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A BRIEF CATECHISM FOR CATHOLIC VOTERS
EWTN ^ | November 8, 2001 (reprint from 2000) | Fr.Stephen F. Torraco

Posted on 12/05/2001 3:32:14 PM PST by Gophack

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I am posting this as a reminder that all pro-lifers must vote for Life. Even if you are not Catholic, most of these arguments should hold water for you. I know that this is long, but it is worth reading and contemplating.

God bless you, God bless Free Republic, and God bless all the aborted babies.

1 posted on 12/05/2001 3:32:14 PM PST by Gophack
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Thank you very much for this. BTW, have you read Pierced by a Sword yet? A very interesting novel written by Bud MacFarlane. I can't put it down. Free copies avaialable here
3 posted on 12/05/2001 3:46:52 PM PST by Andyman
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So glad you posted this. I would never have voted for a pro-abortion candidate, and never have.

But, I will now always vote for the most pro-abotion candidate I can find, because I'll be damned if I'll have some foreign leader of an opressive superstitious religion tell me how to vote.

Superstition

Religion

Christianity

Hank

4 posted on 12/05/2001 3:47:34 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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So glad you posted this. I would never have voted for a pro-abortion candidate, and never have. But, I will now always vote for the most pro-abotion candidate I can find, because I'll be damned if I'll have some foreign leader of an opressive superstitious religion tell me how to vote.

They call this cutting off your nose to spite your face.
5 posted on 12/05/2001 3:52:17 PM PST by eastsider
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To: cinciphil
God loves you too.
6 posted on 12/05/2001 3:53:23 PM PST by Andyman
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To: Gophack
Please ignore the Catholic-hating Know-Nothings on this thread. This is a GREAT article. Thanks for posting it.
7 posted on 12/05/2001 3:53:48 PM PST by jbemis
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Great memo. Check out the US Bishops latest Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities on the USCB website.
8 posted on 12/05/2001 3:59:03 PM PST by headmonk
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To: Hank Kerchief
Gosh Hank you are just dripping with hate aren't you. Which of the biblical teachings have you chosen to avoid to make your life more comfortable? Perhaps you should find some of the gay web sites where there will be plenty of that kind of self-centered anti-Catholic lambasting for you.
9 posted on 12/05/2001 3:59:07 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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if you get a chance - check out my "member since" page - Ive got a bookmark to Evangelium Vitae - by the Pope- a good read, even for this protestant ex cath
10 posted on 12/05/2001 4:02:15 PM PST by Revelation 911
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Are you familiar with Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission? I ran across it today for the first time. Here's how they describe the Mission:
To have the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe brought to abortion sites all over the world on the feast day of Blessed Juan Diego, Sunday, December 9, at 3 pm, asking Our Lady to intercede for unborn children.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the unborn, pray for us.
11 posted on 12/05/2001 4:07:04 PM PST by eastsider
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I'm sorry that your old teacher was a human being. Some percent of ALL people turn bad that way. Unfortunately, for now priests have to come from the pool known as humanity, with all our sins and weaknesses, so there will be the fallen among them.

Sadly though, when it happens to a man of the cloth, the news coverage is ten to a hundred times as thorough as when one layperson falls by the wayside. So I can understand why you think they are ALL like that, but you are wrong.

Priests are people too. My experience has been that some of the kindest and most decent people in this world have chosen to dedicate their lives to God. I count many of them among my best friends.

I pray everyday for the fallen priests and everyone else who has succumbed to the temptations of evil. Most importantly though, I pray for people such as yourself to find it in your heart to forgive those who have wronged you. If God our creator who is wronged the most by people's evil choices, if he can forgive such wayward souls, then surely you and I can too.

Cinciphil, I will pray for you tonight, please find it in your heart to pray for Fr. Beerman.

12 posted on 12/05/2001 4:09:36 PM PST by ElkGroveDan
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Another good homo pedophile, like most priests !!!

