The Pope, the Consistent Ethic of Life, and the Common Good
Wednesday November 26, 2008
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Diana Butler Bass and Paul Raushenbush both stand firmly within the Mainline Protestant tradition and, along with guest bloggers of all religious backgrounds are dedicated to the revival of religious progressivism and its influence in American politics.
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Sounds like Ms. Kelley has been coached by Douglas Kmiec. A couple of "cafeteria" Catholics. who who believe they can re-write the teaching of the Church, are apostates of the first order. Please check with the Pontiff to see if he supports your views.
That's right, Ms. Kelley, call up His Holiness right now.
Honestly, I used to think Presbyterians were anal retentive. That was before I started reading this Catholic column.
My goodness, I'm not sure what to make of the previous two comments. I felt quite hopeful for today's Christian church, whether Catholic or Protestant, after reading this column, feeling that it is consistent in a holistic way with the life and message of Jesus Christ. I'm very disappointed to see 2 responses to its message either miss the point entirely or be non-responsive in a meaningful way. It looks like it's time for some folks to prayerfully revisit the 4 Gospels and see what Jesus taught. If you do so, you'll see that this column is entirely consistent with the teachings of Jesus. And let's not forget that the teachings of Jesus should always be the foundation of our beliefs and practices as Christians.
It is time to pray for our President and the men and women he surrounds himself with for advice and counsel. I pray I could be one of them at any level of Government. There I can make my Christian - Catholic beliefs known and maybe the annointing we Catholic - Christian's have about the value of life will rub off on our President. Remember this is our Government " We the People" If my people will pray and humble themselves I will heal their land. Our pledge of alligence says One Nation Under God... This is a Godly county and there is Hope,Faith and Charity within our hearts but Faith without works is dead and it is time for each one of us to get up and join in to help our Government get back to the core values that our consitution promised.
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To Asinus-
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‘Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights — for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture — is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination.’
Who said this?? Was it the RNC chairman trying to trick the clingers? No... Was it some hypocritical, old fashion catholic trying to get out of paying more taxes? No....Was it some Catholic lawyer trying to position himself for a job in a McCain administration??? No.
It was Pope John Paul II. The same Pope who was almost assassinated on the anniversary (May 13th) of Mary's first appearance at Fatima. (a 1 in 365 probability). Who subsequently concentrated Russia to Mary. With Russia (unexpectedly) falling on December 25 (Christmas) (also a 1 in 365 probability)
Probabilities are not proof but for a modern world that is always calling for proof of God's existence and will they should at least be thought provoking. Maybe we need to listen to our Shepard and reach beyond ourselves and our politic beliefs and allow are political beliefs to be informed not by opinion but truth. Any Catholic who thinks voting for (more) health care or child care tax credits is more important than defending the right to life is not listening to their shepherd. Anyone who thinks that the Democratic Party is the secret pro-life party needs to reflect really hard on whether they are trying to obfuscate their conscience from reality and why.
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