tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post6949102649737742568..comments2024-02-22T22:14:28.796-06:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Voices of Parental Authority and WisdomMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-7982928431011886112007-05-11T10:54:00.000-05:002007-05-11T10:54:00.000-05:00Hi Michael,I agree with all of this! What a wonde...Hi Michael,<BR/><BR/>I agree with all of this! What a wonderful post. It is important that this sort of thing continues to be shared. And I just read the most awful conservative sermon by a Fr. Paul. I don't even want to link it in. It was Neanderthal, scratch that, the Neanderthal's are now thought to be advanced and caring.<BR/><BR/>OK my one point:<BR/><BR/><I>A father observed that, “An LGBT Catholic has three choices: 1) follow Church teaching and abstain from sexual activity (not the calling for most); 2) quit the Church (which many do); or 3) ignore the teaching like most Catholic parents ignore teaching on artificial contraception.”</I><BR/><BR/>Now don't you think it would be a real contribution to have <BR/><BR/>4)Follow the alternative article 6 promulgated by [???] that seeks to reconcile traditional catholic morality with LGBT sexuality as a call to strive towards monogamous union.<BR/><BR/>I think #4 would be very important and isn't really 'there' yet. <BR/><BR/>To me, dissent within catholicism has to strive towards the light behind a flawed teaching. To me that light is a stoic striving towards channeling the passions into something noble. A new definition of that noble end is needed for LGBT persons. It ought to be written for, and by LGBT religious and it shouldn't be the same old nihilistic, relativistic mush. It should be a call to something greater, something to strive for, something that 9/10 won't reach right away but should try. Something that reflects the wisdom of the old and mature offered to the young. Something that reflects the wisdom of ages.<BR/><BR/>To me article 6 has a lot of that. It's as if Marcus Aurelius wrote part of it. But then it leaves out, suspiciously, a strong prohibition against pedophilia. The whole thing ought to be gender neutral. And then the bits about LGBT persons ought to be deleted.<BR/><BR/>Then you reform the part where both unitive and procreative good is necessary, and replace it with the notion that no harm should be committed in the areas of procreation or unity. Now you've just helped infertiles, the elderly, and the contraceptives who have their heart in the right place.<BR/><BR/>In short, half the world will adopt alternative article 6. Um, or try to, as well try and fail and try again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com