[Response to 2013 WSJ article] Cultural Catholicism and the End of Life: “You Earned It”

309 words of Wall Street Journal article posted on triablogue Blogspot ^ | Wall Street Journal August 29, 2013 : blog on August 30, 2013 | by PAUL MOSES Wall Street Journal copied by John Bugay

[RnMomof7]

Ever wonder what so many Catholics are liberal ping

[sparklite2]

I read somewhere that no protestant country ever went communist. How likely is it that living with a hierarchical, intrusive and controlling religion conditions people to accept a government of the same nature?

[detective]

“The Roman Catholic system is an on-going treadmill that in no way takes into account the realities of God’s Biblical Revelation – neither the joys of it, nor the realities – but rather, wraps itself around its own processes and the false salve of “you earned it” to the dying and reassurance that “you can still earn it” to shallow, unthinking liberal Roman Catholics”

The author is completely ignorant of Catholics in America today. He takes one example of a liberal professor he has read about and then spouts ignorant statement after ignorant statement. I doubt he has ever visited a real life Catholic church or spent time talking to real Catholics.

[chajin]

I read somewhere that no protestant country ever went communist.

Perhaps, but every country that has essentially given up its Protestant heritage has replaced it with progressive socialism, including Britain, Germany, and the US. Even in Israel, you basically have the religious parties and the socialist parties. If you can't have faith in God, you have to replace it with faith in the one thing bigger than yourself, the government.

[detective]

“I read somewhere that no protestant country ever went communist”

First, no country ever “went communist”. They had communist governments imposed upon them by force. No people of any country ever willingly accepted or supported communism.

Second, you do not know of the former East Germany which was a Protestant country that was taken over and controlled by communists.

[CynicalBear]

>>but rather, wraps itself around its own processes and the false salve of “you earned it” to the dying and reassurance that “you can still earn it” to shallow, unthinking liberal Roman Catholics like the professor Paul Moses.<<

They all live it but deny it till their dying day.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

No people ever willingly accepted Communism?

What about U.S.? On November 4,2008 to be precise.

[ealgeone]

Second, you do not know of the former East Germany which was a Protestant country that was taken over and controlled by communists.

They really didn't have much of a choice did they?

[ealgeone]

Catholic voting put JFK in office, Clinton and Obama.

[Mrs. Don-o]

"I read somewhere that no protestant country ever went communist."

It certainly is consoling to think of the historic Protestant countries this way, as bastions of faith and freedom: Latvia, Estonia, Finland, (oops, those three were Communist) the United Kingdom, northern Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway...

[ealgeone]

Look at countries south of the Rio Grande.....liberation theology couched in catholicism. that demographic will ruin this country.

[detective]

“What about Roman Catholics in say, the Philippines”

The author said nothing about the Philippines. The article did not mention the Philippines.

I was commenting on the article.

[detective]

“They really didn’t have much of a choice did they?”

That was my point. No country chooses to “go communist” as the author claimed. Read my original reply.

[miss marmelstein]

Thanks for posting again. It’s beautiful. Oddly, a friend of mine on FB posted it just yesterday.

[Resettozero]

Catholic voting put JFK in office, Clinton and Obama.

I suspect that bloc was largely contributing to those Democrats elections but it would be good to have dual printed confirmations of this factoid.

[Gamecock]

**The author said nothing about the Philippines. The article did not mention the Philippines.** No. But you seemed to exclude every other Roman Catholic in the world when YOU said The author is completely ignorant of Catholics in America today.

That opened the door.

Besides, all we hear on these pages is how Rome is ONE CHURCH, so rather than narrow it all down to "Catholics in America today," let's look at the church as one organism.

In doing so, I can't help but wonder what is this all about:

[Resettozero]

The author said nothing about the Philippines. The article did not mention the Philippines.

I was commenting on the article.

Nice head-first slide into and successful steal of second base!