#WalkAway from Fr. Martin

I haven’t been paying much attention to the world at large lately. Too much family business going on. This, however, popped up on my Facebook page a couple of days back. I’d heard the name Straka but really didn’t know what was going on, so I decided to give it a look.

You’re going to need to do some reading here, because I’m not going to pull this whole thing apart and I wouldn’t want you to miss one amazing thing in it:  https://www.theepochtimes.com/viral-walk-away-videos-highlight-growing-movement-of-democrats-leaving-the-party_2578446.html

Also, you need to watch this video:  

 

I think these are an answer to my prayers, and while the article has everything to do with what’s happening in the good ol’ U-S-of-A, it’s also happening within the Catholic Church.  Don’t get too caught up in the Republican/Democrat thing. Look at the similarity of what’s going on in the Catholic Church, and just swap out “Democrats” with “Fr. James Martin, SJ, Fr. Rosica, Fr. Reese, New Ways Ministry, NAGLDM, the National catholic Reporter, America Magazine, etc., etc., etc.” Seriously, they use the same manipulations.  In the name of love, they sow hate, fear, jealousy, hopelessness, and division. And, just like in the larger USA, people are starting to tire of it – in the world of Christianity at large, as well as in the Catholic Church. 

Look, you can only keep the lie up so long, and then people are going to figure out they’re being played. While Straka has just come to this realization, the other half of society has seen this all as the logical conclusion because, well, history. Same goes for the Church. At some point, the truth is going to hit them, then some of those people are going to take a chance, become emboldened, and speak the truth. 

Fr. Martin has already started to have that problem, which is why the frenzied defense on his behalf. Eventually, that tiny hole in the dam will become an all-out breach, and hopefully sooner rather than later. The question is, who’s going to be the person to be brave and take a chance in the Catholic Church? Certainly, it’s been attempted by people who believe in the teachings of the Church wholeheartedly. What I want to know is, who is going to be the one who is struggling with them who is going to no longer allow themselves to be a pawn? Who is going to break the dam and let the truth pour out? 

There are no two people on this earth who are going to agree on everything. In matters of Faith and morals, this is unfortunately apparent. No, I don’t believe that “gay marriage” is a right or is right. This doesn’t mean I hate YOU, reject YOU, or want YOU to disappear from the planet. This is ridiculous, but it’s what Fr. Martin and his club want you to believe. It means I believe I know what God wants for marriage via the Church teachings, yet you believe differently. Deal. Do you hate me because I believe differently?  I hope not, and I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt when you say “No H8.”  Why would you not afford me (and more importantly, the Catholic Church) the same benefit when we say we love you?

Look at this quote from Brandon Straka:

But it’s really the minorities in America who don’t feel like we have a choice. That’s what they keep telling us over and over: “You’re not safe on the right. They don’t want you on the right. They hate you on the right. You’re only safe with us. We are here to protect you.”

Meanwhile, are you kidding me? You’re here to ‘protect’ me? All you are doing is use my fears to scare the [expletive] out of me—to terrify me and to try to manipulate the way that I vote.

Let’s say you are someone suffering from same-sex-attraction and struggling with being Catholic or even struggling with Christianity at large.  Can’t you see the same quote coming from Fr.Martin and the minions?

But it’s really the minorities in the Catholic Church who don’t feel like we have a choice.  That’s why they (Martin and the minions) keep telling us over and over: “You’re not safe in the Church.  They don’t want you in the Church.  They hate you in the Church.  You’re only accepted with us.  We are here to protect you.”

Meanwhile, are you kidding me? You’re here to ‘protect’ me? All you are doing is use my fears to scare the [expletive] out of me—to terrify me and to try to manipulate my faith.

Many of us have been saying this is exactly what Fr. Martin and his cronies have been doing for quite a while. I’m just hoping my counterparts on what we’re told is “the other side” will finally see that we are being pitted against each other. This is why they are always playing the “you/them” card instead of the “us” card.

So, again, no, I don’t agree with Brandon Straka on everything – not even close.  If you watch the video, he leads off with rejecting junk science and superstition (I can only conclude that he means hard science and Christianity), but does he reject me, personally? Again, I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt. Lack of understanding and/or agreement doesn’t equal hate. Can it lead to such a thing? Sure, it’s definitely going to lead there if we follow the likes of Fr. Martin’s attempts to manipulate.

Let’s look at one last quote, this time from the Brandon Straka’s video, and try to tell me my interpretation of it is off base when it comes to what’s going on in the Church today.

The Democratic Party has adopted the deleterious belief system happily and without skepticism separating people into groups based off of identity and then organizing them into camps of victims and oppressors.  If you are a person of color, an LGBT person, a woman, or an American immigrant, the Democratic Party wants you to know you are a victim and destined to stay that way. They will insist that you are a victim doomed to exist in a system that is rigged against you, that you are a victim of systemic oppression, that you are a victim of your circumstances and that no amount of hard work or motivational action will every allow you to overcome your victimhood or the privilege of those around you. This is perhaps the Democratic Party’s greatest and most insidious lie.

But if you are a minority in America today, the left-wing politicians and the liberal media don’t want you to ever discover this lie. So they bombard us with stories designed to reinforce the narrative that you are in danger, that you cannot succeed. They manipulate your fears and concerns by telling you that you are disadvantaged, disempowered, and disposable to everyone except them. They will tell you that you need them. They will tell you that you are only safe under their supervision.  They will promise to liberate you from all that chains you. And then, they will do absolutely nothing for you.

And now for the “Martinized” version:

The liberal, dissident Catholics have adopted the deleterious belief system happily and without skepticism separating people into groups based off of identity and then organizing them into camps of victims and oppressors. If you are a person of color, an LGBT person, a woman, or an American immigrant, the liberal, dissident Catholics want you to know you are a victim and destined to stay that way. They will insist that you are persecuted and forced to exist in a Church that is rigged against you, that you are a victim of systemic oppression, that you are a victim of your circumstances (because you were born this way) and that no amount of hard prayer or the sacraments will every allow you to carry your cross with the rest of the faithful. You are different and separate from all the rest. This is perhaps the liberal, dissident Catholic’s greatest and most insidious lie.

But if you are a person suffering in the Church today, the liberal, dissident Catholics and the liberal catholic media don’t want you to ever discover this lie. So they bombard us with stories designed to reinforce the narrative that you are persecuted, that you cannot possibly bear your cross. They manipulate your fears and concerns by telling you that you are disadvantaged, disempowered, and disposable to everyone except them. They will tell you that you need them. They will tell you that you are only safe under their supervision.  They will promise to liberate you from all that chains you. And then, they will do absolutely nothing for you.

Tell me this isn’t exactly what Fr. Martin his club does on a regular basis! It’s time for the revolution against this pathetic predatory practice.  #WalkAwayFromFrMartin #WalkAwayFromTheBridge #RunToTheChurch