Posted on 08/12/2012 4:09:04 PM PDT by Salvation
**Can these be the same men who are fighting a bitter political battle on a matter of conscience? The same two men who are the principal forces behind opposite sides of a landmark lawsuit? If theyre laughing and back-slapping together, the disagreement cant be all that serious, can it? So maybe that matter of conscience isnt so important after all? Apparently it wasnt important enough to interfere with a night of fun.**
Your comments welcomed.
Afraid to make a comment.
I may be accused of Blasphemy.
Itis not up to me a lay person to question the actions of a Prince of the Church. At least not in this forum, but I have my own thoughts and they aren’t far from Blasphemy, believe me.
The good Cardinal should have invited Ann Barnhardt and Michael Voris - those two would have lit the place up faster than obozo could say “choom gang!”
“The Pharisee and Herod”, maybe.
A recurring theme -- even an old one, perhaps, depending on one's age.
I am sickened by Dolan's invitation. He may as well have dropped his pants and mooned those trying to be the Catholic faithful.
Is Cardinal Dolan losing his leadership gut? I thought that was a beer gut.
What we have here in the U.S. is a startling parallel to the political/religious landscape under totalitarian regimes like China. In China, there are two different "versions" of the Catholic Church: an official government-approved church that functions as an arm of the state, and the real Catholic Church that functions underground, faces persecution, and often must carry out its religious activities in absentia through a secret hierarchy that sits in Rome or elsewhere in the world.
It really is this simple. American "Catholic" leaders like Teddy Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Kathy Sebelius have played the role of the state-sanctioned "church" even though there's nothing Catholic about them. The Catholic laity face the injustices of radical secularism on their own, with little or no support from the bishops that are supposed to be their shepherds (in fact, most of these bishops are on the same side as the minions of Satan who carry out this travesty).
And Timmy Dolan is just some jack@ss who's going to get dressed up for Halloween and make an appearance at this thing called the Al Smith Dinner to lend the whole farce some credibility in this election year.
Flame away, folks.
That would be fun to watch.
Sorry to say this news is a little demoralizing, if not another scandal outright. To entertain two abortion pushing pols in one more Catholic venue while asking universities for instance to give no platform to the same is confusing coming from an archbishop.
Not LOL! because I had a father in law who was an alcoholic. Sorry to be a sour one here.
I like your comparison of the two levels of Catholcism in China with what is seemingly happening in the U. S.
I don’t agree with your last statement though in obedience to my priest, bishop, Cardinal, Pope.
Good comment to add.
I don’t follow your train of thought on obedience. Dolan is not infallible, and this invitation is hardly a doctrinal statement but rather a show of his own naivety, indifference or arrogance (take your pick).
Matthew 5:13
It's much easier to be appalled, than to understand.
If you're appalled, you're victimized. If you understand, your understanding gives you responsibility to act.
Millions of Christians, and millions of Catholics, are appalled that Obamacare apparently forces them to support abortion. They rightly point out that this is forcing them to choose between obedience to law, and taking part in mass murder against the direct teachings of their religions.
Very little, I think, could create a more dire spiritual crisis for so many people. Satanic forces are literally putting the point of a sword to millions of people's throats, and saying - backed by the full destructive force of the government - choose.
I think most would agree to this summation. That I'm not exaggerating.
So why do so many choose to face the sword in ignorance, and protect their non-responsibility, rather than understand, and accept responsibility for that understanding? Do they hope to fool God, when asked if there was anything they could have done? When asked if they were not given the understanding necessary to stop this atrocity in its tracks? Do they actually plan on lying then? Is that how weak what they pass as their "religion" really is to them?
I wonder.
Because if that wasn't true, this would be being shouted from the rooftops of every church - but it's not:
The guy is basically a political hack, so there's no reason to be any more deferential to him than you'd be to any other jack@ss in government these days.
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