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To: WorkingClassFilth
The Catholic Church stands for the same "consistent life ethic"; if you google that phrase in quotes there are a lot of sites that explain it well.

That is why the Catholic Church opposes war as well as abortion, because it subscribes to the same consistent life ethic that I do.

It is sometimes referred to as the "seamless garment" code of ethics, meaning that it is internally consistent. And, it is consistent with Christianity: I can't imagine Christ dismissing the deaths of children in war as "collateral damage", as the Neocons do, or accepting abortion, as the Left does. Oh, and Christianity never needs to be hyphenated. It is what it is, and the life and message of Christ is enough to sustain it...I hope that one day civilization abandons the "Old Testament" mythology of "Abraham" and crew, which is used to justify so much wrongdoing... including, though hardly limited to cutting the genatalia of baby boys 8 days after birth (or later in the case of Islamic tradition) as a bizarre obsessive-compulsive circle of blood sacrifice meant to appease an anthpomorphic conceptualization.

Incidentally, had the Apostle Paul not virulently opposed circumcision, Gentiles never would have accepted Christ.

Undoubtedly, Paul's opposition to circumcision met with many of the same insults that have been sent at me.

But Paul won, and history is the better for his victory.

Circumcision was wrong: the Apostle Paul, and I, are right.

419 posted on 04/06/2006 10:00:22 PM PDT by Giant Conservative
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To: Giant Conservative
You can feel good about being right, but it doesn't make it so. You are most definitely not a conservative except in some narrow sense of being a arcane zealot.

It seems to me thaat your collection of beliefs are your own and, I believe, wildly inconsistent. For instance, Christ reaffirms the validity of the old testament numerous times as the very basis on which grace is predicated. That Jews reject Christ as the Messiah does not undo thousands of years of their traditions and the American freedom to practice them for your intellectual or theological pleasure. All Bible flogging theology aside, circumcision has nothing whatsoever to do with the sanctity of life anymore than, oh say, ear piercing or tattoos and, besides, I suspect you'll find the Catholic church is silent on circumcision.

All in all, your political language and your religious ideals are entwined and confused and the outgrowth of your fervent idealism tends (not a little) towards authoritarianism. Make a case for our national freedoms and liberty being threatened by circumcision and you might gain some respect. In any event, you should at least consider changing your screen name.
454 posted on 04/07/2006 7:41:20 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Di'ver'si'ty (adj.): A compound word derived from the root words: division; perversion; adversity.)
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