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Online Mithrandylan

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Digital Logos
« on: May 21, 2023, 09:52:28 PM »
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    • Hasn't been online in a bit over two months. Don't think he's on Twitter anymore either. Bit worried. Know he was the only Catholic in his family and was going through some professional difficulties too. Not a bad idea to say some prayers for him. 
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #1 on: May 21, 2023, 10:28:25 PM »
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    • Yes, I've been wondering about him too.

    I know he was moving so that upended things a bit, I'm sure.

    He was also considering the Eastern Ortho church.

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    Offline Bonaventure

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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #2 on: May 21, 2023, 11:19:46 PM »
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    • Just take a look at his last post here: https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/the-maronite-liturgy/msg874691/#msg874691

    In fact, his last words were... "To Hell with it all."

    In all honesty, it's the logical end result of spending too much time here on CI and/or arguing with harpies.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #3 on: May 22, 2023, 12:08:25 AM »
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    • Quote from: Miser Peccator on May 21, 2023, 10:28:25 PM
    Yes, I've been wondering about him too.

    I know he was moving so that upended things a bit, I'm sure.

    He was also considering the Eastern Ortho church.

    Ave Maria!
    If he has to move to a place with no decent liturgical options like Fayetteville, I could understand him being tempted by the Orthodox. There is no Latin Mass there, one Maronite parish, but about 3 or 4 EO ones. It will not solve your problems -- in fact, it may make them worse. But the Trad to EO pipeline is not newly constructed.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #4 on: May 22, 2023, 12:59:35 AM »
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    • Quote from: Bonaventure on May 21, 2023, 11:19:46 PM
    Just take a look at his last post here: https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/the-maronite-liturgy/msg874691/#msg874691

    In fact, his last words were... "To Hell with it all."

    In all honesty, it's the logical end result of spending too much time here on CI and/or arguing with harpies.
    ^^^ This.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #5 on: May 22, 2023, 02:00:13 AM »
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    • Quote from: Minnesota on May 22, 2023, 12:08:25 AM
    If he has to move to a place with no decent liturgical options like Fayetteville, I could understand him being tempted by the Orthodox. There is no Latin Mass there, one Maronite parish, but about 3 or 4 EO ones. It will not solve your problems -- in fact, it may make them worse. But the Trad to EO pipeline is not newly constructed.
    I'd say it is more likely that he got disillusioned by social media. I wouldn't want to speculate on why he left in an uncharitable fashion and make a rash judgement. The saints encourage giving people the kindest possible interpretation for their actions.I didn't see him talk about becoming orthodox at all, he just spoke about preferring the Byzantine rite. However I do acknowledge that Byzantine rite to Ortho pipeline is quite common among people who convert to Byzantine rite.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #6 on: May 22, 2023, 06:47:26 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mithrandylan on May 21, 2023, 09:52:28 PM
    Hasn't been online in a bit over two months. Don't think he's on Twitter anymore either. Bit worried. Know he was the only Catholic in his family and was going through some professional difficulties too. Not a bad idea to say some prayers for him.
    I've been praying for him since months before he stopped posting. I know he seemed to be having a lot of trouble with the whole Crisis for quite some time now, and I think his recent firing played a huge part in how he posted before he stopped. Despite our last public and private interaction, he and I were typically on the same page, and I am both sad to see him gone and worry about him on various levels.  I do hope he returns.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #7 on: May 22, 2023, 06:59:39 AM »
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    • Yes, I miss him here also.

    I think he was put off by some harassment he received from some followers of the Dimond Brothers.  He was already in a difficult family situation, one that was certainly exacerbated when he lost his job over the bumper sticker incident.

    I do hope he's not considering EO (that path has never made any sense to me, as the EOs are a mess), and apart from the post made above I've seen no indication that he was going in that direction.  Eastern Rite Catholic, yes ... but not EO.  Some people have a difficult time distinguishing between the two, for some reason, so the two often get conflated.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #8 on: May 22, 2023, 07:12:41 AM »
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    • Quote from: Bonaventure on May 21, 2023, 11:19:46 PM
    Just take a look at his last post here: https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/the-maronite-liturgy/msg874691/#msg874691

    In fact, his last words were... "To Hell with it all."

    In all honesty, it's the logical end result of spending too much time here on CI and/or arguing with harpies.
    I've actually felt very badly about our last interaction as we typically didn't argue with one another, and I have tried to contact him in the event I played any part in his disappearance. It appears you are implying I am a harpy.  That wasn't very charitable, was it?   
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #9 on: May 22, 2023, 08:22:41 AM »
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    • Quote from: Bonaventure on May 21, 2023, 11:19:46 PM
    Just take a look at his last post here: https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/the-maronite-liturgy/msg874691/#msg874691

    In fact, his last words were... "To Hell with it all."

    In all honesty, it's the logical end result of spending too much time here on CI and/or arguing with harpies.
    Quote from: Mark 79 on May 22, 2023, 12:59:35 AM
    ^^^ This.

    I also, in general, have to agree. In the current situation, and with always-on communication, even the best can be overwhelmed. Hopefully some time away will help DL to remember why it is that he first believed.

    13 Until we all meet into the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ; 14 That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive. 15 But doing the truth in charity, we may in all things grow up in him who is the head, even Christ:

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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #10 on: May 22, 2023, 08:48:37 AM »
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    • I hope he's okay. 
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #11 on: May 22, 2023, 08:49:30 AM »
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    • Quote from: Bonaventure on May 21, 2023, 11:19:46 PM
    Just take a look at his last post here: https://www.cathinfo.com/crisis-in-the-church/the-maronite-liturgy/msg874691/#msg874691

    In fact, his last words were... "To Hell with it all."

    In all honesty, it's the logical end result of spending too much time here on CI and/or arguing with harpies.
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    People spend too much time online when they don't have people in real life to support their faith. And when those online interactions turn sour, it's (literally) as though all the Catholics one knows are argumentative, disagreeable, and so on. 
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    DL struck me as very sanguine. Sanguine types need affirmation, camaraderie, etc. more than most. Lacking in that, they lose motivation and struggle to see the point. 
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #12 on: May 22, 2023, 08:59:02 AM »
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    • Perhaps it's time for me to leave as well. Time here is becoming less and less spiritually productive.  Too much of a temptation to get angry with others.
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #13 on: May 22, 2023, 12:00:26 PM »
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    • He may have also just left. A forum detox is very healthy. 
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    Re: Digital Logos
    « Reply #14 on: May 22, 2023, 12:19:48 PM »
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    • Quote from: Mithrandylan on May 22, 2023, 08:49:30 AM
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    People spend too much time online when they don't have people in real life to support their faith. And when those online interactions turn sour, it's (literally) as though all the Catholics one knows are argumentative, disagreeable, and so on.

    Good point, and it doesn't take much for interactions to turn sour on the internet.  I think we are all far more pleasant and easy to get along with in person than we are online. 
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