{"id":9348,"date":"2012-07-16T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T13:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=9348"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:54:57","slug":"monsignor-charles-pope-defends-the-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/07\/monsignor-charles-pope-defends-the-faith.html","title":{"rendered":"Monsignor Charles Pope Defends the Faith…UPDATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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from the \u201cknow it all\u201d Know Nothings. In this case, the know it all is Patheos\u2019 own Friendly Atheist<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I once wrote that treating atheists like they are stupid is a mistake<\/a>. I still believe that. Of course, it\u2019s also a huge mistake to let them pretend they have figured everything out, deciding to junk thousands of years of tradition, revelation, interpretation, and enlightened study of Christianity. The Flying Spaghetti Monsters & Sky Fairies ya-da, ya-da offense<\/a> is getting played out.<\/p>\n

Monsignor Pope\u2019s charitable takedown is a fine example of how to defend the Faith while not dehumanizing the attacker. We\u2019re going to have to get used to defending the Faith, despite the difficulties involved in doing so. Because pretending that Christianity is \u201cold hat,\u201d and even more ludicrous, that any one person can sift through over 2,000 years of world-changing beliefs, and world-changing ideas that have arisen from her, and then proclaiming that the world \u201cknows all about it\u201d, flies in the face of the following truth about Christianity that the modern \u201cknow it alls\u201d seem to miss.<\/p>\n

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried. \u2013G.K. Chesterton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t pretend to know it all. I\u2019ve only just begun to scratch the surface of the riches in the treasury of the Catholic Church. It will take an eternity of lifetimes to plumb the depths of Christianity. Call me Grasshopper.<\/p>\n

H\/T Kathy Schiffer<\/a><\/p>\n

UPDATES:<\/p>\n

The Friendly Atheist\u2019s rebuttal to Monsignor Pope (be advised, language alert!)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not related, but timely, Shameless Popery\u2019s Three Arguments Against Atheism from Pope Benedict.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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