A Sore Loser?
William A. Dinges, a professor of religious studies at The Catholic University of America, is steamed. Addressing a national gathering of 100 or so diocesan social-action leaders in Washington, D.C., Dinges says that “polarization” in the Catholic Church has reached a new peak with the 2004 presidential election (according to a Catholic News Service report, Feb. 22).
Who’s to blame? It’s largely the right-wing Catholics, who insisted that the election hinged on abortion and embryonic stem-cell research. Dinges says the rhetoric has been “vitriolic” and the behavior “uncivil,” being characterized by “confrontation, harassment and attempts at intimidation.”
Dinges deplores all this “rancor,” “incivility,” and “name-calling.”
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His split-mindedness is present at every point, recognized in his clear distinction between “the faith of Catholics” and “my faith.”
The Church’s theology and ecclesial identity have remained consistent in ways that seem to defy any merely human institution.
Wishful thinking belongs to the Darwinians and nonbelievers. I've deduced this from their ad hominem attacks and reactions when their "religion" is insulted.