tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post777663627000204299..comments2024-03-26T12:56:54.350+00:00Comments on LMS Chairman: Academic freedom and Tina BeattieLatin Mass Societyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17951084157414901564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-53979970059350085172012-11-06T21:04:27.651+00:002012-11-06T21:04:27.651+00:00The issue of Tina Beattie is one of Catholic ident...The issue of Tina Beattie is one of Catholic identity not academic freedom.<br /><br />Anyone is free to express views contradicting those of the Church and I am sure that most Catholic institutes would welcome that. After all our role is to preach the Word and to point out errors.<br /><br />What is not acceptable is that Ms Beattie should present herself as a Catholic when she is clearly in wilful dissent from the Church. Such considered dissent places a person outside the Church so she is presenting herself falsely.<br /><br />As such she should not speak as a Catholic in a Catholic institution.<br />Jacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743062941733814176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-66824161551945059272012-11-06T03:43:23.067+00:002012-11-06T03:43:23.067+00:00Having read something of Beattie's work, it is...Having read something of Beattie's work, it is unsurpising to find that she is unable to draw basic distinctions between the right to academic freedom on one hand, and access to a public platform on the other. The latter is a privilege which can be forfeited for various reasons (and I would suggest that her poorly argued advocacy of murdering the unborn is a perfectly good reason) without compromising her rights as regards the former. Why she should be retained as an academic is another question . . .Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502729484329811268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-32537485529510357712012-11-04T13:22:32.804+00:002012-11-04T13:22:32.804+00:00Good. If ever there was an issue internal to the C...Good. If ever there was an issue internal to the Church, this is it.<br /><br />Nevertheless, it is true that when the Beatties of the world can no longer claim to represent the Church, then the Church's ability to present her teachings convincingly to outsiders will be hugely increased.Joseph Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06587987442560784792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30490922.post-61674648910370421552012-11-04T11:28:42.535+00:002012-11-04T11:28:42.535+00:00Whatever the rights and wrongs of this debate I pr...Whatever the rights and wrongs of this debate I predict that expressed like this it is unlikely to excite the outsider's interest in Catholicism, liberal or conservative.robertatforsythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316299884670781392noreply@blogger.com