On Jul 24, 2013, at 10:25 PM, Gilbert Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote:
" IMHO former and / or married catholic priests (Goan or European) would do a "por favor" by not presenting themselves as !authoritative on Catholicism. Their religious and other views on the Catholic Church, however intellectual, are more similar to those of a person talking about their ex-spouse. " COMMENT: Whatever the place for "por favor" in the sentence above, I disagree with Dr. Lawrence. As long as one is NOT biased / bitter / unreasonable in one's pronouncements, I cannot see why someone cannot present himself as being authoritative on a particular subject, IF one is indeed authoritative on that subject. One cannot 'unknow' what one knows, even if it is about an ex-spouse or who/whatever.. jc
