{"id":19367,"date":"2015-06-25T08:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/?p=19367"},"modified":"2015-06-25T08:55:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T13:55:55","slug":"can-you-disagree-with-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2015\/06\/can-you-disagree-with-the-pope.html","title":{"rendered":"Can You Disagree with the Pope?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Francis<\/a>My latest article<\/a> for CRUX rounds up opinions about the Pope\u2019s encyclical. Some say \u2013\u201cMeh. Disregard it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others say, \u201cIt is almost infallible! Everyone must submit!\u201d<\/p>\n

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My own attitude to\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019<\/em>\u00a0is one of critical enthusiasm. I think the pope could have used a good editor. The encyclical is verbose and often vague. I share William Oddie\u2019s concerns about the pope\u2019s choice of advisors and his enthusiasm for an agenda that\u00a0has been highly politicized. I worry that some passages are unduly sentimental and think the sections on possible solutions go into far too much detail. I question whether a papal encyclical is the proper channel for those proposals.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I very much appreciate the pope\u2019s critique of the greed and relativism that\u00a0cause pollution and environmental disaster. I like his prophetic stance against individualism and the unthinking domination of mankind over creation. He is right to challenge our assumptions that all technoscientific advances are inherently good. His insistence that we cannot care for the environment while slaughtering the unborn, trafficking in human beings, neglecting the disabled and immigrants is brilliant, and his emphasis on the connectedness of all creation and his lyrical mysticism is inspiring and attractive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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My latest article for CRUX rounds up opinions about the Pope\u2019s encyclical. Some say \u2013\u201cMeh. Disregard it.\u201d Others say, \u201cIt is almost infallible! Everyone must submit!\u201d My own attitude to\u00a0Laudato Si\u2019\u00a0is one of critical enthusiasm. I think the pope could have used a good editor. The encyclical is verbose and often vague. I share William […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":18963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nCan You Disagree with the Pope?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My latest article for CRUX rounds up opinions about the Pope's encyclical. Some say --"Meh. Disregard it." Others say, "It is almost infallible! 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