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To: Chad Fairbanks; Howlin; CWOJackson; Southflanknorthpawsis; Tennessee_Bob
You will be assimilated!
2 posted on 05/03/2003 8:36:59 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: RedBloodedAmerican; Cedric; sinkspur; joesnuffy; Search4Truth; hgro
Just because the Pope isn't a free-market purist automatically makes him a socialist? You may think what he is advocating it is socialism, but it is not. It seems that some people that anything that isn't a pure market system is "socialism." That is absurd. Russell Kirk, one of the founding fathers of the conservative movement, was no socialist, but he was also a critic of American consumerism. He is just warning that materialism is a selfish ideology.

The Pope is concerned for the good of humanity. The way globalization has been going has not been completely good morally. People with short memories may forget that the Pope was a major figure in the destruction of the Soviet Evil Empire. He sees that communism is evil. The Church also teaches that socialism, modernism, and communism are systems that are contrary to Church teaching. So the Pope is coming from that world view. There are plenty of conservatives who aren't completely libertarian (small "l") or objectivist in thought when it comes to the market, but their conservative credentials aren't questioned for the most part. The way some of these market purists are acting, they would be condemning Jesus for being a "socialist."

10 posted on 05/03/2003 8:57:45 AM PDT by Pyro7480 (+ Vive Jesus! (Live Jesus!) +)
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