Mirror of Justice

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Friday, April 26, 2013

In the name of toleration, I shall not tolerate YOU

Micah Schwartzman and Rich Schragger have a new paper (here) arguing against the freedom of the Church.  They are especially unhappy about my own unvarnished defense of the Church's understanding of her divine right to freedom, and this leads them, ironically, to some impressive intolerance. Check it out! An insightful reader of the Schwarztman-Schragger paper sent me the following pertinent observation:  

"One not only can, but the Catholic Church always has, tolerated those who do not believe in God’s whole truth. It is the liberal fundamentalist who cannot tolerate those who disagree with him. The fatuity of liberal fundamentalism is that it consists, often enough, in saying 'tolerate the intolerable or else, in the name of toleration, I shall not tolerate you.' Liberal fundamentalists add hypocrisy to error."

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2013/04/in-the-name-of-toleration-i-shall-not-tolerate-you.html

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