Posted on 11/06/2008 8:43:41 PM PST by Alex Murphy
So?
The conclusion is that a greater percentage of Evangelicals voted Republican and a greater percentage of Catholics voted Democrat. That is the way both groups usually vote.
Well, to be doubly fair, I guess we should point out that Joe Bidne was on the Democrat ticket. He is a pro-abortion Catholic, and I suppose that drew a lot of Catholics to vote for him.
55% McCain, 43% Obama - Weekly mass-attending Catholics
Wow. 350 out of 1000 "weekly church-attending" Protestants voted for a candidate that supports murder. Oh those Protestants are so holy...
Look to the beam in your own eye first, my friend.
Regards
“They voted as their union shop stweards told them to vote. Politics and paychecks trumps religion every time”.
But not with everyone Sarge!!
Give me twenty!!!LOL!!!
Lawmakers who vote in favor of abortion in Uruguay incur excommunication http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14238
If our Bishops would do that, it would make a dent in the anti-life movement in this country.
I believe you to be correct. But I will also hold Bush/ Paulson/ Bernanke accountable for their policies too.
Your use of the comparative is confusing, but, regardless, I fail to see the point of this, other than idle curiousity.
Well, if my language is confusing to you, I will try be crystal clear. A majority of Catholics voted for the Democrat presidential ticket that supports abortion. A majority of Evangelicals voted for the Republican presidential ticket that opposes abortion. So now I have made a comparison, but I did not use the comparative form of an adjective.
I hope that is clearer to you. If you still find this confusing, perhaps you could clarify.
This is what post #2 by Elvina says:
I am very impressed with the evangelical vote. This is a very good sign and hope for the unborn. I wish my fellow Catholics had such an impressive showing.It seems to me that Elvina is a Catholic with no confusin, a Catholic who sees and understands with clarity.
I'm sorry; I am still confused as to what I should understand. I am a Catholic who ALWAYS votes pro-life. I have no control what some people who call themselves Catholic do, nor does it concern me greatly. I don't believe ANYONE should vote pro-choice, atheists included.
I simply don't understand what you're doing, other than trying to scramble for some moral high ground based on the actions of others who share your name, not your own.
Sounds pretty pointless to me.
A simple fact. The majority of Catholics voted Democrat. The majority of Evangelicals voted Republican. Is that so difficult to acknowledge?
I simply don't understand what you're doing
I am stating facts. Are you denying that the majority of Catholics voted Democrat and the majority of Evangelicals voted Republican?
And the pro life message has been watered down in all our churches because it offends to many with money. I have seen it happen. Most pastors/priests will not offend big donors, no matter what the reason.
My old Lutheran pastor in Lincoln one time was warned to keep quiet because “We might loose our tax exemption”.
He said “So?”Most pastor/priests will not do that.
It is time to fight the tax exempt status rule. It is an IRS thing anyway and who says that Church’s can’t have a say in not only issues, but also candidates?
To be fair, the cause of the crash actually started back in the Clinton adminstration with the heavy expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act coupled with the repeal of the Glass Steigal act. And Greenspan.
It wasn’t Bernanke. But it IS fair to point to Greenspan. And it wasn’t alot to do with Bush. It goes back more to the Clinton administration and their bigtime expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act - causing subprime mortgages, and the repeal of Glass-Steigal, allowing banks to not keep much in reserve. That’s why credit got so loose. Paulson is terrible and should step down. The Bush Admin. is a lot less to blame for this particular mess than most people realize - and Clinton, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Alan Greenspan are a lot MORE culpable than most people realize.
Well, Greenspan dropped the ball, which is why he was confessing his sins before Congress. He knows his reputation is on the line—mabe I should say his social standing—which is why he doesn’y tell the truth about the matter.
He does not dare confront those who are about to take over the government and the country. What would his wife say?
Believe it or not - Greenie is a Dem....
The social engineering by itsself could not have produced this mess. What it did was to open the dorr to middle-class people leveraging to buy several houses, flipping them to make a killing. So we have a long line of people with more houses that they can’t pay for. But the social engineer was stupid. Like selling a car to a sixteen year oldfor no money down when he barely had money for the payments, much less insurance, gas and maintenance.
In a way it is the fault of the pre-Vatican II clergy. They didn’t teach Catholics how to confront opposite points of view, but just to obey Father/Sister. And Father and Sister were the same way. Once the changes came down the pike, they still went along for the ride, just in a new car. Like “Thoroughly Modern Millie” they went from straight to hip. Their new liberalism was just as blind as their former orthodoxy.
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