“those pesky Reformers” = heretics
“those crusty old Scottish Presbyterians” = spiritual rebels
“their fierce adherence to Biblical principles” = their prideful adherence to their own personal interpretation of Scripture
But this is pointless. Believe whatever you want, FRiend.
So let’s see. Jesus said love your neighbor as you love yourself. That means you’ll gladly let the neo-Maoists deprive you of your job, your home, your children, even your known whereabouts. I’m sure I’m right, because that’s what you’ll let happen to us, and as a good observer of the Golden Rule, that means you’d be just as happy if it happened to you, right?
Well, I find that kind of odd for a Catholic, because someone I know of with a funny hat paints quite a different picture than you do of our Declaration of Independence, what it means, and what it implies about your moral obligation to the rest of us:
“The United States of America was founded on the conviction that an inalienable right to life was a self-evident moral truth, fidelity to which was a primary criterion of social justice. The moral history of your country is the story of your people’s efforts to widen the circle of inclusion in society, so that all Americans might enjoy the protection of law, participate in the responsibilities of citizenship, and have the opportunity to make a contribution to the common good. Whenever a certain category of people—the unborn or the sick and old—are excluded from that protection, a deadly anarchy subverts the original understanding of justice. The credibility of the United States will depend more and more on its promotion of a genuine culture of life, and on a renewed commitment to building a world in which the weakest and most vulnerable are welcomed and protected.”
~Pope John Paul II
BTW, if we’re all, from your perspective, just a bunch of eternally doomed, time-wasting graffiti-writers who deserve no protection from the encroaching tyranny, what are you doing here? It’s not to foster unity against the destroyers of our country, that’s for sure. Catholic evangelism, then? Or are you intentionally sowing discord and despair among brethren as part of some perceived religious duty to “help the prophecy along?” Fatima, of course, the suppressed, apocalyptic version.