Dear all —
I appear to have made a blunder.
My last post was, I thought, a private communication to Lunamoth to clarify, as I stated, something that I said which might have given her the wrong impression. Now I see I have posted it publicly. That was not my intention.
Lunamoth and I have had a number of offline discussions, and I have always (or or off) found her fair, warm, and generous of heart and spirit. I hope she will accept my unreserved apology for what can only appear to be an offhand and, frankly, a bloody rude response.
She knows me better than anyone here, and I was thus somewhat more outspoken in what I thought to be a private communication than I would be in a public forum. I wanted her to have a sense of 'where I was coming from' ... most of all I wanted a sounding, and I have full faith and trust in her in that regard ...
... Now, it appears I have heaped insult upon error. My fault, nothing I can do to undo it, and mea culpa, Luna, I am really, really sorry.
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To everyone else —
I am sorry it has come to this, and I am sorry for the offence I have caused. I really have enjoyed my time here (despite appearances), I have learnt much, both about myself and others, and most of all have witnessed what I fully believe, 'that the spirit bloweth where it listeth, and none can say from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ...' perhaps most of all, I have learnt to listen ...
In all I have said and done, I hope I have been honest, and fair. Willing to listen and to dialogue ... when I have been robust in response, I have always hoped to offer sound philosophical reason, I don't think I have ever once said "because it's doctrine" or "because we say so" ... but I have never masked my love of Tradition, the consciousness of a precious and living heritage, a Christian heritage to which every Christian can lay claim, and one which the world would rather just quietly went away ... it really is worth standing up for, you know ... it's we who bring the crap of the world to it, not the other way round.
But I have been made painfully aware of the anger, and perhaps not too strongly, the casual venom, the word Catholic invokes ... I knew it was there, just didn't realise it would come from every direction ... OK, part of the job is to roll with it, take the hit, draw the sting, and pray that something better might take its place ... but I never realised how much ...
Anyway, I hope this goes some little way in support of my apologia.
Bye bye and God bless,
Thomas
I appear to have made a blunder.
My last post was, I thought, a private communication to Lunamoth to clarify, as I stated, something that I said which might have given her the wrong impression. Now I see I have posted it publicly. That was not my intention.
Lunamoth and I have had a number of offline discussions, and I have always (or or off) found her fair, warm, and generous of heart and spirit. I hope she will accept my unreserved apology for what can only appear to be an offhand and, frankly, a bloody rude response.
She knows me better than anyone here, and I was thus somewhat more outspoken in what I thought to be a private communication than I would be in a public forum. I wanted her to have a sense of 'where I was coming from' ... most of all I wanted a sounding, and I have full faith and trust in her in that regard ...
... Now, it appears I have heaped insult upon error. My fault, nothing I can do to undo it, and mea culpa, Luna, I am really, really sorry.
+++
To everyone else —
I am sorry it has come to this, and I am sorry for the offence I have caused. I really have enjoyed my time here (despite appearances), I have learnt much, both about myself and others, and most of all have witnessed what I fully believe, 'that the spirit bloweth where it listeth, and none can say from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth ...' perhaps most of all, I have learnt to listen ...
In all I have said and done, I hope I have been honest, and fair. Willing to listen and to dialogue ... when I have been robust in response, I have always hoped to offer sound philosophical reason, I don't think I have ever once said "because it's doctrine" or "because we say so" ... but I have never masked my love of Tradition, the consciousness of a precious and living heritage, a Christian heritage to which every Christian can lay claim, and one which the world would rather just quietly went away ... it really is worth standing up for, you know ... it's we who bring the crap of the world to it, not the other way round.
But I have been made painfully aware of the anger, and perhaps not too strongly, the casual venom, the word Catholic invokes ... I knew it was there, just didn't realise it would come from every direction ... OK, part of the job is to roll with it, take the hit, draw the sting, and pray that something better might take its place ... but I never realised how much ...
Anyway, I hope this goes some little way in support of my apologia.
Bye bye and God bless,
Thomas