{"id":10739,"date":"2013-07-29T17:07:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T21:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=10739"},"modified":"2017-01-26T19:35:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T00:35:10","slug":"did-everyone-take-crazy-pills-and-i-miss-my-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2013\/07\/did-everyone-take-crazy-pills-and-i-miss-my-dose.html","title":{"rendered":"Did Everyone Take Crazy Pills and I Miss My Dose…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 By now I\u2019m sure everyone\u2019s seen the video of the dancing clerics<\/a>. I just found the whole thing silly and awkward; just another facepalm moment in church news. Dignity\u2026 always dignity. <\/p>\n

And then I went back to my weekend\u2026 because, you know, it\u2019s just a video<\/em>. <\/p>\n

When I come back online this happened. <\/p>\n

NAZIS<\/a>! Nazis<\/a> everywhere<\/a>! <\/p>\n

Kitler is not impressed<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Now, ripe from all the head spinning, the media has provided a new fresh hell. Pope OK with Gay Clergy<\/a>, declare headlines<\/a>. Or something like that. It doesn\u2019t matter. Francis muttered something about not judging gays. Close enough.<\/p>\n

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And there was much gnashing and wailing of teeth. And lots of head exploding<\/a> over another facepalm moment in reactionary<\/em> Catholic news. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry. I just can\u2019t do it today. I got nothing. My bat shit crazy meter is on full and my limit on complete and utter ass-buffonery<\/a> has been reached. <\/p>\n

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If you still don\u2019t understand what the Church teaches on homosexuality<\/a>, choosing instead to believe some media spun sound bite taken from a hastily arranged interview, then I certainly can\u2019t begin to explain it to you here. <\/p>\n

On the same note, if you are all ready plotting a rebellion, thinking Orthodoxy is looking pretty good right now, or talking schism over a jazz hands video and comments taken out of context I don\u2019t have the time or patience to entertain your paranoia either. <\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the very derogatory and gloating remarks at the expense of the very genuine concern that \u201ctrads\u201d, \u201cconservatives\u201d or \u201cright wing\u201d Catholics (whatever the hell you call us) are having. Whether the concerns are founded or not doesn\u2019t negate the fact they are still genuinely made out of love for the faith. You wish you had our passion for the Church. <\/p>\n

Everyone look, I can\u2019t go around feeling anxious all the time and neither should you. As much as I dislike this pontiff\u2019s style, I still love the papacy and the Church and no amount of bitching and moaning is going to change my affections or loyalty. And you shouldn\u2019t let it disrupt your peace either. <\/p>\n

I mean look at this, just look at it \u2026 <\/p>\n

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\nWorld Youth Day pilgrims fill the beach during the Saturday night prayer vigil with \u202a\u200ePope\u202c Francis; Copacabana Beach, July 27, 2013.<\/p>\n

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\nCredit: Alex Mazullo via JMJ Rio 2013\/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t that make you feel proud to be a papist? It should. <\/p>\n

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The rest\u2026 that\u2019s just chatter and noise meant to distract. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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