Just Wanted To Vent About C.a.f Maybe Rant Too.

[superblue]

So this is what I found on C.A.F to be my experience ,  any debate or topic, starting with politics, or just the history of the church, or mix in just an opinionated criticism  of the church, not going on some extreme rage on why one hates the church, just criticism; or pick how the agendas of the democratic party is in major conflict of the Catholic faith with pro choice and abortion. An it becomes a slam fest.

 

Forget about being over critical of the Church or even not agreeing with some of the teachings of the church, because out of the woodworks comes this kind of the Pharisee of the times via online, and they wont budge an inch , they just hammer time n time again you're wrong, boom scripture, or boom 2000 yrs of this so boom you're wrong again ; not any room for an opinion other than what is the norm there. An then the ask an apologetic section, so weird I have posted numerous questions that never got picked up, but someone asks if they can go to their gay cousins wedding and some how that one is answered; go figure. 

 

The site is overcrowded, and very one sided. It is like being on an eco conservation forum I knew of, it is only one way or the highway and I can understand it to a degree till I noticed the political tone there was a lot of bashing on America, by a heavy Euro member population of the site, and while apart of that group it would occasionally get the pro-whaling or what ever side to drop by to debate and it would be another one sided response, everyone sticks to their guns and no one budges but eventually the thread is locked because it turns into a bicker fest. Makes me wonder.

 

Basically either play the game there, be a cheerleader, don't make any waves, and you are more than welcome.

 

Be critical, question anything or everything, or get aggressive verbally to any degree to a person who instigated such a response an then the game is again over.

 

 

okay feel free to rip this to shreds or talk about ice cream, I don't care it is outa my system now.

[Perigrina]

I like organic ice cream.

[SilentJoy]

I gave them my monnehs and they sold me to solicitors and now the "Pope Francis needs YOU!" mailings are reaching critical mass so I just moved far far away.   :pope2:  :mail:

[Credo in Deum]

I had the same experience, Silent.   

 

It was like "The Year of  :spam: " with them. 

[SilentJoy]

I had the same experience, Silent.   

 

It was like "The Year of  :spam: " with them. 

The Year? You forgot the 's.' :smile3:

[chrysostom]

On the whole I like CAF and appreciate its input on several different areas of Catholic life.

 

I might be wrong, but I think one of the reasons is that CAF has relationships with some Church leadership in America and also does a lot of fundraising among a particular segment of Catholic organizations and faithful, and so they are very wary of comment trends that might reflect on CA itself and have negative consequences for them even though those comments are not made by the organization.  People google stuff and find it on CAF, and they are not necessarily going to separate "CAF" from "random poster" in their minds.

 

That said, I think it is over-moderated and a little ultramontane for my taste.  And about a month ago I saw someone receive a moderator warning for posting two quotes of a pre-V2 encyclical without comment.  Is Leo XIII not Catholic enough now?  I find that as ridiculous as warning someone for posting quotes from Romans without comment and then getting warned because it's too "Protestant".

Edited May 31, 2014 by chrysostom

[superblue]

bleh I didn't feel like it made sense. so I said edit.

Edited June 1, 2014 by superblue