Confessions of a Cafeteria Catholic Kreeft Peter
Confessions of a Cafeteria Catholic Kreeft Peter One day, philosopher Peter Kreeft reads an open letter published by a friend, Nat Whilk. As a challenge to the "True Believers", Nat pens a…
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Confessions of a Cafeteria Catholic Kreeft Peter
One day, philosopher Peter Kreeft reads an open letter published by a friend, Nat Whilk. As a challenge to the "True Believers", Nat pens a twenty-point manifesto for "cafeteria Catholics", who pass up certain Church teachings and scoop up others like a diner in a buffet line."I find in [Catholicism] both much to accept and even love and also much to refuse and even despise", he asserts. He's Catholic, but he sees the Church as unsteady, outdated, obsessive.
The result is this book: a sharp, friendly, and funny debate between two honest thinkers trying to understand the Christian life. "If you insist on tying God to the Church, you will make me an atheist."Kreeft has an answer for Nat--one that spans over a hundred pages. Nat "is the'cafeteria Catholic', "writes Kreeft,"and I am the 'eat all the food Mommy puts on your plate' Catholic." Taking on Nat's manifesto point by