So, Eric and Pablo mentioned repeatedly in the same breath. Don't Eric and Fr. VOIGT have a fairly close relationship these days? And doesn't Mathew endorse the ministry of Fr. V, at least to some extent? Just wondering how this all works out in Matthew's mind.
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I just compared them under this ONE small aspect: is it worth putting up with their "crap" for what they provide the Traditional world? In both cases, I'd say "no". We can get what Eric provides in countless other places, and we can get what Pablo provides in many other places. That is the ONLY way I wish to compare the two. They are worlds apart in just about every other metric.
So the rest of your argument falls apart, but nevertheless, I will continue --
2. Even if I *were* saying that Eric was bad, I still don't follow the simplistic, Fr. Pfeiffer school of "guilt by association to an absurd degree".
Eric GaJєωski is a deceptive con artist with a serious self-esteem/pride problem. That doesn't mean that everyone he associates with is automatically evil. Even Eric himself isn't that evil. He has some major faults, which unfortunately cut to the root of
what would be a worthy apostolate.
I mean, what good is an informative website when you throw in some delusions of grandeur, a bit of megalomania, and a deceptive cloud of "fake followers" to give a false aura of importance?
What good is a conspiracy "truther" website which itself is founded on lies -- and whose very life-blood is lies?Fr. Voigt is a good priest. But good people can be fooled by con men. It's because "to the pure, all things are pure". Honest people like Fr. Voigt have a hard time thinking that anyone -- at least any Traditional Catholic -- would actually go and be dishonest. Besides, Fr. Voigt could just be focusing on the positive, believing it outweighs the lies Eric relies on for his claims of importance.
But people like myself, Croixalist and others can't get past the lies. Especially when the mission statement of the website is supposed to be
getting the "truth" out!Truth begins at home, k?
In addition, con artists like Eric GaJєωski only show their true colors to lesser laymen like us, not priests (who they need for various reasons, including "to give any level of credibility to his operation").
Does that answer your question?