tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post4756524106597391834..comments2024-03-29T00:01:27.290-06:00Comments on fountains of home: Belief and Broadening the Mind :: Weekends with ChestertonChristy from fountains of homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11130888193737436970noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-64549436295531818592014-02-22T21:35:29.783-07:002014-02-22T21:35:29.783-07:00I love your phrase "the fads of heresy."...I love your phrase "the fads of heresy." I didn't read in time to vote, but I certainly like your winning post!GretchenJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641677400029070452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-61900811871455737282014-02-17T13:07:11.820-07:002014-02-17T13:07:11.820-07:00And yet, the common thoughts of those against fait...And yet, the common thoughts of those against faith is that *we* are the ones who have not broadened ourselves enough! The reverse is so true and makes much more sense. All these Chesterton posts are making me love him and his zingers more than I already did! Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18162208045999030991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-33076333302178869192014-02-16T21:29:24.036-07:002014-02-16T21:29:24.036-07:00This reminds me of his Ethics of Elfland chapter i...This reminds me of his Ethics of Elfland chapter in Orthodoxy, my absolute favorite of the whole book. I was reading it allowed to my dad a few weeks ago and I actually cried. Three times. Aaanyway, it's too often taken for granted that the scientific-minded are the broad-minded ones, when it is actually close-minded to not be able to imagine things differently, to not open one's mind to belief!<br /><br />I read his biographies Saint Francis and Saint Thomas Aquinas in succession, and for some reason came away with the impression that I liked Saint Thomas Aquinas even better. Which is sort of like saying that the only thing I like better than chocolate is More Chocolate! Will you read that one next?Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-88749496629911571202014-02-16T18:41:34.127-07:002014-02-16T18:41:34.127-07:00Yes! This is so great! I'm with Kendra- I love...Yes! This is so great! I'm with Kendra- I love the "not sufficiently catholic to be Catholic" bit. :) <br /><br />My own conversion came about because I began to do some research in an attempt to teach my husband why his Catholic faith was wrong (because he certainly wasn't catechized well enough to tell me). I was winning all the debates (I was a protestant minister's kid, after all!) but he still wouldn't give in. I decided to find out what the Catholic church *really* taught so that I could explain why that was erroneous.<br /><br />I started with Scott Hahn. And I've been Catholic now for coming-up-on-10-years! :) And YES- it was a broadening of the mind that did it. Great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471641245888346516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3883970092765312318.post-35114000637996136252014-02-16T18:00:53.343-07:002014-02-16T18:00:53.343-07:00Not sufficiently catholic to be Catholic: love it!...Not sufficiently catholic to be Catholic: love it!Kendra Tierneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212829372556908004noreply@blogger.com