the Gospel, requires a keen mind and a balanced appraisal of things. \u00a0You can\u2019t become emotionally enslaved by events, or soon you get into trouble. \u00a0I\u2019ll leave it at that. \u00a0But it\u2019s worth noting since I will still link to stories there, and some might wonder why, given the type of blogs I said I would no longer visit.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After I mentioned yesterday that I am going to cease visiting blogs filled with hatred of my faith, hatred in general, hatred of America, or filled with self-righteous contempt for anyone who doesn\u2019t hold to the only True path, I should point out an exception. \u00a0I will still go to CAEI. \u00a0That\u2019s because that was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n