After a tasty bowl of Thai-style soup made by the Mrs.--heavy on the chili paste, the evening rosary, and taking the dog for a walk, I thought I'd sit down and write a post about a couple things. I enjoy writing, after all.
First, this silly tarring and feathering of Charles Coulombe recently, as a local Catholic blogger described it. I think I have to chalk it up to the underbelly of the Catholic Blogosphere. Brother against brother, in order to get more views, comments, and higher stats. By some.
Like the flame wars of not distant memory between the Gordon brothers/Voris-Niles Axis going after the Taylor Marshall crowd supporting the SSPX. ‘Scandalous’ indeed. That's enough to make my chili-digesting innards ache this evening.
More so than Coulombe going to a Halloween party, for Pete's sake. I remember Patrick Madrid, who always seemed to me like a calm enough guy giving some useful apologetics, going full throttle rabid cut throat against the Society during that turf war, via some Twitter rage. The way he recently raged against those who read Canon212.
There is constructive criticism, and then there is unjust rage, Patrick.
Good times. And good for internet business it seems.
Fight the enemy, not each other, guys. That includes you too Dymphna (who I otherwise enjoy reading, btw). Coulombe is one of the good guys in the trenches of traditional Catholicism, despite liking tarot cards.
The other topic is this endless vaccine issue that keeps dominating the news cycle, ad nauseum, just the latest ideological issue Big Brother/The Media is using to control the masses, in my opinion, which is why I'm largely silent about it and gloss over the daily headlines about Fauci et al as stupid distractions.
You know from good things like God, Jesus, or the Church.
Now, according to the principle of double effect, most of the covid vaccines (minus J&J) can be taken without committing a sin, whether venial or mortal. This isn't some novel post-VII idea, but rather traditional moral theology applied to medical ethics. And this is not my opinion.
This is the position by the way, not only of the Holy See, but nearly every traditionalist priest or trad apostolate I've heard give their opinion, whether SSPX, FSSP, or otherwise. That is on whether or not taking the vaccine is a sin. LINK
On the other hand, since these vaccines are new, and largely untested, but especially because they were derived from studies including aborted fetal cell lines, then, as this priest argues, (thanks to C212 posting it), and because they are being used by Big Brother for communist control, the vaccine can and should be generally avoided altogether: LINK.
Makes sense to me.
That said, if say you are the breadwinner of the family, i.e. the husband, then I can't fault any man using prudence deciding to take the vaccine if it is required to maintain his livelihood. Whether you're say a health care professional, educator, or police officer, if they make you take it, and not taking it could cost you your job, then that's a prudential decision.
And if I'm off base, then so be it. I'm just one guy waxing and waning on subjects that pop up daily on my radar.
Eat more jelly beans, this Easter season!