Jesse guessed right.
I think I was clear on what was the heresy.
@Katherine2001, its hard to describe what I mean by the guilttripping. Its a very subtle way that many super liberal people go about saying that you ought to help the poor. One example would be that if you express the teaching of the Church on sexuality, they would refute that by reminding you that Jesus did not speak out against such things, but that he fed the poor and ate with sinners, etc. Does that make it more clear?
(emphasis mine)
Yes, he
ate with, but he did not
sin with!
This liberal method is very hard to refute because it is so subtle, yet so insidious. Sinister, in the truest sense of that word.
You notice it in all denominations in the grammar more than the actual ideas presented by hyper-liberals. For example, the switch from "us" to "them" whenever charity actions are discussed. I grew up in the old Catholic system in which poverty was a virtue, and so I began to notice this change when I returned to the Church (Latin rite) after years in the secular culture.
This switch involves an automatic demonization of the poor. It is unconscious, but embedded in the grammar. Now it is very common for anyone who is seen even slightly friendly towards "apparently" poor to be ostracized from their church. This is done through the liberal retreat and social groups within the church. Those groups are often led by atheist laity who are going along with the old practice of honoring the customs of the church on behalf of their families, social status, etc. but very careful not to
actually engage in daily spiritual life.
It is not only in the Church, but also in secular life, this grammatical subtlety. How many people have noticed the change in English from using "who" for all references to a human subject to using "that"? I learned English grammar in the 60's and was taught that you say "the man
who did this etc" and "the dog
that did this, etc"
This seems like harmless linguistic evolution until you notice the rising tide of secular insistence that there is no such thing as a soul, mind, etc and now we are seeing the use of human beings as commodities in the medical field, and even our DNA is being turned into a commodity, "thing-ifying" all of us, denying God's gift of Life in all of us!
*sigh*
This is the path Progressives want us to progress on.
