Rod Dreher: decadent Catholicism determined Super Bowl outcome
A screen capture (because Drehery revisionism is well documented) from this post, which goes on to explain the Catholic practices exposed in this Seattle church which caused the Divine consequences revealed in the title.
Finally, we may be getting to the bottom of something here about why the Pats really won. Not a reprise of Deflategate, not a bad play call, not a Miraculous Vision From Beyond. No, apparently it was really God in His incarnation as Yuri the Fixer throwing the Super Bowl because some Catholics rejoiced in ways professional ex-Catholic Dreher disapproved of which allowed New England to prevail.
If this worries you, just wait for Prophet Dreher's parish by parish inspection of the comparative quality and wholesomeness of your Communion Hosts. And what that portends for your car insurance rates.
Just the latest straw dog for Dreher. He would look at the normal bell curve showing the seriousness in American Catholic Parishes and see an Aerobie instead.
ReplyDeleteI saw this on facebook the other day, and of course it irritated me. But if this is the epitome of decadence then we're not doing that bad.
Eggzackly.
DeleteSacrilege merely "irritates" you? Wow. At least Keith has the excuse of not being Catholic.
DeleteSomehow I imagine these people to be far more joyfully united in God with their community than our agonistic, endlessly whining, family-backstabbing Perez Hilton of the Bayou, despite all his self-valorizing pieties.
ReplyDeleteThis is, you know - God. Hard to think he keeps Dreher on retainer as His personal scold. Torment in Hell, probably. Sidekick, nooooo.
God clearly, and fittingly, wanted the Patriots to lose. You think the laws of physics had anything to do with Kearse's catch?
ReplyDeleteBut that pass call. Some things just need smiting.
Har! It's like the old worn-out God-will-save-me joke, except this time it's "I sent you an offside kick off a Packer's helmet. I sent you a miracle catch on the 5. I sent you Marshawn Lynch. What more do you want?"
Deletegood one!
DeleteYeah, Pete Carroll was channeling his inner Lane Kiffin. Don't get me started. #RunTheDamnBall
DeleteBut this time, well, I was rooting for the Pats, so it's OK. But so much for "every cute trick in the playbook."
Hitler didn't like the play selection either.
DeleteSomehow I imagine these people to be far more joyfully united in God with their community than our agonistic, endlessly whining, family-backstabbing Perez Hilton of the Bayou, despite all his self-valorizing pieties.
ReplyDeleteYup!!
You guys have jumped the shark.
DeleteThis is one reason I started View From Your Parish on Pinterest. There is so much beautiful art in Catholic parishes which is traditional and which people are just as proud of as football teams.
ReplyDeleteI have no desire to focus so intently on the perceived faults of anyone's aesthetic sense or lack thereof. I suppose that if I was that negative and pessimistic about the Christian faith I would be a reader of The American Conservative, or perhaps even write for them....
Yep. Dreher is the typical anti-Catholic Orthodox polemicist: If he can find just one outlier -- one ugly wreckovated church, one Clown Mass, one diehard kumbaya parish -- he will unearth it and milk it for all it's worth and then some. No matter how hard he's had to scour the Interwebs in order to find it. No matter how counter to current trends it may be. If there's just one Giant Puppet Mass left on Planet Earth, Dreher will unearth it and make anti-Catholic hay out of it.
DeleteIt's Bad Faith on steroids. But that's rabid Ortho polemics for ya. Strangely, most Online Orthodox I know have mellowed and moved beyond that stuff. Not Dreher, though. The rage still burns, and the shoddy polemics still appeal. :p
Exactly, and sadly, many non-Catholics don't realize just how big the Catholic church is, so they see this as representative. Every diocese I've lived in has had 2 or 3 "wreckovated" churches with progressive liturgies where the libs hang out and 7 or 8 very traditional parishes where you see large families and seriousness. Then there are all those ones in the middle which are still not going to go all out for clowns, puppets, weird dances or the superbowl.
DeleteBut if the proverbial man from Mars came down and only read Dreher he'd assume there were unspeakable blasphemies in every corner of the Catholic Church and little else.
Yep. Dreher is the typical anti-Catholic Orthodox polemicist: If he can find just one outlier -- one ugly wreckovated church, one Clown Mass, one diehard kumbaya parish -- he will unearth it and milk it for all it's worth and then some.
DeleteOh, yeah. And be sure to see the self-righteous piling-on (15 yards!) by the well-trained seals in the combox of Dreher's post.
Besides, it's well-known that God made football an exception. Notre Dame has proof.
My condolences, Groundhog, six more weeks of winter would make anybody cranky.
ReplyDeleteI think someone pointed out that from the looks of it the space already does multiple duty in the community, sanctuary being only part of it. After all, not everyone can afford a dedicated Chartres.
Meanwhile fussy boy, who talks about other peoples' religious spaces with the same arrested adolescent inner voice that hisses with her buds over that little bitch wearing that to school and who does she think shes fooling about the boys being able to see so what I bet she likes that sort of attention has a new Christian-life-affirming post up about 50 Shades of Grey BDSM Teddy bears for Valentines Day.
Imagined dialogue:
Nora Dreher: What did you do to serve the Lord and our fellow men while putting food on our table today, Daddy?
Rod Dreher: I made a blog post with a big picture about people who like to beat each other for sexual pleasure giving each other special Teddy bears which remind them of that for Valentines Day!
Nora Dreher: Ummm...whatever that is, I still love you, Daddy.
So proud.
Speaking of V-Day bears: my wife and I got a kick out of these bears.
DeleteDreRod is an embarrassment to me as I am cradle Orthodox...He will do anything to try to make himself look good...DreRod has yet to write about Archbishop Seraphim of Canada, an Orthodox Bishop who has gone to prison for molesting little boys...."""Crickets""".. but he sure gets all icky about a Catholic parish celebrating the Seahawks....Ruthie Lemming is not dead....She is hiding from DreRod
ReplyDeleteLol! Thank you, anonymous.
DeleteNow Rod is piling on Bobby Jindal. Good grief.