tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post4574765022836619700..comments2024-01-10T06:40:26.416-05:00Comments on Chesterton and Friends: Not reading a bookUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-86895481145651878532008-02-02T13:54:00.000-05:002008-02-02T13:54:00.000-05:00+JMJ+Joseph Pearce once compared Belloc's defense ...+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>Joseph Pearce once compared Belloc's defense of the faith to a tank. I'd say the metaphor applies to Belloc's whole personality. =)Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-55678066745060486862008-02-01T14:18:00.000-05:002008-02-01T14:18:00.000-05:00Good point on Rudy.Good point on Rudy.A Secular Franciscanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184259228282290040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11415684.post-77725951811548634142008-02-01T09:54:00.000-05:002008-02-01T09:54:00.000-05:00Good post, Lee. My wife had the same reaction rea...Good post, Lee. My wife had the same reaction reading <I>Old Thunder</I>. <BR/><BR/>Mine was different; I am attracted to the person of Belloc, in part, because I see some of my own failings reflected in him. He may have been far from the kind of saint listed in the canon of the Mass, but he remains likeable to me because his heart was in the right place, where I struggle to keep my own. <BR/><BR/>Here is where I disagree with you: with your comparison to getting to know Giuliani. Because getting to know Rudy Giuliani is like getting to know Judas Iscariot.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02223663712859997355noreply@blogger.com