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When first I found some of your posts on faith here on FR, I expected that we might seldom agree. By avoiding conflict with you where possible and by pinging you to items of mutual interest, I have learned to appreciate the fine qualities of your character.

Before I discovered FR, when I lived in Connecticut, there was a Westminster Profession (?) Presbyterian Church in my hometown which took the trouble and incurred the expense of advertising some of the very fine tenets of their faith. Just as many of them will never become Catholic, I will never become anything but Catholic. The differences in theology should not affect the otherwise cordial relations among ladies and gentlemen.

Like many Catholics, I am ordinarily only vaguely aware of the specifics of various Reformed Faiths. I have my own challenges in the era of Pope Chatty Cathy whose absurdities will NOT separate me from my Faith as I pray to God to send us a Catholic pope ASAP.

I have had the privilege of representing, as a volunteer attorney, many Reformed Christians as well as Catholics, arrested in very aggressive pro-life activity against the abortion mills in Connecticut. I did my best to represent THEIR views to the courts, unfiltered by my own.

I am honored to have you quote me here so extensively and favorably. While no one familiar with thee or me will accuse us of total agreement, there are very substantial areas of agreement.

I agree with your analysis here. I am also determined to vote FOR a candidate even if that candidate has no reasonable chance rather than vote for the likes of Romney. Voting AGAINST a candidate simply guarantees an ever downward spiral for our civilization. Those who voted for Romney invited ever further degeneration of the GOP as a political vehicle for conservative principles. The Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street and K Street have NO PRINCIPLES other than transitory profits even at the expense of watching the Decline and Fall of the American Republic and of Christian Civilization along with it.

God is far more important than transitory profits. May I offer you a gift from relatively ancient Catholicism (1418) by suggesting that you obtain a copy of Imitation of Christ by the medieval monk Thomas a Kempis. It is a work of simple yet profound piety urging the reader, above all else, to know, love and serve the Lord God. You will find some things to disagree with but so much to inspire you in your love for God. At this stage of my life, if I could have one wish fulfilled, it would be that all of us read and take what we can from Imitation of Christ.

Your insight that should be carved in marble is: "...you don't care so long as the other guy did not win. You've thrown away your conscience, in order not to throw away your vote." Precisely!

In 2012, I voted for fellow FReeper Eternal Vigilance and was glad to have the opportunity rather than having to choose between Obozo and his "GOP" enabler Mitt Romney. In the absence of a suitably conservative Republican nominee, I have every intention of doing so again. Eternal Vigilance has never disappointed me by being other than ultimately principled.

God bless you and yours, my FRiend! You will NEVER be alone!