It strikes me that the same people who
a) criticize Harry Potter for \u201clying for a good cause\u201d are generally the same people who praise Lila Rose for \u201clying for a good cause\u201d.
b) criticize Harry Potter for his disobedience to authority are generally the same people who support Fr. Corapi\u2019s disobedience to authority.
c) say that condemnations of Harry Potter by Fr. Amorth and Fr. Euteneuer are dogmatic because \u201cthey\u2019re exorcists,\u201d but if you tell the same people that Bishop Andrea Gemma, who used to teach Exorcism at Pontifical Gregorian, says Medjugorje is Satanic and a door to the occult, they\u2019ll tell you he\u2019s not an authority and he\u2019s just an evil Satanist himself, trying to undermine the Church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYes, it is striking the amount of gnat-straining and camel swallowing that goes on in accordance with the Ox Gore Principle.<\/p>\n
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