This video addresses the key problem in the USCCB scandal; should the Church endorse any political party, whether explicitly or implicitly? The answer, in my opinion, is yes; but only in so far as the party agrees with the truth, not because of any political agenda. That is at the core of the problem with the American Bishops. Instead of holding the politicians to the fire and demanding they uphold the truth the Bishops have seemingly decided to change Church teaching to make it more pleasing to the political point of view they and their politician friends adhere to.
I've been reading a lot of Pope Benedict's speeches and papers lately and I gotta hand it to him; he does exactly what he should. He slavishly follows the truth, aggravating those on the left (Progressives, environmentalists, USCCB) and those on the right (Neo-cons, bankers, trad-caths) with his incredibly robust teachings regarding the Catholic faith. Instead of supporting any political agenda he challenges the politicians to support Christ.
It's too bad I can't watch the video right now, but I will later when I get home. The one thing that shows the hypocrisy of the social justice Catholics is that when you say you support Obama, they think you're great and being non-partisan and impartial, but when you say that his pro-abortion policy makes him unacceptable for public office, then you will be accused of being partisan.
It's almost expected that a Catholic will be Democrat for the Democrats support social justice, right? Rhetorical question.
The Democrat Party, ever since the New deal, has done a masterful job of adopting and then promoting their adoption of those Catholic teachings which seem to support their Progressive agenda. Of course, they leave out all the parts that clarify the teachings and would tend to work against the party interests.
Doesn't this remind you of the Soviet Union and their disinformation campaign in the American media? I suppose it is helpful to learn from a master, or perhaps your father, the ways of deception.
"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows that none of them was of our number. But you have the anointing that comes from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. I write to you not because you do not know the truth but because you do, and because every lie is alien to the truth."
1st John 2:18-21
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality”
Dante Alighieri
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”
George Washington
“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.”
Thomas Jefferson
" I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me."
Willard Duncan Vandiver
"The issue is, to use a sporting metaphor, whether in the game of life the government shall captain the national team or shall act as referee."
S. Harcourt-Rivington
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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Hi, Tom!
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad I can't watch the video right now, but I will later when I get home. The one thing that shows the hypocrisy of the social justice Catholics is that when you say you support Obama, they think you're great and being non-partisan and impartial, but when you say that his pro-abortion policy makes him unacceptable for public office, then you will be accused of being partisan.
It's almost expected that a Catholic will be Democrat for the Democrats support social justice, right? Rhetorical question.
Hey Paul,
ReplyDeleteThe Democrat Party, ever since the New deal, has done a masterful job of adopting and then promoting their adoption of those Catholic teachings which seem to support their Progressive agenda. Of course, they leave out all the parts that clarify the teachings and would tend to work against the party interests.
Doesn't this remind you of the Soviet Union and their disinformation campaign in the American media? I suppose it is helpful to learn from a master, or perhaps your father, the ways of deception.
That, Tom, is exactly why the crowd in Pilate's courtyard cried, "Dimitte Barabbas, crucifige Iesum!"
ReplyDeleteThey wanted the release of Barabbas which in Aramaic means "the son of the father". They wanted the son of their father the devil released.