Monday, October 4, 2010

Radical Catholic

I was watching Claire Berlinski on Uncommon Knowledge and the conversation drifted over the idea of what constitutes a 'radical' as opposed to a 'moderate' Muslim and the acid test they agreed on (mostly) was 'do you accept the laws of the United States over the Islamic law- Sharia?' If the answer is yes you are moderate and if no probably a radical. I then asked myself if I were radical or moderate in my own religious belief and the answer I came up with is that I am definitely a Catholic before an American. Thus, I am a radical Catholic.

And of course no one in their right mind fears a radical Catholic.