Yes, the fatal flaw in Ekim's argument is that he fails to distinguish between the INTRINSIC GOODNESS of a thing, and the FREE WILL that individual humans have.

Was the Catholic Church not the True Church, because it had evil men inside it? The Church has always been the "net that encloses both good and bad fishes". Our Lord used this very analogy. He said the fisherman takes the net full of fishes to shore, and sorts the good from the bad (the Judgment). Similar is the parable of the Wheat and the cockle/tares/weeds.

You're literally getting scandalized because of weeds in the field!

Matthew chapter 13:
26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle. 27 And the servants of the goodman of the house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle  [Matthew 13:27] 28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done this.


"Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it cockle"

That is you, Ekim.

Please see recent reply to Matthew.  Growing up in Tradition for the past 30+ years it is obvious that THOUSANDS of children who were raised in Traditional Catholic homes / chapel’s do not return.  God has not blessed Traditional Catholics with mystics or miracles as a sign of His benevolence, which would be a beacon to lost souls in this wicked world.  Chapels are not growing exponentially.  It appears outwardly that Tradition is not blessed any greater than other religions.

What???

Are you kidding???

You who have been around in Tradition for 30 years can say this???

"The experiment of Tradition" was an extraordinary success. I became traditional in 1980 at the age of 14, and Tradition back then, and for many years after, was a very lonely life for a young man, or for older parents, all of whom found themselves very isolated and with very few friends indeed, not to mention limited availability of the Mass and sacraments, ceremonies in private homes, the proverbial garages, rented venues... perhaps you arrived on the scene just as things had improved somewhat.

Archbishop Lefebvre asked of Paul VI to be allowed to conduct this experiment, hoping that Rome would see the good fruits and return to Tradition, seeing how the Council and the reforms had produced only bad fruits. This was refused him, and so the experiment took place outside of the "Official Church" and without Rome's approval. Those of us who lived through this period would never have believed it possible that the Traditional movement could enjoy such extraordinary growth and vitality in so few years. Yes, indeed, it was a great success and we saw all the wonderful fruits in large, holy families, living the Faith and the life of grace in this wicked world, conversions, religious vocations, the multiplication of churches and religious institutions, Catholic printing houses, the ready availability once again of traditional books, images and devotional items. The revival was truly amazing. How blessed we have been, and how different it might have been!

And this is the great evil of the neo-SSPX vis-a-vis modernist Rome. They pretended to be only doing what the Archbishop was doing. Yet this experiment he requested had already taken place without Rome's approval. Rome saw the unequivocal and undeniable good fruits in abundance, and still they continued relentlessly with their reforming madness and their crusade to destroy Tradition.

"Tradition is not blessed any greater than other religions". It is the NO that should be your comparison, not "other religions", and it is not just numbers we are talking about, but the spiritual manifestations of the Faith - not the fantastic that you seem to be seeking, miracles and mystical phenomena and the like, but keeping and living the Faith in a world that makes it nigh impossible: Catholic families, religious vocations, churches, seminaries, religious houses. What is the wonder if other false religions prosper that pander to the flesh and man's fallen nature in a world where even "Catholic" authority is used to promote such a false notion of religion?

The survival and expansion of Catholic Tradition in this world without the help of Catholic authority is a miracle in itself. All praise and thanks to God for His mercies!

As one looks through rose colored glasses. 

The numbers of children raised in Tradition..,who stay dedicated to the Traditional faith are few.

I would not consider the meager growth over 62 years as “flourishing” but mearly getting-by.

The many “Traditional” priests who have stayed TRUE to Tradition as exemplified by H.E. Archbishop Lefebvre are few.

if you are talking about folks who like the smells and bells of Traditional Catholicism, Tradcuмinist’s,  and don’t mind compromising Tradition, like the Neo-SSPX and off-shoot indult organizations, than yes your observations are true.  However, for those who hold fast to Tradition, uncompromised, not so much.

If I see hot pants, micro-skirts, and bare-midriffs at our parish and some teeny preggers, I'll give your premise some thought.

This question was not focused on the SSPX specifically, only that their founder posed the “Experiment of Tradition”.  With that said, the true Tradition that you imply does not seem to be flourishing…even after nearly 12 years since the Resistance and decades of other Traditional groups.  It would seem that Gods grace is not overflowing as one would expect.