{"id":4515,"date":"2012-02-10T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2017-01-26T22:49:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T03:49:36","slug":"i-woke-up-this-morning-and-the-church-was-the-shizz-marc-barnes-bad-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/02\/i-woke-up-this-morning-and-the-church-was-the-shizz-marc-barnes-bad-catholic.html","title":{"rendered":"“I woke up this morning and the Church was the shizz.” – Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 Marc\u2019s right, of course. The HHS mandate, and the *cough cough* \u201ccompromise<\/a>\u201d to the mandate, has only invigorated us to rebel even further. Catholicism is, after all, the punk rock of religions<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Marc writes<\/a>, \u201c\u2026we have been rudely placed in the position of rebellion, and of the advocation of civil disobedience. To those who understand the teachings of the Church, this rebellion is nothing new, it has just been suddenly and fantastically stuck in the public eye. (Thank you, Department of Health and Human Services.) The Church already rebels against the twin monsters Socialism and Capitalism in her teachings, and strives instead after the principles of subsidiarity, in which the human person is neither an economic tool nor a cog in the machine. The Church already calls us to rebel against the culture of death, against abortion \u2014 of course \u2014 but with equal fervor against euthanasia, unjust war, the unjust use of the death penalty, suicide, terrorism, and any attacks on life\u2026 Once you begin the radical task of defending Her right to practice what She preaches, you can\u2019t help but notice how excellent that preaching is. \u201d <\/p>\n

Even my son, of nine tender years, remarked that he couldn\u2019t help but notice that it\u2019s a very exciting time to be a Catholic. <\/p>\n

Indeed. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026 Marc\u2019s right, of course. The HHS mandate, and the *cough cough* \u201ccompromise\u201d to the mandate, has only invigorated us to rebel even further. Catholicism is, after all, the punk rock of religions. Marc writes, \u201c\u2026we have been rudely placed in the position of rebellion, and of the advocation of civil disobedience. To those who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[205],"class_list":["post-4515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-religion-is-cooler-than-yours","tag-hhs-mandate"],"yoast_head":"\n"I woke up this morning and the Church was the shizz." - Marc Barnes, Bad Catholic...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... Marc's right, of course. 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