Posted on 08/30/2013 7:17:48 AM PDT by Salvation
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OBSTINACY
Unreasonable stubbornness in persisting in one's own opinion and mode of action, tenaciously insistent upon doing one's own way. It often shuts the mind to known truth and creates contempt by militating against divine authority. by closing the heart to promptings of grace and possible repentance, it may lead to grievous malice and flagrant error. (Etym. Latin obstinatus, from ob-, against + stare, to stand: obstinare, to set one's mind firmly on.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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“Obstinacy” is what so many show regarding Christian sexual morality. I’ve been on so many threads in which the traditional Christian teaching was presented logically, clearly, even poetically ... only to be dismissed with, “Okay, but personally ...”.
What’s the word for when people’s hearts are in the right place, but they’re resistant to the evidence of experience? For example, the fact that higher minimum wages and unionization result in fewer jobs for those who most need them, or “You get more of what you subsidize,” such as unmarried motherhood. Whatever the word is, the problem seems to afflict a lot of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States!
relevancy, indifference, stupidity, lack of backbone
Take your pick. LOL!
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