Is the tea party movement in sync with Catholic teaching?

osv ^ | October 21, 2010

[flaglady47]

This article is bunk.

[pgyanke]

But here’s what you said: “When did the Catholic Church begin teaching that governments are supposed to be our brother’s keeper?”

Actually, no. That was MIchaelTArchangel in post #9.

I think we're both arguing with him through each other. My apologies for misunderstanding your position.

[Publius6961]

I refuse to play this stupid ga

[Publius6961]

Is the tea party movement in sync with Catholic teaching?

I am a Catholic.
I don't care if it is or not.

Who dreams up these stupid questions? Must be the loser trolls, attempting to create distractions any way they can.

[mas cerveza por favor]

“What strikes me is that even though Catholics are attracted to this movement, there really is a pretty sharp tension between some of the basic teachings of the Church in regards to politics...

The context of this article is absurd. The government has become a massively corrupt, lawless, cleptocracy. Bankers who broke criminal law are able to demand trillion-dollar bailouts instead of receiving jail time. These criminals are still at large gobbling up the economy and corrupting politics. What does social teaching say about taking sides with law-breakers?

The TEA Party publicly embraces the traditional American ideology, with all its associated positives and negatives (mostly positive I think). However, the movement is really about shifting power back to the displaced and abused majority.

Catholics have the moral responsibility (and enlightened self-interest) of siding with law-abiding fellow Americans against the criminal and anti-Catholic elite.

[verga]

While the U.S.idiot liberal bishops have supported the idea of universal health care, the thinking common sense ones have opposed it

There fixed it

[verga]

the power of the State should protect;

It says protect not run or mandate

[vladimir998]

I know.

[verdugo]

re: Is the Tea Party in sync with the Catholic teaching?

Is the post Vatican II Catholic clergy in sync with Catholic teaching of the prior 1900 years? NO!

Forget the Tea Party, first things first. The Progressivists Catholic clergy's nouvelle post-Vatican II church has to be brought back in sync with Catholicism, returned to the true faith and sacred doctrines of 1900 years.

[koraz]

Thanks ALPAPilot!

[verga]

Thank goodness I never did that!

Maybe you don't think that is what you said, but you really did, intnetioanlly or not. There are at least of on this list that read it exactly that way.

Maybe you want to take about half a step back and a deep breath and re-read it very carefully.

[ALPAPilot]

The Church teaches the government has duties to the poor. Deal with it.

Of course, but the important question is: what are those duties? The Declaration of Independence says that governments are instituted to secure unalienable rights. So does the church and do the tea parties.