Making the World a Better Place – Or Else

Ancient Faith Ministries ^ | October 14, 2019 | Fr. Stephen Freeman

[Carpe Cerevisi]

If you lurk around social media, particularly in conservative conversations, you will have undoubtedly seen something about recent statements on the part of a minor Democratic candidate for the Presidential nomination. I have no interest in the politics of the matter. However, the exchange goes to the heart of the modern impulse and serves as an excellent example of modernity’s dangers. The exchange:

Don Lemon: Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities, should they lose their tax exempt status if they oppose same sex marriage?

O’Rourke: Yes. There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break, for anyone, any institution, any organization in America, that denies the full human rights, that denies the full civil rights, of everyone in America. So as president, we’re going to make that a priority. And we are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans.

“We are going to stop those who are infringing upon the human rights of our fellow Americans.” Of course, removing the tax-exempt status of selected religious institutions will do nothing to “stop” them from believing (and practicing) what they believe – not if their faith is worth its salt. Indeed, the comment might have been an ill-thought attempt to simply say that “we will punish those who deny these ‘rights’.” Religious people have a long history of being punished for their beliefs and a dogged propensity to dig in their heels when persecuted.

Modernity has an impulse to power that is, apparently, hard to resist. In the drive to build a better world (regardless of its definition) there is a deeply hidden belief and assumption that the world doesn’t want to be a better place...

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Unofficial Fr. Stephen Freeman ping!

[Dilbert San Diego]

How things have changed.

During ng the national debate over homosexual marriage, the liberal side assured us that this was about our civil laws on marriage, and that religious organizations would not be compelled to recognize homosexual marriage.

My, how times have changed. So now, when they have the power, the liberals are indeed going to go after religious beliefs and organizations, over the issue of homosexual marriage.

Interesting that Beto O’Rourke sees this great denial of civil rights, if two homosexuals can’t go in a Catholic Church or Baptist Church, and demand to be married.

The fact that they won the right to be married under our secular laws, is apparently not enough anymore.

Bathing the White House in homosexual themed rainbow colors is now suddenly just not enough.

Now the liberals have moved the goalposts.

[Truthoverpower]

The homosexual front is the lesser of the two evils frauds being pushed by the Democratic Party aka. The demon party

the number one evil front they’re pushing is the murder of innocent life

witness the governor of California that basically forces young girls in university to kill their baby