You're more generous that I: We could uncharitably describe some of the trad-caths' absolutist views (such as those on validity) as sheer fantasy, a house of ca

You're more generous that I: We could uncharitably describe some of the trad-caths' absolutist views (such as those on validity) as sheer fantasy, a house of cards lacking even a pretense of intellectual rigor and based on, how shall I put this, questionable reporting of events from 2,000 years ago [0] [1]. The fact that trad-caths hold so fiercely to such views lends support to what one might call a Hitchensian view of religion [2]; in that regard, the trad-caths are more like ultra-Orthodox Jews and radical Islamists than they are different. [0] https://www.questioningchristian.org/2004/10/troubling_incon.html https://www.questioningchristian.org/2004/10/troubling_incon... [1] https://www.questioningchristian.org/2004/10/why_i_cant_acce.html https://www.questioningchristian.org/2004/10/why_i_cant_acce... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens#Criticism_of_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens#Criticism...