Wall Street Journal getting some Pushback for Disrespectful Article about the Church

[Stargazer]

18 hours ago, Calm said:

I would not judge how sacred something is to a community based on how the critics and bigots treat that something.

As far as level of reactions, maybe centuries of enduring such has resulted in Catholics realizing protests typically lead to more mocking of such things.  Doesn’t mean it still doesn’t hurt if so.

Added:  from what I am reading such robes and other vestments are consecrated, so they seem to align in level of sacredness for Catholics with garments for LDS.  The various pieces are full of sacred symbolism.  Hopefully Catholic posters will see this and add their beliefs.

https://holylandartcompany.com/blog/the-significance-of-linens-and-vestments-in-the-catholic-church

https://ascensionpress.com/blogs/articles/what-does-the-pope-wear-a-guide-to-papal-garments-and-their-meanings?srsltid=AfmBOopdK9aE229zj3jfJQMWYVl8cOOzodB8bBsi_iJrGWjIcuBQEa-z

Perhaps you're right about how Catholics feel about this. But the mainstream press and the anti-Mormons out there react far more peacefully about how Catholic vestments are treated in a mocking way than they do about Latter-day Saint sacred things. That's my point. Mock LDS garments and everyone sniggers and chuckles. Mock the Pope by putting DJT in papal vestments and Oh! The Horror! 

Edited to add: I apologize for getting into this. My feelings about another very serious matter are currently spilling over into this and every other area. I need to chill out. 

Edited September 17, 2025 by Stargazer

[Stargazer]

17 hours ago, The Nehor said:

Who do you think is upset about the papal robes caricature but is ignoring the garment mockery? Those are the ones you were insinuating were hyporcrites. Who are these hypocritical double standard havers?

I heard far more outrage about DJT in papal robes than were ever generated by those mocking LDS temple garments. Perhaps more people saw Pope DJT than the temple garments.

Who are the double standard havers? I don't know them by name. But they're out there. If that's too vague for you, I apologize. Of course I could be completely wrong, and nobody has a double standard. Perhaps the ones upset about papal robes are or would be equally upset with temple garments.

[Calm]

4 hours ago, Stargazer said:

I heard far more outrage about DJT in papal robes than were ever generated by those mocking LDS temple garments.

Maybe because he is the President, someone who is supposed to represent the US and the others weren’t well known to the vast majority of people out there?

Edited September 17, 2025 by Calm

[Stargazer]

26 minutes ago, Calm said:

Maybe because he is the President, someone who is supposed to represent the US and the others weren’t well known to the vast majority of people out there?

Maybe!

I suppose I'm going down the wrong trail. The temple garment thing is well under the radar. But not of course DJT. As for him, he didn't create the image, but certainly posted it. And he gets a very hefty level of outrage no matter what he does, so there's that, too. Hardly comparable for statistical purposes. Nobody cares about temple garment mockery except us. And possibly some of us don't care either. 

Edited September 17, 2025 by Stargazer