“Meanwhile, Catholics are repeating refrains like, “Don’t get bogged down in the theology and philosophy of it all. Faith is simple.” Catholics need to drop the anti-intellectual spirit that has paralyzed us for the last forty years.”

Interesting observation. So why is it that they make this statement? Is it that they don’t in general have a clue as to the theology and philosophy of it all or is it that they do understand it (have the intellect) but are to lazy (don’t have the will or desire) to fight for it, thus they both rationalize it by saying, “Faith is simple.” I suspect that it is a mix of both with the greater percentage being clueless. So how then does one, 1.Educate the clueless, and 2.Set a fire under those that do understand but don’t want to be bothered? The culture war has been all but lost. As JPII said, we live in a culture of death. Many people have just stopped the fight, others are so blinded they don’t even realize there is a culture war going on. New ways need to be found to recuit more warriors. If anyone who reads this has not listened to Peter Kreeft’s talk on, “How to win the culture war” you may find it interesting. http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio.htm