Aloysius Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I [i]totally[/i] thought those only existed on the internet! What was even more surprising was that I didn't even meet him at any sort of traditional Catholic related event, but out in the random real world! statistically improbable, he was about the same age as I was and had a few other eccentricities about him, think along the thought processes of one Bishop Richard Williamson, and was altogether as shocked as I was to meet him that he was meeting someone who was well informed about sedevacantism. I told him I prefered sedeprivationists to sedevacantists, even though I am neither. lol anyway, I found it all quite bizzare, because even among all the Latin Masses I've gone to and traditional Catholics that I have met, I had never actually met a sedevacantist before... and lo and behold, here at random I bumped into one at a Panera! Just goes to show, not [i]everyone[/i] on the internet is a fiction of our collective online imaginations. [i]NB, it goes without saying that this thread is not meant to discuss or debate sedevacantism, but to illustrate how rare some of the more extreme opinions found widely represented on the internet are out in the real world.[/i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubertus Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) One of my really good friends is sedevacantist. It is kind of a weird thing when I think about it, because such an obscure thing isn't so obscure to me and I feel.. priveleged?.. or something, when others have no idea what I'm talking about when I mention it to them. In our college discussion groups I do bring up sedevacantism every now and then just to use as an example for certain points. I've always wanted to meet someone who was legitimately Buddhist. Not the hippy-college-girl-free-spirit kind of Buddhist, but someone who was actually raised in Buddhism. Not comparing Buddhism to sedevacantism.. It's just a rarity to me. Edit: But of course I would most like to meet an old school Eastern Orthodox. Just been reading a bit more about the Eastern Churches lately. Edited February 14, 2012 by Hubertus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) You should have tried to sit next to him and said "Is this seat taken?" Edited February 14, 2012 by USAirwaysIHS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 [quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1329202158' post='2386788'] You should have tried to sit next to him and said "Is this seat taken?" [/quote] I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Just curious how you happened to find all of this out from a stranger at Panera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Al is quite loquacious. He's called my cell phone several times in the past few days. But I let him down. Sorry again, Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisa Marie Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I was once writing a paper on the Crusades at a Panera, and a lovely young Muslim woman sat down at the table next to me. I got super excited about the serendipity of it all. You meet all kinds of people at Panera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Al, I'd be much more impressed if you hadn't spent a couple weeks as a sedevacantist about seven years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 lol I was just about to object when I realized that indeed I had. I think that was sometime around April of 2005, if I recall correctly. Oh those wild days of yore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qfnol31 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm glad you remember! I hope we don't go through a similar phase anytime soon. I've never met a sedevacantist, but I have met some people who might as well have been sedevacantists or sedeprivationists. They were fairly popular at my undergraduate way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 indeed, in April of 2005 it seemed every Catholic I bumped into for a few weeks was a sedevacantist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 [quote name='Basilisa Marie' timestamp='1329235247' post='2386887'] I was once writing a paper on the Crusades at a Panera... [/quote] There were crusades at a panera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 LOL it all almost sounds like seeing Bigfoot or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 [quote name='Aloysius' timestamp='1329240091' post='2386930'] lol I was just about to object when I realized that indeed I had. I think that was sometime around April of 2005, if I recall correctly. Oh those wild days of yore. [/quote] One word: humanure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 I don't wanna hear it, you were a sedevacantist back then too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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