tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post1582872806837233302..comments2023-10-02T01:11:04.783-07:00Comments on Mahound's <br>Paradise: Austen Ivereigh Contradicts Austen IvereighOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-18780016633768451362016-12-12T23:37:10.807-08:002016-12-12T23:37:10.807-08:00" Law of the Excluded Middle (that two contra..." Law of the Excluded Middle (that two contradictory statements cannot both be true)."<br /><br />No. That's the Law of Non-Contradiction<br /><br />The Law of the Excluded Middle says there can be no middle proposition between two opposed things. There is nothing between a proposition and its negation. It's actually more relevant to the conservative/liberal falsehood than Non-Contradiction because it is this imaginary middle-thing - a thing that somehow is imagined to stand between Catholicism and not-Catholicism - that these "conservatives" have been pretending to hold. And it is precisely this imaginary middle thing that Kasper and Co have been trying to invent between "Yes, you can receive Communion" and "No, you can't." Understanding Excluded Middle is actually the key to understanding the whole business. Hilary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122934207139310595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-59480610662822229122016-12-12T23:33:10.273-08:002016-12-12T23:33:10.273-08:00Austen is probably the best example of what I'...Austen is probably the best example of what I've been saying about how useless the term "conservative" has become under this pontificate. He made his name by creating "Catholic Voices" in the lead up to Pope Benedict's visit to Britain when the loons were screeching about it, calling the pope nasty names and whatnot. The Richard Dawkins, Johan Haari types. Of course, having defended Benedict the "conservative" pope, Austen became "conservative" by default. And now here we are. "Conservatism," at least in its Catholic iteration, seems to be nothing more in our times than craven papolatry; do whatever the pope says shall be the whole of the law. There are no principles involved, and certainly no objective interest in doctrine. It really is coming down to a choice between being what we have up til now been forced to label "traditionalist" Catholicism or no Catholicism at all. With Bergoglio's sect busy re-writing the Ten Commandments and ordaining "gay couples," there is no longer any pretense to this false middle position. The only thing "conservative" Catholicism ever was was a compromis between actual Catholicism's less popular/known teachings and full-on hippie-dippie heresy. For which I will continue to thank Pope Francis the Great Clarifier. Hilary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122934207139310595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-5754671101514513632016-12-12T19:04:55.064-08:002016-12-12T19:04:55.064-08:00The history of the twentieth century conveys a sin...The history of the twentieth century conveys a singular truth with respect to rail systems under the control of certain Communist and Socialist authoritarian leaders; tens of millions of people on those trains were sent directly to their doom. Enjoy your train ride Mr. Ivereigh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079422191362704895noreply@blogger.com