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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

THE ISLAND PACKET'S LETTER TO THE EDITOR COMMENDING THE BLUFFTON PRIEST FOR HIS ORIGINAL HOMILY BUT NOT HIS APOLOGY



You know, I kind of felt the way the writer of this letter to the editor feels. How about you?

Three cheers for Fr. Barnett | Letters

I commend Fr. Bruce Barnett for having the courage to share his belief with the parishioners at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Bluffton

It’s a sad day in America when a group of people who have an agenda that is opposed to the priest’s belief can put the pressure him to apologize for including “misinformation” in his homily. I’ve read your article twice, searching for “misinformation,” but all I find is information that we’re being given daily that may or may not be accurate.

How can we trust the numbers when words such as “probable cases” are being used, not to mention that the so-called medical professionals who’re suppose to be advising President Donald Trump have regularly changed the “dos and don’ts” of their guidelines?

I agree that we should re-open our shops, churches, schools, cut out the burning, looting, and get back to normal, and I’d bet “the multitudes” would agree.

The media promotes fear to keep our economy shut down. We need more faith and we need to question why this virus was hyped so much from the time China sent it over to us.

My favorite statement by Fr. Barnett, as quoted in your paper, is “I trust in God, but everyone else bring data.” I would make one change to that so it would read “bring undoctored data.”

Edie Rodgers

Beaufort


Read more here: https://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article244539302.html#storylink=cpy

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Edie Rodgers misunderstands a few things.

First, a homily is not a vehicle for a priest to share "his beliefs" unless those are the teachings of the Church. Were a homilist to express his belief by saying, "I believe Negroes are an inferior race," would Rodgers defend the hiomilist as courageous? I suspect not. (I hope not, anyway...)

Second, and here's the science thing again, "probable cases" is an entirely accurate description of the cases seen. There are many times when a 100% accurate diagnosis of many ailments is not possible. Ask anyone who has struggled with an auto-immune disease such as multiple sclerosis and they'll tell you it might have taken years to get that diagnosis.

Third, and this follows on the second, those advising Trump are not "so-called" medical professionals. They are medical professionals. Period. Rodgers again wants complete certainty in the face of what is known as the "novel" coronavirus. It is called "novel" for a reason; there are things we don't know about it and there are things we are continuing to discover about it.

Finally, the letter writer makes a fool of him/herself in saying, "...from the time China sent it over to us."

Anonymous said...

"Why this virus was hyped so much."

Unfortunately, Mr. Rodgers cannot ask Herman Cain his opinion on the virus being hyped...