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Fr eu d. He cla ims tha t the pop ula rity of Fre ud is du e to the fac t that Fre ud ma de it pos sib lefor peop leto talk abo utsex under the gu ise of sc ien ce .Sa idLu dw ig: "F reu d's sc ient ifi c lab el permit s the nic est gi rl to dis cu ssint ima tesex ual det ails wit h an y ma n, the two stim ula tingeach oth er ero tic all ydu rin gthe talk whi le wear­ ing pok er fac es, at the same tim e pr ovi ng thems elv eslea rne d an d libera ted . What a con ven iencein purit anAm erica !" MAR GI E: I'd lik e to refe r ag ain to the sta tement in the Co ro ne t art icle on wha t Cat holi cs believe abou t psy chiatr y. The aut hor sa ys :"But no ne of Fre ud' stheori es, how ever con tro ver sia l, ser iou sly con flic ts wit h Ca tho licdoctr ine ." 11 Th is is no t ex­ actly tru e, the n, is it, Fat her Ci kri t? FR . CIK RIT: Th at' s an eno rmo us false ­ hood. An d the co nf lic tbetwee n truth and erro r, bet we en fa ct and fanc y, betwee n sci en ceand pse udo-s cie nce , betw een ration­ ali ty an d ins an ity ,is mo st ser iou s.Do the se opp osi tesco nf lic t? Yo u be the jud ge. Here ther e cann otbe any com promis e,any reco n­ cile me nt. Fre ud an d orth odox Fre udi ans hold and tea ch :the re is no Go d; ther e is no God -Man, Ch rist; the re is no spi ritu al, rat iona lsou l in man ;ther e is no free wi ll; no re spon sib ilit y;no sin . This is cra ss ma ter iali smwit h com ple teblin dne ssto an y e d. s rity t i le le l i ce. i ig: d's tific l its s i te l il , ti ulating ti al y i g l - s, ing selves d ted. ience i a ri !" GIE: e t et i l lics t y. s: 's t es, versial, i sly fli ts tholic ine." 11 i • , , t? . RIT: t's us - . lict , en y, n ce -science, - ity, i s. ites lict? ge. ot o ise, • nt. ians : ; , i ; al, i l l ; ll; sibil ty; . s ialis l te es i t

spirit ua lrea litie s. An d it is abs olu te deter ­ min ism :it say s man's con duct is lar gel y mo tivate d and det erm ined by hi s unc on­ sc iou s— wh ich the aut hor of the Co rone t art icl e cal ls Fre ud' s mos t aut hen tic dis­ co ve ry ! A pers on who lose s hi s God los es hi s mi nd. Tha t's ins an ity ,bec ause that per son do es no t fac e ob jec tiv erea lity .. . MAR GIE : I ha te to inte rrup t you, Father, bu t tim e is run nin g out . Could you sum­ ma riz e bri efly you r att itude towards Freu ­ dia npsy cho ana lyst s and Fr eudia nis m? FR. C IKR IT : I lov e the Fre ud ian sas me n. Th ey are hum an be ing s, members of ou r huma n fam ily . I lov e them as memb ersof God's fam ily , as bro the rs of Ch rist; bu t I ha te Fre udi ani sm like hel l an d lik e the fat he rof lies . The Fre udi ansys tem is irra ­ tio na lbec aus eit is not bas ed on rea lity and its the ori es are usu ally no t sc ien tif ic,bu t fa nc ifu l;and that is the reas on wh y we opp ose it. MAR GI E: Thoug h I usu ally do not ma ke any commentswhe n I ha ve a man of God on th is program, for fea r tha t I might be critic ized, I do wan t to say that I ag re e with you, Fat her Cikr it, an d than k yo u so mu ch for one of the mos t inf orm ati veinte r­ vie ws I've ev er had. FR . C IK R IT : Tha nk you ver y mu ch , Ma rgi e. You have bee n mos t gra cio us . liti s. te - i is : ' ct ly i ted ined • s - i t icle l 's tic - ry ! s . 's ity, tive lit ... GIE: t t , i g . - ri e fl i e - alysts and dianism? . IKRIT: ians . e s, n ily. ers ' ily, rs i ; ianis l r . ia - l e lit ies l tific, iful; s GIE: h l ts i , t ized, e , it, ative - s . . / R/T: y , rgie. ci us. al

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Can yo u: 1. Me et a frien dwho has a cold and not sugg estyou r own sur e-fi rerem ed y? 2. Buy newshoel ace s befo re the old on esbr ea k? 3. Clean outthe att icwith out stoppi ngto read the old ma ga zines? 4. Pa ss an exc avati onwith out stoppi ngto wat ch the pow er sho vel at wo rk? 5. Pa ssa "We tPa int " signand no t touchthe pa in t? 6. Re sist the imp uls eto pus h the elev ato rbut ton though oth ers ha ve alr eady done so? If you an sw er yes to mo re tha n five of the se qu estio ns ,you rate a Ma tus owMed al . d st re e y? new laces before t k? t i i g zines? ss ation t ing l ss t i " sign c i t? i l e r t twns, t so e al. s er i f s f

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