Face it, Rod, American Catholics are just more interesting politically than the Orthodox ...

In "Liberal geldings¹, Huckabee and Hagee," Rod Dreher quotes Francis Beckwith:

... it seems downright rude for anyone to suggest that another's religious beliefs are mistaken.

For such people, "intolerance" is equivalent to merely believing that one is correct on a theological topic.

But, ironically, this is a form of intolerance, for it is saying that there is only one way to think of theology, namely, that it cannot in principle be true and it is on the same level of personal preferences such as tastes in food, sports, etc.

This, it seems to me, is far worse than theologically-shaped anti-Catholicism and anti-Mormonism, since, in both cases, they implicitly respect their opposition by taking their theologies and their beliefs seriously.

We chastise Christians who caricature Catholicism and abide those with a legitimate theological beef.

The question is which camp Hagee falls into. He's a little of both.

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¹ Yes, you read that right, and Dreher is quoting, not Sullivan, but, well you'll have to read the article to find out.