In Montreal I asked him about sedevacantism, he mentioned that sedevacantism and liberalism were 2 sides of the same coin, I'm not really sure what he was talking about. It didn't make sense. That being said I enjoyed his talk.
In the English language, when one says that two things that might
seem to be different are two sides of the same coin, it has a literal
meaning.
From the Idiom Dictionary:
two sides of the same coin
different but closely related features of one idea -- Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin – both are used to control people, and neither works very well.
From the Cambridge Dictionary:
If two things are two sides of the same coin, they are very closely related although they seem different: Violent behaviour and deep insecurity are often two sides of the same coin.
From Answers.com:
What does the idiom 'Two sides of the same coin' mean?
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Answer:
Two sides of the same coin means even though something may look or seem different to another thing they are both the same (:
Having looked these up, I now am not so critical of the question you
asked. The only reasonable answer is the Cambridge Dictionary one.
The other two are kind of stupid.
When two things are "Two sides of the same coin," they may SEEM to
be different, but are in FACT closely related. This is a distinction that
is used by charlatans and confidence men to "pull the wool over your
eyes" or to fool you into thinking that you should believe them.
In regards to sedevacantism and Liberalism, what H.E. is saying is,
the two are only apparently different but they borrow principles from
each other, while they pretend they have nothing to do with each
other. A Liberal wants nothing to do with sedevacantism, and a sede
wants to NOT be associated with Liberalism. But that's only because
when you're in the thick of it yourself, you are not able to see the
big picture. You can't see the forest for the trees, as they say.
The principles borrowed are perceivable from the outside looking in,
but not from the inside looking out. One has to STEP AWAY FROM
the subjective prejudice of either Liberalism or sedevacantism in
order to see that they are related to each other.
You really could have asked him to explain himself or to give some
examples, or, what I would have asked him is to name two or three
PRINCIPLES upon which depend the relationship of the one "side" of
the "coin" to the other side. I think H.E. would have appreciated
hearing that question. And I can hardly anticipate what his response
would have been!
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