Skip to main content

Pete's Sake, Vote In My Poll!

I'm trolling my audience for information. Oh, wait, Facebook is probably selling your IP addresses to Obama. Never mind. DON'T VOTE IN MY POLL!

Comments

Timothy R. Butler said…
Other what?

And, is there any way to see past poll results? I've missed the results several times.
4:38 PM
Jason said…
Sadly, it's just a widget. They don't stay. The last poll was:

You are:

A. Catholic
B. Orthodox
C. Protestant
D. Other

"Catholic" and "Other" tied with 3 votes each. "Protestant" received 2 votes. Obviously, I found "Other" kind of intriguing.
4:56 PM
Jonathan Stogsdill said…
I can't vote in your poll, I voted for one of the non-intriguing answers.
5:18 PM
Jason said…
That's awesome.
5:22 PM
Unknown said…
Where is "I will morally preen, but put my own words in my mouth thank you?"

I'm Christian. Not Catholic because I cannot believe an organization that intentionally withheld the Scriptures, sold indulgences for sins, and started several bloody wars, could meanwhile have preserved apostolic authority inviolate. Nor is it clear when Rome's claim to preemminance originated, except that it definitely occurred after the deaths of all the apostles.

I suppose I could be protestant, but I am hesitant to say that because protestants tend to rely exclusively on Scripture, which fails the test of Scripture. Also, I think God uses the Catholic Church. Maybe I should be Orthodox, but what does Orthodox mean, exactly? (Aren't there several different Orthodox brands?)

I suppose you could say I think God speaks for himself, the Holy Spirit moves, now using one church organization, now another.
9:19 PM
Jason said…
It's pretty easy to sit in judgment of others, and I grant, it might even be emotionally satisfying. But it might be instructive to ask how you know what God has said, and of course, how you have the authority to make such a determination. Just a thought or two.
9:26 PM
Timothy R. Butler said…
Thanks. You should post the results of your polls after they close then. I think I missed the results of the very first one, alas...
10:24 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My Thoughts On The Harrison Butker Commencement Speech

Update: I read the whole thing. I’m sorry, but what a weirdo. I thought you [Tom Darrow, of Denver, CO] made a trenchant case for why lockdowns are bad, and I definitely appreciated it. But a graduation speech is *not* the place for that. Secondly, this is an august event. It always is. I would never address the President of the United States in this manner. Never. Even the previous president, though he deserves it, if anyone does. Thirdly, the affirmations of Catholic identity should be more general. He has no authority to propound with specificity on all matters of great consequence. It has all the hallmarks of a culture war broadside, and again, a layman shouldn’t speak like this. The respect and reverence due the clergy is *always due,* even if they are weak, and outright wrong. We just don’t brush them aside like corrupt Mafia dons, to make a point. Fourthly, I don’t know where anyone gets the idea that the TLM is how God demands to be worshipped. The Church doesn’t teach that. ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Dear Alyse

 Today, you’re 35. Or at least you would be, in this place. You probably know this, but we’re OK. Not great, but OK. We know you wouldn’t want us moping around and weeping all the time. We try not to. Actually, I guess part of the problem is that you didn’t know how much we loved you. And that you didn’t know how to love yourself. I hope you have gotten to Love by now. Not a place, but fills everything in every way. I’m not Him, but he probably said, “Dear daughter/sister, you have been terribly hard on yourself. Rest now, and be at peace.” Anyway, teaching is going well, and I tell the kids all about you. They all say you are pretty. I usually can keep the boys from saying something gross for a few seconds. Mom and I are going to the game tonight. And like 6 more times, before I go back to South Carolina. I have seen Nicky twice, but I myself haven’t seen your younger kids. Bob took pictures of the day we said goodbye, and we did a family picture at the Abbey. I literally almost a...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Friend I Once Had, And The Dogmatic Principle

 I once had a friend, a dear friend, who helped me with personal care needs in college. Reformed Presbyterian to the core. When I was a Reformed Presbyterian, I visited their church many times. We were close. I still consider his siblings my friends. (And siblings in the Lord.) Nevertheless, when I began to consider the claims of the Catholic Church to be the Church Christ founded, he took me out to breakfast. He implied--but never quite stated--that we would not be brothers, if I sought full communion with the Catholic Church. That came true; a couple years later, I called him on his birthday, as I'd done every year for close to ten of them. He didn't recognize my number, and it was the most strained, awkward phone call I have ever had. We haven't spoken since. We were close enough that I attended the rehearsal dinner for his wedding. His wife's uncle is a Catholic priest. I remember reading a blog post of theirs, that early in their relationship, she told him of the p...
Post a Comment
Read more