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Tag Archives: Church Teaching
How To Make Catholics Look Like Crazy Extremists: A Courtship Fisk
Sometimes, it seems like Catholics forget that while Christ told us that we should not be “of the world,” we still have to live in it. “I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that … Continue reading
How To Make Catholics Look Stupid: A Lethal Force Fisk
I love fisks; writing them and reading them. Most of the time, I like to fisk people who are being dopey about a particular fandom, or on writing, or something like that. But every now and then, there’s a Catholic … Continue reading
Posted in Fisks, The Church, Uncategorized
Tagged Catechism of the Catholic Church, Church Teaching, Guns, Heresy, Morality, Politics, Scripture, Sin, St. Joan of Arc, Violence, Voting
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Review: Liberation
Well, we come now to book three in the I Am Margaret series, and I have to say, I’m starting to fall off the bandwagon. I know, and I’m sorry to have to say it, but there it is. Once … Continue reading
Strawpope Frank Returns: A Fisk
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, the Battle of the Fisks! This article was so horrible, it got not one, but two fisks here at The Catholic Geeks! That has to be some kind of record. Enjoy! Anything that the … Continue reading
The Liturgy Wars: More on Sacred Music
Not too long ago, I wrote a post on all the reasons why sacred music done right was so important. There are good reasons why fluff is not right for the Mass, and “fluff” includes guitars, pianos, and anything written … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, News, The Church
Tagged Archbishop Chaput, Church Teaching, John Romeri, Liturgy, Mass, Music, Orthodoxy
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The New York Times on The Culture War: A Fisk
I have to give all the credit for this post to Marina Fontaine, who posted this article and requested a fisk. I clicked on the article, and was more than happy to oblige after reading only the first sentence. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks
Tagged Christianity, Church Teaching, Gay Marriage, Liberals, Sexuality, Virtue
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Pope Francis on Guns: Reasons NOT To Freak Out
We all know that the lamestream media’s favorite topic is gun control: how evil gun owners are, how guns are the source of all our problems, how they manage to fire themselves and are to blame for every gun-related tragedy, … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Church
Tagged Catholic Church, Church Teaching, Guns, Media, Pope Francis
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The Liturgy Wars: Sacred Music
The Catholic Geeks have been spending a lot of time on the Geek part of that title (and there’s not a single thing wrong with that, of course!), but I think it’s time for a good, non-Geek, Catholic post. The … Continue reading
Amoris Laetitia: What the Pope Actually Said (Part Two)
Today, we continue our analysis of Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia. Last time, I already told you to go and read the document, so hopefully you did. I’ll say again: don’t believe what the lamestream media says about … Continue reading →