Johnicholas comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong
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IIRC, the position of the Catholic Church is that the death and resurrection of Jesus fulfilled the Covenant and freed humans from the obligation to live according to the Jewish law of the Old Testament. In other words, sometimes the blind spots are explicitly acknowledged and handwaved away instead of being overlooked.
Is this an example of Lampshade Hanging?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging
Maybe closer to an attempted conversion from Fridge Logic into Fridge Brilliance.