I have no real interest in Fr. Robinson's book, or in Fr. Rusak's responses, although I think I would probably agree with Fr. Rusak. But of immense interest would be Fr. R's immediate future. Will he keep his present assignment, or will he be sent to some African country,... or worse, will he be driven from the Society altogether? We all know how the former regime treated dissident priests. Does the change in leadership signal a greater tolerance and a change of direction? Or will it simply be more of the same some kind of harsh treatment meted out to Fr. Rusak? We're all standing by.
The hardest thing for many -- perhaps, most -- people to wrap their head around is how in the world the entire universe could go around the Earth once every 24 hours. Actually, mainstream science itself allows for this as completely possible and not only once every 24 hours, but many, many, many times more than that. Many mainstream scientists who don't want to lose their jobs, funding, prestige, peer acceptance, etc., however disallow (at least openly) for the Earth being in the center of the universe and the universe going around it not for scientific reasons, but for purely philosophical reasons. The honest ones and some of the most famous ones have openly admitted this. If the Earth sits motionless at the center of the universe it means Someone with a capital S put it there! That is what doesn't sit well with them -- at all. Ultimately, it is that simple.
A key concept in coming to understand how the universe can travel around the Earth is aether. Space is NOT empty! The stars, planets, moons, asteroids, etc. are able to freely move around in the aether (which is incredibly dense while at the same time incredibly fluid), but at the same time are carried by it; carried by it around the Earth every 24 hours.
What will happen to the good Padre? I'm betting that he is likely the least one to give it much thought as long as he can serve God in trying to continue to save souls in whatever way the Good Lord allows him to.
The seeming enigma related to Fr. Rusak's review is that it was allowed to be posted on the website of the Angelus Press in the first place. This appears to be totally unprecedented and one may rightly wonder: 1) how it came about, and 2) whether it will be allowed to remain on the site. (On 2 separate occasions I submitted a somewhat similar review on the site, but neither has ever been posted, nor do I expect either ever will be. That is why I was utterly astounded when I saw Fr. Rusak's review go up.)
Topic: SSPX Priest Publicly Smashes Fr. Paul Robinson's (SSPX) Book (Read 23132 times)