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McTIGUE JOHN's avatar

As I age, I find myself taking on a softer approach to all thing philosophical and theological. The absolutist of my youth (driven, to a large extent by certain relatives and acquaintances in the priesthood) gradually became a moderate Catholic. Always aware that Catholicism in not a cafeteria, I still find myself dismissing those aspects which seem 'societal' as opposed to 'dogmatic.' That said, emotionalism is a nice tool for the authors of fiction, for artists, and fabulists. But the old rules of logic and theology still fester in me, and I'm an advocate of REALISM, of objectivism, and things that are fact based. At 75, I'm guessing it's a bit too late to start reinventing myself.

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