Posted on 07/08/2009 10:24:10 AM PDT by FromLori
I hesitate to post, only because there is some fear that by asking, one might assume I am ‘taking a stance’. I am not. I ask only as I do not know the answer.
First, are the quotes that we see in the article above accurate translations?
Second, if they are, what is the context one should read into the statement “To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority.”
Jesus said that his kingdom was not of this world. The pope’s kingdom, not so sure.
I know I think I made the Hated list for exposing the truth.
But um...
I reiterate Evil acts can be given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution or caring for the less fortunate
On the accuracy — I believe in one of the links I post Kolokotronis has the same question; he wanted to read the Latin first.
In answer to the second question — and I am not expert on this — I believe it is focused on those who hunger and thirst rather than on giving the whole world everything.
Best Pro-Life Quotes from Pope Benedict XVI's New Encyclical
“But no one should make the mistake of believing that, as an institution, the Church is devoted to promoting individual liberties, or preserving economic liberty.”
They were when godless communism seemed to be more of a profound threat.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2288159/posts?page=25#25
I posted the wrong screename here. Sorry
Well said.
This isn’t about socialism. Read the entire document before you make such judgments.
How many screen names do you have?
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I’m not an expert in Church doctrine, but I believe that the Church’s opposition to Marxism, and by extension Poland’s Communist regime, was based more on Marxism’s aggressive atheism than on its curtailment of economic freedoms.
You must not have heard of "liberation theology". Many Catholics, including Priests and Nuns, were sucked into supporting communist causes in many parts of the world.
I knew he leaned liberal long ago.
I’m not exactly sure that I believe this pope has made a blind leap to the wrong side of the Gospels or history with this document. Seeing it through the lense of American political constructs of liberal and conservative dogma seems myopic and overly limited.
Thank you. Your observations are written in a wonderful way. I also think the “pope” calling for UN control with TEETH in it is most disturbing.
Some people might contend that we are a democracy where the majority agrees to the forcible use of one person for the good of another. But does a majority consensus confer morality to an act that would otherwise be deemed as immoral?
I believe that used to be known as Slavery.
Evil acts can be given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution or caring for the less fortunate. Let’s think about socialism.
This is why socialism is evil. It employs evil means, coercion or taking the property of one person, to accomplish good ends, helping one’s fellow man. Helping one’s fellow man in need, by reaching into one’s own pockets, is a laudable and praiseworthy goal. Doing the same through coercion and reaching into another’s pockets has no redeeming features and is worthy of condemnation. I don’t believe any moral case can be made for the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another.
Suppose for a moment you were forced to put money in a government pot and a government agency would send the poor of the world funds for food ok you do not have to suppose since this is being done and has through the threat of imprisonment (IRS failure to pay taxes) Americans have been forced for years to do just that. This mechanism makes the particular victim (victim=American taxpayers) invisible, but it still boils down to one person being forcibly used to serve the purposes of another. Putting the money into a government pot makes palatable acts that would otherwise be deemed morally offensive.
The Pope’s shocking endorsement of a “World Political Authority,” which has prophetic implications for some Christians who fear that a global dictatorship will take power in the “last days” of man’s reign on earth, comes shortly after the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis issued a call for global taxes and more powerful global institutions. U.N. General Assembly President, Miguel D’Escoto, a Communist Catholic Priest, gave a speech at the event calling on the nations of the world to revere “Mother Earth” but concluded with words from the Pope blessing the conference participants.
That Communist Priest reminds me of another Greenie Hitler!
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/the-green-nazi-hell-and-americas-future/
But there must be more. He says that “...more economically developed nations should do all they can to allocate larger portions of their gross domestic product to development aid, thus respecting the obligations that the international community has undertaken in this regard.”
This statement seems to be an urgent call for fulfilment of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals, which involve an estimated $845 billion from the U.S. over a ten-year period.
What the Pope is advocating still boils down to one person being forcibly used to serve the purposes of another.
Sounding like Al Gore, the Pope said that one pressing need is “a worldwide redistribution of energy resources, so that countries lacking those resources can have access to them.” I reiterate Evil acts can be given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution or caring for the less fortunate.
Some really perverted socialists. Read the August Review article.
http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/general/
the_socialization_of_america_20090701124/
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81349
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/pope-endorses-world-political-authority/
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