I’m shocked speechless by this news item.  I absolutely cannot believe that anyone called into ministry would do something this vile and reprehensible.  But the proof is in front of me in black and white.

And Christians actually have the nerve to wonder why we can’t move this unbelieving world closer to belief.  It is because of blatant hypocrisy like this.

James White humorously quoted from the Roman Catholic Apologetics Manual.  His comments were tongue-in-cheek, though they don’t really miss the mark by much.  Here is what he said:

If you are a Roman Catholic you are, by definition, charitable, even if you call someone a moron and insult their parents. It is ok, for, all that is done in service of Mother Church is accepted and charitable (RCAM, 7.4.3). The corollary, discussed elsewhere in the RCAM, is that all humor is acceptable if it is offered by a Roman Catholic, but none–and we mean none–is acceptable if offered by the anti-Catholic (note the repeated emphasis upon using the buzz-phrase anti-Catholic, even if the use of the term is absurd, offensive, and demonstrates an arrogance on Romes part that is simply insufferable). Ray’s mastery of the RCAM is admirable, to be sure. (source)

Kevin Johnson, the webmaster at Reformed Catholicism, had this to say in response to this post by Catholic apologist Steve Ray (which I also commented on here).  Of course, this generates what we bloggers call a “pingback,” so Ray was aware of Kevin’s comments.  After responding to the pingback in a way that showed he didn’t understand anything about Protestantism, Kevin asked Ray to actually respond to the argument presented and to learn a little bit about what Kevin believes before making assumptions.  Here is the reply from Ray:

Hello Kevin: Thanks for sharing your name– it was not on the post. I wish I had time to dialog but unfortunately I am swamped and not able to take on detailed debates. Back in the old days I had plenty of time but such is not the case now. I hope others jump in to dialog with you. One of the problems I face Kevin is that you are one of 33,000 denomoninations [sic] that have sprouted out of the Reformation and to take the time to understand the various details that each of you hold with a multitude of beliefs and traditions would be impossible.

I have no time to visit your website along with the hundred websites attached to the 100 e-mails I get a day to try to understand your intricacies of doctrine and beliefs. There is such a wide spectrum that spreads all over the map.

So, in short, if I offended you or misrepresented you I am sorry. But, I doubt I am far off and without taking a day to study you and your website, I often have to generalize. I wish I had as much time as some others have but it is simply not the case since I am packing to lead three pilgrimages in the next three months along with 10 speaking engagements and finishing two books.

Anyway, I appreciate you visiting my blog and hopefully others will interact with you. God bless.

That’s pretty arrogant, if you ask me.  He not only admits to not knowing Kevin’s position, but refuses to study it.  But he brushes it off by saying “I doubt I’m very far off . . . .”  So it looks like James White is really dead on with his assertion that these guys just get mean, especially when they try to defend a proposition like the Assumption of Mary, which has no defense.