tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post8118752046477928553..comments2023-05-16T12:26:09.102+01:00Comments on The Historical House: On Writing for the ChurchMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-50300873578737806932016-08-23T13:10:18.352+01:002016-08-23T13:10:18.352+01:00There is nuttiness everywhere. I was recently at a...There is nuttiness everywhere. I was recently at a party in which a highly Politically Correct non-religious dame told me she wouldn't mind if she were executed by ISIS for they were just a bunch of silly boys. She said Britons who had a problem with Islam were just jealous because they didn't have a religion of their own. In her defense (sort of), she was drunk. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-44133525725565797572016-08-23T02:37:41.953+01:002016-08-23T02:37:41.953+01:00Booklover, my weekend activities have exposed me t...Booklover, my weekend activities have exposed me to more nutty Catholic behaviour. A friend and I wonder how it is that our non-religious acquaintances seem to have more basic human formation than our religious friends do.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992516879346846271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-35281459706436455292016-08-22T20:36:38.298+01:002016-08-22T20:36:38.298+01:00Thank you. I just don't have the stomach for s...Thank you. I just don't have the stomach for starting or continuing online fights. More on this later, I imagine!Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3524471174570445036.post-508629786977011472016-08-22T14:50:25.161+01:002016-08-22T14:50:25.161+01:00I didn't realize he was supporting his family ...I didn't realize he was supporting his family just through his writing! Wow, I give him kudos for that. <br /><br />I've just seen him be nasty too many times to be terribly sad about him not blogging anymore. (The first post of his I ever read was a judgmental piece on how he assumes any couples in church that aren't well on their way to a baseball team full of children-as he was-are contracepting. And I stopped following Simcha Fischer on Facebook after I saw him and Damien Fischer eviscerate a poor woman who believed that Creation happened in 7 days and was honestly trying to figure out why other Catholics didn't agree. Seeing two prominent Catholic writers smugly leave someone in bloody shreds all over a Facebook thread was . . . at least, very disheartening. :( I know mocking people who don't share your opinions/beliefs sells, especially on Facebook, but . . . it just makes me really sad. <br /><br />Which, incidentally, is one of the reasons I love your blog!! :) You present important issues and things you don't agree with, but in a sensible, charitable way, instead of the 'You're so stupid/not Catholic/not pro-life because you don't believe in vaccinating your children/welfare, etc.' that seems to be so popular among other Catholic bloggers I know. :( (Although, to be fair, not Simcha Fischer.) booklovernoreply@blogger.com