I never thought I'd read such an anti-capitalism diatribe as yours on Free Republic. Breath-taking.
You're in denial. Utterly and completely hogtied by your automatic reflex response against anything Catholic.
And you're blind to any old lie Rome spews, even if it means swallowing the liberal agenda hook, line and stinker.
The number of conservatives who respect your pope's offensive encyclical is miniscule. Thank God.
The "capitalism can do no wrong" line is looking a little worn right now, Doc. I'm a Christian first, not a "capitalist". I bet that passage in Acts where the disciples pooled what they had and shared all things in common, doesn't sit well with you either. I'm still waiting for an explanation for how the nebulous "socialistic forces in government" caused the economic crisis. I posed some specific questions regarding events which accompanied the meltdown. Well? Trace out the socialist cause and effect in some of these processes for us.
For the record, for any lurkers reading this, the Church's position does not fit neatly into either a capitalist or socialist pigeon hole, in spite of our friend's tortured efforts to paint the Church and the Pope as "socialist". It should be noted that criticism of capitalism's failings is not synonymous with socialism. A nice summary of the Church's view of the correct ordering of economic activity can be found HERE
And you're blind to any old lie Rome spews, even if it means swallowing the liberal agenda hook, line and stinker.
A disinterested reading of your posts over a considerable time period leads one inexorably to the conclusion that you label everything that Rome says a lie simply because it comes from Rome. There's little evidence to be found of anything positive or balanced in your writing. On the contrary, there appears to be a concentrated effort to find an "angle" in any news regarding the Church. It's now to the point that your posts are like wallpaper; entirely predictable and familiar to the point where they're barely noticed.
The number of conservatives who respect your pope's offensive encyclical is miniscule. Thank God.
You've counted them? Right.
Even if true, the Church learned long ago that popular acclaim would never be an of theological truth.