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To: neverdem

Mario, like always, selectively quotes the Church. Catholic teaching says nothing about the war in Iraq. Pope John Paul II stood against it, but said nothing about how participating in the war was, for a Catholic, sinful activity. On the matter of the death penalty the Pope spoke more directly, but he called it wrong in almost all circumstances. Again he never said that a Catholic participating in a court prescribed execution was sinful. On the other hand abortion is most certainly identified as EVIL, and participation or facilitation of the taking of innocent life is always a sin of great gravity. It's just unfortunate that the mental media midgets who interview Cuomo don't know or don't care to know the great differences in the Church positions on these topics.


8 posted on 04/20/2005 8:24:16 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (Peace, Love, Brotherhood, and Firepower. And the greatest of these is Firepower!)
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To: xkaydet65

That's it. War and capital punishment are not always wrong. Abortion is always evil. it's those moral absolutes they have difficulty with.


11 posted on 04/20/2005 8:32:48 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: xkaydet65
Exactly. The Church at least practices a consistent "culture of life" ethic. It wouldn't be too much to ask Democrats to do the same as well.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
24 posted on 04/20/2005 8:59:43 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: xkaydet65

The media is generally clueless about religion, science or anything with deep intellectual content.

They do, however, know what the hottest fashion trends are!/extreme sarcasm off


34 posted on 04/20/2005 9:13:57 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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