tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post3377190800863494738..comments2023-11-25T19:01:13.885-05:00Comments on A Sound of Sheer Silence: In Defense of FeelingsMichael Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06226770975036666826noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post-45527235914231260392016-07-10T14:51:41.911-04:002016-07-10T14:51:41.911-04:00I forgot to note that there's often a lot to b...I forgot to note that there's often a lot to be said for the diagonal.catladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133016236016060148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post-50737184592070194282016-07-10T14:43:33.231-04:002016-07-10T14:43:33.231-04:00Michael - thank you for a very good description of...Michael - thank you for a very good description of the underlying meanings of the two positions. I often find it useful to analyze something in terms of a specific dichotomy. There are many ways of characterizing the two sides, which have overlapping aspects - here are a few: male/female; left lobe/right lobe; rational/emotional; vertical (power)/horizontal (relational); right/left political catladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133016236016060148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post-61510068882899325222016-07-10T09:32:12.751-04:002016-07-10T09:32:12.751-04:00As a non-Catholic, I can't speak to the partic...As a non-Catholic, I can't speak to the particular tension you feel about the church. However, as a former conservative evangelical, I understand crisis of beliefs. One of the greatest truths I have learned (and, frankly, am still learning) is to trust my feelings. They are good; they tell me when something is in conflict with my values. I am glad you know that, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899485918255034078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post-23871318349384359972016-07-09T11:16:36.719-04:002016-07-09T11:16:36.719-04:00I find myself feeling the same way about this move...I find myself feeling the same way about this move towards the ad orientem posture. <br /><br />I attended the Extraordinary Form of the Mass for the first time about 6 years ago. At the time, I had converted to the Catholic Church four years before, in college, and I had loved it, but I was starting to sense a slight change in my feelings about the Church. Then I went to visit the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6965032678347955227.post-31939686493485709152016-07-08T11:53:55.760-04:002016-07-08T11:53:55.760-04:00Michael, thank you for this very fine statement. I...Michael, thank you for this very fine statement. I anguish with you at what some Catholics have chosen to make of the church, and the way in which this makes it increasingly impossible for many of us to continue connecting to the church they have chosen to fashion.<br /><br />About Cardinal Sarah and his portégé Cardinal Napier: it is very clear to me that some U.S. right-wing interest groups areWilliam D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.com