f/k/a . . .

“tinyredcheck”  npr’s Morning Edition had a segment today (April 14, 2005) that was

inspiring — “Stanford Students Tutor Service Workers on Campus.” 

The Habla la Noche program is “a student-run organization whose

mission is to increase English-language literacy among adult workers

on campus and to create a connection between campus workers and

students.”

 

  Before he left on yet another vacation break, my weblog friend Martin

Grace was good enough to respond to our request for input on a poll

question concerning congressional veto over Supreme Court decisions. 

Thanks, to the RiskProf for a thoughtful response.  In passing, Martin

questioned my referring to the concept of “fundamentalist” Catholics.

A quick Google search for

600 results.  The phrase seems to be used by liberal-to-moderate folk to

refer to ultra-conservative (darn-sure-they’re-right-about-what-God-

wants) Catholics.

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  The nonliberal Baptist preacher, Dr. Jack Hyles said “A fundamentalist
  
  
  is one who believes in the faith and practice of the original purposes
  
  
  and doctrines of an institution.” For him:  ” If you follow the faith and
  
  
  practice of the original intents of the Catholic church, you are a fundamentalist
  
  
  Catholic and go back to [Constantine in] 313.”  If Catholicism went back
  
  
  even further — say to 33 A.D. — I might re-enlist.  
  
  
• 
  
  
  

  In 1999, “French fundamentalist Catholic priest on trial” was the 

  
  

  headline for a BBC online news article. 
  
  
  
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  And, Martin, don’t be so sure there aren’t Catholics who take the

  
  

  seven-day creation story literally.  I’ve met a couple.

We’re #4!   Speaking of Googling, this website has turned up as the #4

result in a number of queries that ended up on my Refer page already this

month:

how does George Globe light his grill>  #4 of over 69,000 in a

Yahoo search.

 

cafeteria Catholic>  #4 of 209,000 in a Google search

 

Debt Reduction horror stories>  #4 of 592,000 in Google Search

 

shaming>  #4 of 229,000 in a Google search.

 

The #1 result for ”cafeteria catholics” is a very derogatory webpage from

ConcernedCatholics.org.   You’ll find a comparison to “lukewarm Catholics”

on the same page.