Summary of Católicos frente al secularismo

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Different Catholic activists have written about how Catholic believers should confront secularism. The debate is about which challenge Catholic believers should face in the current secular liberal ideology. The three options proposed are: 1) being polite and accommodating; 2) being firm and forceful; or 3) lacking any option and risking abandonment by charity. Catholic leaders believe that, in the face of constant aggression from the ideology of secular liberalism, it is too risky to retreat into protected enclaves. Rather, we need to insistently and patiently discuss this.

• 00:00:00 Many Catholic activists are committed to different areas of life, such as the fight for life, family, marriage, and culture. Recently, they have written articles discussing how Catholic believers should confront secularism. I explain this in another way. All of these Catholic activists understand that Catholic faith obligates us to be present in the culture that promotes that idea that the Catholic withdraws to his or her cloister and remains quiet and praying for the end of the world. This is unacceptable to the Catholic, because I say so or because other intellectuals say so. It is unacceptable because it goes against the spirit of faith that the Lord has given us and the teachings of the Catholic Church that call us to be witnesses in the world and that that testimony be visible but often requires more than good example to resort to. Recently, this debate has been about which challenge Catholic believers should face in the current secular liberal ideology. The three options proposed are: 1) being polite and accommodating; 2) being firm and forceful; or 3) lacking any option and risking abandonment by charity. Catholic leaders believe that, in the face of constant aggression from the ideology of secular liberalism, it is too risky to retreat into protected enclaves. Rather, we need to insistently and patiently discuss this
• 00:05:00 David Goldman, an author and columnist for a magazine published by Catholic and Christian intellectuals, believes that the time for dialogue and understanding has passed, and that Christians are now the new heretics. He argues that this is why secularists are afraid of Christians, and that the secularists are winning the war of ideas. Goldman refers to this as the "secular Inquisition."
• 00:10:00 Goldman addresses the issue of secularism and how Christians must be silent and tolerant of it. He states that there are no rational liberals left who can appeal to Christians on behalf of justice and freedom of expression. Normal anticatolicism is dogmatic and interesting because I experienced something interesting on social media. A gentleman on Twitter published a false phrase attributed to Francisco de que it is not necessary to be a believer to go to heaven. I responded to him, demonstrating where and when the father said these words. The person who did this then blocked me from their Twitter account. Mary Eberstadt says there are no libertarians who can be called that, who are open to all ideas, even those held by Christians. She also says that even though Catholics may accept a multitude of ideas within that multitude, they still accept Christian ideas and the right to live according to them. He says no, there are no such liberals. All of them are fanatics. Perhaps beginning with those who call themselves "non-fanatic" or "non-possessive," I am not claiming to make any doctrinal conclusions. Simply want to make Catholics aware of this important debate and let them know what measures we need to take to combat secularism's growth and how