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To: Catholicguy
"Citing the Pope" is arguing from authority, which Aquinas says is the weakest rationale for doing anything.

How do YOU defend the Pope's shift, and his, IMO, weak argument from "changed circumstances"? Do you regularly accept major changes like this without so much as a whimper, or a nod toward "well, he knows better than I do"?

Should we treat politicians who support the death penalty the same way we treat politicians who support abortion?

51 posted on 06/04/2002 7:58:19 PM PDT by sinkspur
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To: sinkspur
"well, he knows better than I do"?

My rule of thumb is "he knows more than sinkspur..."

54 posted on 06/04/2002 8:06:58 PM PDT by Catholicguy
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