AND THEY WONDER WHY WE CALL IT A CULT

By Tim Rohr

For those who have followed this blog for awhile, you may remember when my enemies posted many anonymous comments attempting to discredit me with accusations made by certain members of my family in a court proceeding that has been long since concluded and resolved. 

Because I don't want to harm the members of my family who made those false allegations, I won't go into details other than to say that I know that at least one of them was recruited by the haters who were trying to save then-Archbishop Apuron. 

Despite the resolution of this personal matter and the absence of further attacks on me on this blog, apparently the enemies are migrating to Chuck White's blog, ThoughtfulCatholic.com

In a post titled KIKO'S ICONS,  an anonymous poster leaves this comment:

The first part is directed at Chuck and the second part directed at me - with the implied threat to Chuck that his family will suffer too if he continues to question Kiko Arguello - the founder of the Neocatechumenal Way. 

The commenter makes a big deal about how one must "know the man" before we can question him. It's the usual absurd neo-nonsense. 

In the real world, people, policies, ideas, writings, whatever can and should be questioned by thinking people. We do not need to personally know someone to question his or her output. Do you need to personally know Pope Paul VI in order to question "Humanae Vitae," or President Trump in order to question his policies? 

Of course not. But when it comes to the Neocats and their sacred savior, Kiko Arguello, all sense and logic is lost. And they wonder why we call it a cult.