{"id":5827,"date":"2005-05-17T21:37:26","date_gmt":"2005-05-18T02:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2005\/05\/17\/votf-survey\/"},"modified":"2005-05-17T21:37:26","modified_gmt":"2005-05-18T02:37:26","slug":"votf-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2005\/05\/votf-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTF Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes it is time for another VOTF survey<\/a> that as Seekeroftheway says<\/a> we can skew.
\nAnd when it comes to VOTF I say skew you.
\nThere are only a couple of questions (around five) and they are as biased as the questions in any survey from the Main Stream Media. <\/p>\n

They start off<\/p>\n

With regards to Fr. Thomas Reese’s resignation from America, do you feel<\/p>\n

Cue Peter Frampton and Do you Feel like we do<\/em>. Not think or believe, but the oh so typical feel<\/em><\/p>\n

It was appropriate – as a Jesuit priest, he should only reinforce Vatican teaching.<\/p>\n

\nYes
\n
\nNo
\n
\n<\/form>\n

Get it – yep "Vatican teaching" as if this is somehow different and separate from Catholic teaching. Is it that I converted to the Vatican faith and would that make me a convert to Vatholicism?<\/p>\n

It was the right action on his part to maintain the magazine’s autonomy.<\/p>\n\nYes
\n
\nNo
\n
\n<\/form>\n

No right answer for that one. Maintain the magazine’s autonomy? This is like a planet leaving its orbit and wanting to still be considered part of the solar system. Autonomy from truth is slavery. <\/p>\n

It was punishment because Fr. Reese challenged institutional Church’s authority.<\/p>\n\nYes
\n
\nNo
\n
\n<\/form>\n

For VOTF the word institutional is bandied about as a swear word – except of course when it comes to the institutional leadership of VOTF. Remember when you say institutional to grit your teeth a bit and get that certain look in your eyes and you too can be a leader in VOTF. This simplistic and silly view is that this is all just about a challenge to institutional Church’s authority. Like a father-son disagreement. Where the father must put the son in his place because he challenged his authority.<\/p>\n

The following was my favorite question.<\/p>\n

Is VOTF mainly made up of gray-haired heretics who are taking advantage of the priestly sex scandal to promote heterodox practices to try to Protestantize the Church?<\/p>\n\nYes
\n
\nNo
\n
\n<\/form>\n

Well maybe I only imagined the last question.<\/p>\n

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