Steve skojec sspx4/2/2023 Over the past year, however, Steve has become quite disillusioned with the traditional Catholic movement, and apparently Catholicism in general. His style is much different than mine-more confrontational, more raw, more personal-but I always felt we were kindred spirits: two flawed people trying to make sense of what’s going on in the Church in a passionate desire to save souls. Over the years Steve has been one of the most prominent online voices for traditional Catholicism, and he often says things that no one else is willing to say, but needs to be said. I want to write about my friend Steve Skojec, the founder of OnePeterFive (which, full disclosure, I’ve written for quite frequently). Let them do their work and I’ll do mine.īut I’m violating that rule here, and I hope I don’t regret it. I’m not interested in dissecting what Catholic Personality X thinks or analyzing the spat between Catholic Personality Y and Catholic Personality Z. I will sometimes comment on something from a major personality like Fr. Many years ago I decided to not write about Catholic “personalities” that I consider generally on “our side.” I try to focus only on general issues that impact all Catholics, such as what’s going on at the Vatican or at the USCCB. So I eventually came back to my senses.I’m going to break one of my main internet rules with this post. I was a convert to traditional Catholicism from atheism. I eventually just stopped going to Mass because religion eventually just stopped making sense sense to me. After this, I began to question all of Catholic doctrine. The more I thought about this, the more I began to think that the doctrine of transubstantiation was made up. Does God want those with Celiac Disease to suffer when they receive him in communion? Or did God just forget that people would be born with Celiac Disease? It doesn't make any sense to me. Also, even though the bread is low gluten, it's stull gluten. I thought to myself, "why would God, knowing that people would be born with Celiac Disease, make bread as his form of communion?" Yes, traditional Catholic groups do offer low-gluten bread for those with Celiac Disease, but it still doesn't answer the question. Now when I found out I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease, I began to worry about my health when receiving communion, since the bread HAS to be made of wheat for the sacrament to be valid. I would at times think to myself when I saw these families struggling financially, "God REALLY needs to step up to the plate!" If God provided, then these large families wouldn't be financially struggling, depending on financial aid from the government and family/friends. I personally knew of one family with where the father made 26k a year and had 10 kids. Though I have seen a good number of large families (10+ kids) struggle financially and living off of government assistance because they had too many kids that they couldn't afford. Traditional Catholicism teaches that God provides and doesn't give more kids than a married couple could handle. Large families living in poverty and 2) when I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease What led me to realize that traditional Catholicism isn't true were two things:
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