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To: presidio9

I went to a Jesuit school and I know a lot of Jesuits. I had one Jesuit priest as a teacher who was a conservative. He has been dead for years. All of the others are to the left of 0bama.


43 posted on 12/28/2015 1:36:55 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: forgotten man
I went to a Jesuit school and I know a lot of Jesuits. I had one Jesuit priest as a teacher who was a conservative. He has been dead for years. All of the others are to the left of 0bama.

Probably depends on which school you went to. For example, the two best Jesuits colleges are probably Georgetown and Holy Cross (note to readers: please don't fight me on this, I am using what US News says as an example -all Jesuit schools are excellent). Georgetown has a very liberal Jesuit community, with some exceptions. Holy Cross, on the other hand has some very conservative Jesuits.

I do know some very liberal Jesuits, but it is possible that I may have been likely to be immersed in two rare conservative Jesuit communities. That is not the point. The point is that Jesuits in general tend to stay out of politics. The ones you hear from are actually breaking their vows. They are supposed to minister on an individual level and care not for what happens in higher offices. On an individual level, the teachings of Jesus sound a lot like liberal politics. But He, too, cared not for Kingdoms of this world.

44 posted on 12/28/2015 1:50:18 PM PST by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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