How do I love The Canuck? Let me count the ways…
Kasia May 9th, 2007
…well, no. That would be time-consuming and overly personal. Plus, it would probably bore everyone but me and The Canuck right out of their skulls. But I will say that yesterday evening I discovered yet another reason why I love The Canuck.
We were on the phone, and I was expressing my mild regret that I got a few more “Kool-Aid” type comments yesterday from one of the work friends with whom I was having lunch. Again, I’m not sure why people who seemed to respect my intelligence before I entered the Church seem to think I must have suffered a closed-head injury in order to convert, but anyway…
So we were talking about that, and about DJ’s point that my Evangelical friends will almost certainly think I’ve apostasized. The Canuck paused, and even though we were on the phone, I know the exact look he must have had on his face. Then he said, “If they say anything, just tell them ‘We were here first!’” I laughed, and he went on to say, as though talking to a dismayed Evangelical, “Two words for you: APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION!”
I’ve got to say, for a lapsed cafeteria Catholic, that’s a pretty ardent defense of the Faith.
Clam,
I think I would also give these people some examples of famous converts and ask if they thought these people were stupid.
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Edith Stein
Dorothy Day
Dr. Bernard Nathanson, MD
Oh, I could go on . . .
Oh, absolutely. The first time she said something, I started telling the story of Utah Cousin. And I added, somewhat dryly, that “Yeah, that Thomas Aquinas was a real moron…and Edith Stein…and Thomas More…” Granted not all of them are converts, but still.
Unfortunately, with the state of public education, I’m not sure how many of those people Utah Cuzzin would know anything about. He may well “know” Aquinas they way I “know” Hippocrates. You know, the dude that wrote that oath…Ancient Greeks are lame, man!
So, playing the giants of smart Catholicism card may not work.
TBS