Thursday, June 29, 2006

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Catechists, just what do you think you are teaching?

by María Esther Cadavid de Alvarez. (translated, by emailed permission)

Dennis' spin: Anyone so naive as to think that the compulsory use of such shabby so-called Biblical material compiled by the likes of such politically correct movers and shakers as Dr. John Pilch and his ilk is limited to such all-American Roman Catholic dioceses as those of El Paso, Texas and Little Rock, Arkansas, can now rethink her or his position, thanks to this psychologist turned housewife from Bogotá, Colombia, María Esther. As she makes clear, Latin American Christianity is under attack, too, you'd better believe it!

Now, here she is!

"Dear sisters and brothers in Christ:

"It is becoming clearer, day by day, that the future of Doctrinal Formation is growing more and more precarious. To be sure, there are still plenty of catechists, but what exactly are they teaching, and by what authority are they doing it?

"It bothers me; in truth, it bothers me a lot, that many of these overbearing so-called catechists are totally dedicated to deforming the Faith, and diverting their students, who have been given over to their care and instruction, from the true path through exercises in relativity.

"For example we see have seen and heard such anomalies as the following:

The sacraments are signs. Period.

The angels are literary inventions.

The Bible is 'really profound,' but! One still has to read it according to the so-called 'Anthropological School of Biblical Interpretation,' because that's the only way to get closer to the 'real story.'

Christ didn't teach what we believe He taught.

The apparitions of the Virgin approved by the Church are simple fables.

God never punishes us because he is all ... sooo ...'lovey-dovey!'

And, hey! If the angels are no more than a simple literary invention, then the Devil doesn't exist either, or at least not as a spiritual being.

"Yes! I am telling you all this because of what I've personally observed here in many of these Catholic Forums, and also what, sadly enough, I've lived long enough to experience in the parochial programs in religious education in which I've been personally involved.

"There are always the same so-called arguements, the same so-called profound literary analysis, the same confusing issues raised.

"What then, can we possibly do?"

Original Spanish language thread:

http://foros.catholic.net/viewtopic.php?t=11511

Thank you, María Esther!

Dennis

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