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To: annalex
He is a brilliant man.

Sir Isaac Newton was a brilliant man. Newt is a history professor who entered politics. He was a good strategist and tactician. But like many intellectuals he forget that the mind and the penis are part of one body. If a man cannot control his own appetites, how does that qualify him to make laws that control the appetites of other people?

How does a man who has been married three times enter the Catholic Church? I would suppose through repentance and forgiveness. But if his wife is Catholic, why did she have an affair with a man who was married? He did marry her eventualy, so I suppose she feels good about that.

130 posted on 03/04/2009 7:59:30 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: stripes1776
He was a good strategist and tactician

Yes. Even, perhaps, brilliant. In 1994 few expected the upset in the House. I agree that the wreck of his marriage was extremely disappointing, and his fault.

How does a man who has been married three times enter the Catholic Church?

Easily, like a mass murderer or a golf cheat would. We are not an elite institution. The question is, would he be able to receive communion, and that hinges on whether he wants to maintain a common household with the third wife, and if so, if he can obtain annulment.

132 posted on 03/04/2009 9:17:31 PM PST by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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