I see now what you meant by feeling powerless. I was thinking of the POV of a potentially dying person, not their loved ones who are grieving.

Yes, MK, I quote scripture all the time!

No you did not call him a fool. But you implied that he was not being reasonable and had thrown sanity to the wind. I only wondered why it is always us that have lost our marbles. Why you never wonder if maybe it is you.

And honestly, I wasn’t being snarky. Those were thoughtful questions. They were sincere. Can’t speak for Pikeman…he’s not actually a Christian.

The caps probably threw you. I forget that if you haven’t been around here much, you don’t know that we all kind of use caps to emphasize. We’ve acknowledged that people often use them to express anger, but we don’t. We’re just lazy and hate using the html codes. So sorry if that came across as “screaming”.

So the question stands. Use the word fool, or irrational, whatever. Why do you assume that it is RA that is not being reasonable? Those of us that follow Catholicism believe that it is reason that brought us here. Not emotion. But thought. We “figured” our way to faith. It makes the most sense. To us anyway. We didn’t just “feel” our way here.

What I DID is point out a human trait that everyone has and called RA out on the reason for his conversion. I wrote a post looking for people to read it and have introspective thoughts on this man’s suffering and how it has impacted his life and beliefs.

THIS is a bigger problem in today’s society – people insist on every discussion becoming a ‘he said, she said’ argument, and the extreme positions are all that is left to argue. I no longer ascribe to that position, nor will I engage in such flame wars.

Those who abandon reason and embrace religion are the people who never question themselves.

And if you have not had a loved one die, then you don’t know what it is like. You may try, but you don’t, and I wish you did not have to deal with that eventually.

Why is it that when you agreed with RA, he was wise, but as soon as you disagreed with him, he becomes a fool? Isn’t it possible in his WISDOM, that he SAW something? That it is this very wisdom that led him to where he is today?

How come you guys never question yourselves? I mean, why is RA automatically the “fool”…how come you never wonder if maybe YOU are the one that is less wise?

Did YOU just quote scripture??? LOL!