tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post113656179776273970..comments2023-10-17T08:33:49.608-05:00Comments on Desperate Irish Housewife: And There Really Is A Hogwarts, TooSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424788718174976797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1137090196343109722006-01-12T12:23:00.000-06:002006-01-12T12:23:00.000-06:00Ooh, Lizzy. You sound like you've been in Europe t...Ooh, Lizzy. You sound like you've been in Europe too long. (Wild guess- France?)<BR/><BR/>The point was Ann Coates, an education "professional," read a book of fiction assumed ot was fact. It's pretty bsice: there's fiction, and non-fiction. You learn that very early on in you education. But Ann apparently was absent that day.<BR/><BR/>As to one's religion being an acceptable reason for ignorance, I guess you could make that argument, If you want to. But like I said there's been enough in the press in the past two years about Opus Dei and the DaVinci code to paper Park Avenue. I dont' know about you but I really think "educators" should keep up with the world aroudn them, at least if their job is to approve courses on contemporary things. But maybe that's just me.<BR/><BR/>"A fundamentalist Catholic sect witha slightly fascist trend" doesn't sound like "independent research" to me, either. It sounds like an opinion. Hey- you wouldnt' be a journalist by any chance, would you?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for your spirited interest.<BR/><BR/>SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424788718174976797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1136774229299222962006-01-08T20:37:00.000-06:002006-01-08T20:37:00.000-06:00Great post! Thanks for your kind words about my b...Great post! Thanks for your kind words about my blog, by the way. Your piece on the pope (I had to search my memory!) was one of my favorites in the flurry of articles. I have always remembered that passage that I highlighted about his absense during Mass because it was so touching. <BR/><BR/>I read Da Vinci Code, by the way, and it wasn't that well-written in my opinion. Before the middle of the book (once we'd been told what the Grail "really" was) I'd already figured out the "surprise" ending. And the arguments Brown puts forth aren't anything new, even to me (a cradle Catholic). They are simple to dispute, and anyone with half a CCD education ought to be able to see straight through it. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, the misconceptions put out about the Church (or the misrepresentations) are so bad and so off that you just have to laugh at it! I mean, the people who write this stuff usually have NO clue at all about the Catholic Church!!Christine the Soccer Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270550419011368834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1136695759470172812006-01-07T22:49:00.000-06:002006-01-07T22:49:00.000-06:00Fantastic blog...Ann Coulter actually recommended ...Fantastic blog...Ann Coulter actually recommended it. Not that I go with everything Ms. Coulter recommends. But still very funny reading!Proteinstarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13544385744156461542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1136642741013038732006-01-07T08:05:00.001-06:002006-01-07T08:05:00.001-06:00Opus Dei is an association for Catholic laypeople....Opus Dei is an association for Catholic laypeople. The goal of Opus Dei is to help lay people- in other words people who aren't priests or religious- to live holy lives. There are different types of membership. Some members live together in residences- residences for men or women- and live celibate, prayerful lives, but otherwise they're pretty much like everyone else, going to work every day,taking thier cars to the mechaninc, payikng their taxes etc.- but most Opus Deis members are just regular folks, married or not. who get together with other OD'ers once a month or so for prayer and reflection.- SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424788718174976797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18502205.post-1136642737584167422006-01-07T08:05:00.000-06:002006-01-07T08:05:00.000-06:00Opus Dei is an association for Catholic laypeople....Opus Dei is an association for Catholic laypeople. The goal of Opus Dei is to help lay people- in other words people who aren't priests or religious- to live holy lives. There are different types of membership. Some members live together in residences- residences for men or women- and live celibate, prayerful lives, but otherwise they're pretty much like everyone else, going to work every day,taking thier cars to the mechaninc, payikng their taxes etc.- but most Opus Deis members are just regular folks, married or not. who get together with other OD'ers once a month or so for prayer and reflection.- SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424788718174976797noreply@blogger.com