Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
I would like to respond further to Donna Miller’s letter to the editor (June 2) where she comments that, “Fr. Bud joked, ‘If I was a pantheist, I wouldn’t be a hunter — I’d be killing God.’” I am glad to know that Fr. Bud is not a pantheist based on his profession to her. Although, I don’t see how being a hunter has anything to do with it. A pantheist believes that God permeates creation and is in union with it as opposed to being separate from Creation. But in order for any pantheist to live they must eat. And, in order to eat, living animals and/or plants must die. So, I seriously doubt that pantheists believe in starvation to avoid “killing God.”
Ms. Miller says, “Rev. Wilkins implicates [Tielhard de Chardin] as a heretic in his booklet Christ Denied.” More than that, de Chardin is a heretic. He believed and taught contrary to Christianity. His writings were condemned by the Church. If that isn’t the definition of a heretic then I don’t know what is. Or maybe we don’t believe in heretics anymore.
“It is notable that Christ Denied lacks adequate documentation,” Ms. Miller contends. This is true at certain points. For instance, de Chardin is said to have been “condemned by the Church six times,” but no reference is given to verify this. At other times reference is made very adequately to Papal writings that I checked out and found to be completely accurate.
Christ Denied “has many logical fallacies and has no Vatican imprimator,” Ms. Miller points out. But, I did not notice any logical fallacies and wonder if Ms. Miller would be so kind as to list them. An imprimatur is not required on every Catholic book except those spelled out right there in Christ Denied on the inside of the front cover.
“Fr. Bud and Fr. Bernie are a ‘package deal’ and serve together wherever they are placed,” Ms. Miller acknowledges. Why is this, I wonder? And since when do Catholic priests come in “packages?”
Fr. Bud told Ms. Miller that “there was simply no room for a second associate pastor, so the bishop moved Zanetti out.” Then how was there suddenly room for Mnsg. Young, who is still with us today?
On the one hand, Ms. Miller found it “very healing” that the Catholic Church is able “to embrace people with differing viewpoints so that inquiry and discussion can continue.” But on the other hand she is sad that “the priests at St. Peter’s could not embrace Fr. Ian.” How ironic. And it has proven to be just the opposite of… healing.
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