The Problem With Ockham

 No, it's not that he was a Franciscan who had a very serious argument with a Pope over 'apostolic poverty.'  Not even that he was excommunicated for that argument.

Nope.

Ockham's problem was Nominalism, which led to a whole lot of other problems, many of which we are seeing today.

...Relying on Gregory, Hahn, and Wiker, I myself take Ockham to task in my book The Obscurity of Scripture for his role in creating the philosophical framework that helped give birth to the Reformation.

It’s no surprise, then, that philosopher James M. Jacobs in Seat of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy in the Catholic Tradition, after describing several philosophical errors, labels nominalism “the most perennially pernicious of these philosophical assumptions.” That’s a remarkable claim, especially given that Ockham was neither an Enlightenment skeptic nor an atheistic deconstructionist....

...Nominalism assumes that there is no objective order in creation. It reflects not a wonder or awe at cosmic goodness but rather a pessimistic doubt about reality that demands that people impose order on an otherwise unintelligible creation. This entails that the concepts of truth and goodness are ultimately arbitrary constructs the philosopher creates to prescribe an order for a fractious world.--(quoting Jacobs)...

...Jacobs calls nominalism a “universal acid” that “disintegrates the coherence of philosophy in every area: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics.” Assuming nature has no intelligible order leads to the conclusion that all attempts to find meaning in human existence are futile....

That's how we get to Blessing of Pervert Couples and Tranny-dom.

...Thus, for example, in the nominalist emphasis on divine sovereignty: God is capable of doing anything, and is not constrained even by his own being, and thus does not need to use forms as universal causal principles. And if there are no forms, there are no universal natures such as humanity – every single being is a radically unique individual not limited by human nature....

Oh, yes, there's more!

...Further, if the universe is one in which God possesses absolute freedom to act arbitrarily, He would be free to declare good evil and evil good....

Mohammed chose the option 'in which God possesses absolute freedom to act arbitrarily.  In order to justify his position, Mohammed denied the Trinity, thus eliminating the personal relationships therein; the "love/creation" mystery.  He could have kept the Trinity if he'd known about Ockham!

Of course, Nominalism leads to materialism and thus to Communism and/or Libertarianism.

...The elimination of a common human nature leads to the belief that society exists for the sake of the individual (libertarianism), or that the individual exists for the sake of society (collectivism as found in communism or fascism)....

Does Franny1 buy Nominalism?

Since he thinks Catholicism and communism have 'common goals,' it's entirely likely.  But Franny1 is a special case; it's likely he doesn't believe in Catholicism at all; thus Ockham is irrelevant to him.

One more observation:  where you find Gnosticism, you most assuredly will find Nominalism, as the latter feeds the former.  Without prior form, a Gnostic takes the opportunity to manufacture a form to his liking.

Chaos ensues, and we all know who loves Chaos!