Posted on 05/14/2007 5:19:23 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
I wish I could get across what I'm feeling right now. To me it's like a bunch of politicians getting together to tell a parent how to raise their kid--oh, wait, the Dems love doing that...
Unbelievable. Their hubris knows no bounds.
And you show this by supporting abortion?
Wow. Just...wow. I shouldn't be shocked by this stuff over and over, but I am.
The position of the Catholic Church, as I understand it, is that abortion is a no-no, you don’t do it, you don’t support people who do it. If you do support people who do it, you have violated the rules of the club and have voluntarily relinquished your membership.
Case closed.
I’ve said it many times, but I’ll say it again - a showdown is coming between the church and the state, and I strongly suspect abortion will be the catalyst.
This evangelical, and I trust millions of others, will stand with our Catholic brethren if/when this happens.
The House Democrats will have to meet their maker someday and answer for their support of abortions. I doubt that they will like God’s answer and judgment unless they repent and amend their ways. (Start voting pro-life.)
I have a feeling deep in my heart that you still believe in God. Otherwise you would not be speaking out so strongly.
1: | CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2271 (618 bytes ) preview document matches 1 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2271.htm |
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2: | CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2272 (580 bytes ) preview document matches 2 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2272.htm |
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3: | CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2322 (290 bytes ) preview document matches 2 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3), URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2322.htm |
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4: | CCC Search Result - Paragraph # 2274 (554 bytes ) preview document matches gravely opposed to the moral law when this is done with the thought of possibly inducing an abortion, depending upon the results: a diagnosis must not be the equivalent URL: http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2274.htm |
Let me put this in terms that even a Democratic Congress Critter can understand....
Congress Critters do NOT get to tell the Holy Father what the Church teaches.
Although all are invited to the Catholic Church. It is not an exclusivity.
That really is all there is to it.
I have been told that the church didn’t specifically say abortion was a no-no until the 19th century. I’m not disagreeing with your point, but I am wondering what backs that idea, since I’ve heard it many times over the years. If you know, or anyone else knows about this specific point, let me know.
So, the Pope makes a comment to Mexican bishops regarding the requirements for membership in the Catholic Church in Mexico, and that offends legislators in the United States? Someone needs to remind these Democrat politicians that they have represent districts in the United States, not Mexico, and they have no authority over the Pope.
And what is this nonsense about offending the "nature of the American experiment"? I thought that Democrats believed in freedom of religion, not to mention separation of church and state.
I’m also a former Catholic, and I agree, the Democrats should just shut the h- up. Pelosi has no more right to call herself Catholic than I do.
What I don’t understand is why the Pope is being so soft about it.
Why doesn’t he just say, “I’m the Pope and based on my authority as the Bishop of Rome, Supreme Vicar of Christ on Earth, etc., hereby state that the following politicians who have supported abortion in the past are excommunicated and will not be allowed into the church again until they repent.”
Then list the names.
Will these Heretics please go away.
Catholics who don't go along with their own belief system have a choice ~ preferably one that does not involve joining my church ~ we already have enough pukes just like 'em.
I doubt any of these guys fear "Outer Darkness". Most have probably found a home there anyway.
"Pope still Catholic - Democrats enraged, hint at overturning Free Exercise and Establishment clauses of First Amendment on these grounds (and for the sake of Gorebull Whoring)"
Translation: We believe that ignorance is bliss, that we are our own moral authority and can make it up as we go along, and that if we want to kill babies in the womb, it is our personal choice to do so.
Left Unsaid: We'd never advocate this for a kitten or doggie, though, because PETA would be all over our case...
Bravo!
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