The Curt Jester: Dissent from reason

The Curt Jester: Dissent from reason

Jeff does a very good job on fisking this article from Liberty Magazine. The author of the article, “A Catholic Dissent,” Katerhine Knight writes, “Why can’t I be a Good Catholic and dissent?”

Why can’t I be a good Catholic and dissent? Apparently, being a dissenter and a good Catholic are mutually exclusive. Why can’t I be both? There is no “Thou shall not dissent” commandment. Yet today it appears that anyone who does not strictly follow or agree with the rules promulgated by Rome is considered to be a bad Catholic. And this to the point that Pope Benedict XVI is apparently saying good riddance—who needs them anyway—let them fall by the wayside: they are just weeds in the field.

Jeff’s reply in his response, “A Dissent from Reason.”

How about if you love me keep my commandments and what Jesus told the Apostles “He who hears you hears Me.” If you deny the nature of the Catholic Church and apostolic succession and the authority of the pope and the bishops in union with him, then there is really no point to in being Catholic at all. As for the weeds in the field well Jesus did say the tares would grow with the wheat, but to assign an attitude of good riddance to the Pope is to totally lack any knowledge of him at all. I can easily imagine these same people among the Israelites as Moses brings the Ten Commandments down from the mountain and complaining about rules and a patriarchical figure bringing an edict.

The rest of the fisking is just as logical, concise and substantive. Go look!