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To: Revolting cat!
Mock ‘em, as Saul Alinsky would

Speaking of Saul Alinsky.....

Google search on Catholic Church position on Social Justice

The Catholic church is more aligned with a communist ideal than with a Biblical stance.

258 posted on 01/19/2012 7:15:36 AM PST by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Biblical is in the eye of the beholder. Socialism is condemned by the Catholic Church in no uncertain terms.

Communists reject God and private property rights. Countless papal encyclicals have defended the the right to private property.

Calvinism, by contrast, believes in the survival of the fittest and that being poor is a sign of being unelect.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno_en.html';
http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/L13APOST.HTM
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html

Bigotry knows no bounds.


264 posted on 01/19/2012 7:48:22 AM PST by rzman21
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To: 2nd amendment mama; stfassisi

You might want to actually study the subject rather than depending on what others say. See:

Catholic Social Justice: Not What You Think It Is
http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/social-justice-not-what-you-think-it-is ^ | December 2009 | Michael Novak
Posted on Wed Jan 18 2012 05:54:41 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) by stfassisi

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2834364/posts


271 posted on 01/19/2012 8:22:04 AM PST by narses
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