Again, tactics. Mundabor has noted that the Vatican is a scandal. Again. I hope brother, I am using the word correctly: a scandal is not a sin. The Democrats are not a scandal, for no one considers that those power-hungry perverts consider anything but pleasure and power. A scandal destroys faith among believers. Inviting those who cheerfully kill the unborn and old, considering them useless, into any dialogue, is a scandal.

If you had been at the head of a Vatican organisation defending the persecuted in the Thirties, would you have invited Dr Goebbels to “dialogue” about euthanasia and abortion? No.

Why not? Firstly because in non-negotiables there is no need of any dialogue, and secondly because by just having the bastard talk you would give them a stage he will most certainly enjoy and exploit.

This is not difficult to understand. It is, actually, much easier to understand that if you give Dr. Goebbels a stage – and it does not matter if, before giving him the mick, you faintly repeat that you are against the Holocaust – you are actually being his willing accomplice.

Dr Goebbels was, as we all know, a proposer of euthanasia and abortion. Therefore, there is no trace of him visiting the Vatican or participating to any “dialogue” about, erm, euthanasia and abortion.

Sadly, that was then and this is now: prominent supporters of both abortion and euthanasia are given a stage and a resonance chamber by the so-called Pontifical Academy for Life (presided by Archbishop “Elton” Paglia, the one made immortal in the homoerotic fresco he commissioned).

How can one read such news and not conclude that, whatever the “dialogue” excuse, Paglia & Co. want to push the euthanasia and abortionist agenda? Of course they will do it in a subtle way, with distinguos meant to address fringe situations as they smuggle the generals principles among the tepid, the arrogant and the stupid. Catholics will, of course, never fall for this rubbish.

But how many Catholics are left?

Mate, there are still Catholics. Praise God. The people of faith still remain. The Church will survive, tough the princes of the church converge and join their master, converged with death and hades. The Church will remain, and be glorious.

We know this, but how do we get through this period? The Red Guard think they have won. They demand the right to micromanage our lives: something God does not do. The Son of God had to deal with such.

Matthew 17:22-27

²²As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands, ²³and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were greatly distressed.

²⁴When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?” ²⁵He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their children or from others?” ²⁶When Peter said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the children are free. ²⁷However, so that we do not give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook; take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a coin; take that and give it to them for you and me.”

This is the same God who drove the moneychangers out of the temple. Who did not need to pay a temple tax to the ministers who worship him. He did pay it (using a minor miracle) because he did not want to break the faith of the zealous Jews. For he came to save them.

It was tactics. A gentle answer can turn away the rage of the Social Justice Warrior. But denial of who you are, or tolerating scandal… does not.

I’m waiting for the corporates. To state that blogging the lectionary is hate speech. To try to silence this blog, Mundabor’s blog… so some more tactics.

I self host: if you are of the right expect that blogger and wordpress.com are going to come under pressure to remove you.

I expect to lose my twitter handle and facebook real soon now. I’m on Gab still, though there will be better alternatives.

Pay the taxes you have to. Do not pay the optional ones, such as carbon credits. We are of Christ. Please him, instead of progressive people.

Be doing something productive during team meetings. (This may mean reading something good on your phone). Avoid as many as possible. I find arriving late at conferences means that the politicians and activists have said their piece, and I can get on with looking at my craft.

Do not offend the Believers. They are the ones we can snatch from the convergence, saving their souls.

Finally, live well and with joy. This causes the new Red Guard to seethe impotently.