Another typical lie about priests. Just ask a person who writes liability insurance!

13 posted on 12/05/2001 4:11:19 PM PST by SuziQ
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To: Hank Kerchief
Do you have to practice at it?
14 posted on 12/05/2001 4:16:00 PM PST by jwalsh07
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Gosh Hank you are just dripping with hate aren't you. Which of the biblical teachings have you chosen to avoid to make your life more comfortable? Perhaps you should find some of the gay web sites where there will be plenty of that kind of self-centered anti-Catholic lambasting for you.

Sorry if I struck a nerve. My language is always strong, but I never make accusations or use profanity. Hate is an emotion that is entirely foreign to my nature, mostly because it is a useless and self damaging emotional endulgence.

I will pray for you as our Lord commanded:

Mat. 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

15 posted on 12/05/2001 4:23:35 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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I went to Catholic schools and they proved how very evil Roman Catholicism can be. Our guidance counselor Fr. Beerman is serving a life term in the Kentucky pen. Another good homo pedophile, like most priests !!!
I'm not Catholic, but this is a pretty stupid means of deciding one's faith. A single stereo-type of a faith based on a bad apple that you knew? come on. I guess we should hate all protestants based on Bill Clinton's lovely example, and we have lot's of jerks to show us that Islam is terrible, and I can even think of a few Jewish Waco's ... well, that's that .. guess I'm goin' to be Athiest ... oh no! you mean there are bad athiests too!! no shame ... no shame ....
16 posted on 12/05/2001 4:36:01 PM PST by AgThorn
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So glad you posted this. I would never have voted for a pro-abortion candidate, and never have.

But, I will now always vote for the most pro-abotion candidate I can find, because I'll be damned if I'll have some foreign leader of an opressive superstitious religion tell me how to vote.

Why do people like this even bother to push the key board ... sheesh ..

So you would not of even thought of voting for anyone that was into abortion until you saw that the Catholic church was against it since they have a so called leader in a foreign country. And on THAT reason alone, you are going to vote for every baby killer you can find?

Are you typing on your keyboard through the jail house bar's or what? I hope so ...

Sheesh, with minds like your's on the loose, forget the Taliban, give me that "home security" ... the little brain people are loose in our country!! lock the doors!!

Isn't there a "thinking" test we can take before we are allowed to post on Freepers? please!! ;-)

17 posted on 12/05/2001 4:40:39 PM PST by AgThorn
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Mat. 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
You quote the scriptures and profess no hate, but yet you claim that you will vote only for pro-abortion politicians since that is what the Catholic Church DOESN'T want ... talk about hypocricy!

My dear sir, you don't know what hate is .. since that is what you are doing, either that or you are just a very lost sole who wants attention.

18 posted on 12/05/2001 4:44:27 PM PST by AgThorn
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Why do people like this even bother to push the key board ... sheesh ..

So you would not of even thought of voting for anyone that was into abortion until you saw that the Catholic church was against it since they have a so called leader in a foreign country. And on THAT reason alone, you are going to vote for every baby killer you can find?

Are you typing on your keyboard through the jail house bar's or what? I hope so ...

Sheesh, with minds like your's on the loose, forget the Taliban, give me that "home security" ... the little brain people are loose in our country!! lock the doors!!

Isn't there a "thinking" test we can take before we are allowed to post on Freepers? please!! ;-)

Nice, clear, cogent argument.

In case you have difficulty understanding it, there is a difference between a "baby-killer" (like those in a Massachusettes monastery) and a pro-abortion candidate. There was also a bit of hyperbole in my post, but I suppose rhetoric is not something Catholics appreciate, right?

Sorry! Hank

19 posted on 12/05/2001 4:51:21 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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To: Hank Kerchief
Is you real name Jack "chickenheart" Chick?
20 posted on 12/05/2001 5:00:24 PM PST by Notwithstanding
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