The Catholic Geeks

Pope Francis will soon visit the United States, and that means ’tis the season for moronic attempts by non-Catholics and fake-Catholics to pretend to explain Catholicism to the Low Information Readers.  It’s amazing; not too long ago, people had the brains and the self-respect to sit down and shut up when they didn’t know jack s**t about the topic of conversation.  These days, however, anyone with two brain cells to rub together can appear on the internet, or in this case, NPR, and portray himself as an “expert” in something he’s either completely ignorant of, or actively trying to discredit and destroy.

Pravda would be proud of the American press.

Today’s example is yet another sorry excuse for American journalism, courtesy of the National Public Radio, starring Tom Gjelten, Rachel Martin, and their guests, “catholic” sociologist William D’Antonio, Mary Gautier, a “catholic scholar” from Georgetown.  Ladies and gentlemen, I give you today’s five-star stupid-fest: Modern Catholics Test The Pope’s Infallible Authority.  It’s like watching a three-year-old play checkers: there are no rules, nothing makes sense, and coherent sentences are optional.

Normally, I’d let these idiots go play in their sandbox in peace, completely willing to ignore them until they wise up or go away. Given the media frenzy over Pope Francis’ upcoming visit, however, I see it as my duty to point out why these idiots and liars are so very wrong, because they, unfortunately, have the ability to convince other people that what they say is true.  As usual, the original text is in italics and my comments are in bold.

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