Oh, I'm sorry, were you not trying to make a point?

Roger, I won't feed the troll any longer.

Speaking of getting it wrong, you should probably re-read my hyperventilate comment. :)

Whew. Me too.

":D I'm sorry, but I picture you hyperventilating as you type that!"

Being bored makes you hyperventilate, does it?

"You singled out the RCC."

I am consistently unsurprised by your reading comprehension; Joe responded to Harris' quote as if he were attacking the RCC per se, and solely. Matthew Becklo asked us to refocus on a specific part of Joe's article, and how 'pleasure' has featured in the Catholic tradition.

The focus on discussing Harris' ideas with respect to the RCC is coming from many places, none of them is me.

You got that 100% wrong, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I am relieved.

"Dave, you and Joe can both calm down"

:D I'm sorry, but I picture you hyperventilating as you type that!

As for the RCC, I was referring to your quote. You singled out the RCC. But no big deal.

"Dave, I've read the Letters, thank you, and I understand the point of the satirical novel."

Oh good. I'll take your word for it.

Dave, I've read the Letters, thank you, and I understand the point of the satirical novel.

I suppose you'll have to try to understand that I am referring to 'hedonism' as the belief that 'pleasure is the highest good.' Since heaven is the most pleasurable thing which can happen to a christian, then I'll keep on believing that Screwtape is a biased, but ultimately truthful and insightful narrator. God wants everyone to be maximally pleased.

Of course he's envious and jealous, but that doesn't mean that heaven won't be the most riotous party; "eye has not seen, ear has not heard..." etc. Screwtape is not meant to be a lying or deceiving narrator, in fact he's supposed to have a clearer view of the struggle than any human could, albeit from an odd perspective.

Either way, he'd still be failing at basic reading comprehension, since the topic at hand is Article 6.