The greatest challenge facing the western world is not violence from without, but the tragic decision to take a life within.
“Then shouldn’t Reagan have become a Catholic by your logic?”
I suppose he could have become one if he wanted. However, Reagan didn’t need to rent the credibility of the Catholic church for purely political purposes. Newt did, and was able to do business with Rome.
You Catholics should be a bit more skeptical of Protestant politicians converting and requesting annulments.
Come to think of it, you should probably be a bit more skeptical of Catholic politicians requesting annulments, too.
You wrote:
“I suppose he could have become one if he wanted. However, Reagan didn’t need to rent the credibility of the Catholic church for purely political purposes. Newt did, and was able to do business with Rome.”
Newt didn’t need to do anything. As a Protestant he could have simply said he was forgiven by God and every Protestant would have to accept that or be a hypocrite.
“You Catholics should be a bit more skeptical of Protestant politicians converting and requesting annulments.”
No. 1) People convert all the time, and there’s no reason to think that politicians, for instance, who have shown genuine interest in pro-life causes and love history aren’t sincere in their conversions. 2) The annulment has nothing to do with anything. Newt could have civilly married without the annulment and he could have run for president without the annulment.
“Come to think of it, you should probably be a bit more skeptical of Catholic politicians requesting annulments, too.”
Again, no. Other people request. There’s no more reason to skeptical about politicians than those other people.