Posted on 03/26/2006 3:59:37 AM PST by Liz
Case in point is that national government is an institution which is divinely established. From the Tower of Babel, God created different languages and different groupings of peoples. Within Israel there were 12 tribes. That institution is for believers and unbelievers alike.
Even when Abraham posed as Sarah's brother in a foreign land to avoid risk of being targeted by the locals to seize his possessions, he was later chastised for not remaining faithful to God and for presenting falsehoods to legitimate authority.
IMHO, I would rejoice in my heart if Hillary would have the wherewithal to turn to God through faith in Christ in even the least of things, however, I also recognize her soul is so deeply scarred in so many antiChristian thoughts, that she is far from an example of a God fearing believing legitimate authority.
I've noticed many a person who have fallen away from God or have never placed faith in Him, refer to works that are good in their own eyes as a standard for their perception of righteousness. Many who are so scarred relate to the Good Samaritan as a do-gooder, rather than as one who first places his faith in God through Christ. Consequently, they frequently chase after things that are divinely good for nothing, rather than accepting even the least of His grace.
Maybe it is merely the beginnings of a great apostasy.
Finally....The Dems have been trashing RC beliefs since WWII...Now Catholics are coming out of their self induced trance....
Although most Catholic Universities are going left with gay rights and pro abortion showing their evil heads, the Catholic voting block at large is sure to continue its swing to the right for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is less orientation to blue collar thinking. Hurrah!
Actually, this kind of behavior is supported in Colorado - remember Salazar? We're stuck with him for the next 6 yrs because Republicans either stayed home or crossed over - bought the moderate Democrat line hook line and sinker.
Even if you don't like the Repub candidate, more damage is always done by sitting out or crossing over. I'm not sure what the answer is other than more people need to get involved and vote in the primaries and not wait for the general election.
I've wondered if Bill is as much of an opportunist as God makes available.
I despise her for trying to act like a weekly church attendee, and still back the corrupt policies of the left. She is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
To be a young American now, is to be the child of a mother who did not choose the trip to the clinic. It is to be the child of a mother who chose to let you live.
One pic I DO remember is them leaving an Easter service in WDC.........and that same afternoon, Bubba getting....NO! I won't say it! I don't HAVE to. Everyone knows what I'm talking about. :(
Interesting. Thanks for the ping.
Hillary thoughts, words and deeds have more in common with the devil than they do with Jesus Christ..
And even the devil loves to quote scripture as he accuses the brethren day and not...a tireless adversary...the consummate prosecuting attorney...and liar
Hellery Clinton will never serve anyone but herself
She will say anything, do anything to get elected and to stay in power....power is her drug of choice and Satan's
imo
Amen and amen to that.
My caption: "Where do you want it Hillary, in the neck or the shoulder blades?"
Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics
THE FIVE NON-NEGOTIABLE ISSUES
These five current issues concern actions that are intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by the law. Intrinsically evil actions are those which fundamentally conflict with the moral law and can never be deliberately performed under any circumstances. It is a serious sin to deliberately endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any action contrary to the non-negotiable principles involved in these issues.
1. Abortion
The Church teaches that, regarding a law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or to vote for it" (EV 73). Abortion is the intentional and direct killing of an innocent human being, and therefore it is a form of homicide.
The unborn child is always an innocent party, and no law may permit the taking of his life. Even when a child is conceived through rape or incest, the fault is not the child's, who should not suffer death for others' sins.
2. Euthanasia
Often disguised by the name "mercy killing," euthanasia also is a form of homicide. No person has a right to take his own life, and no one has the right to take the life of any innocent person.
In euthanasia, the ill or elderly are killed, by action or omission, out of a misplaced sense of compassion, but true compassion cannot include intentionally doing something intrinsically evil to another person (cf. EV 73).
3. Embryonic Stem Cell Research
Human embryos are human beings. "Respect for the dignity of the human being excludes all experimental manipulation or exploitation of the human embryo" (CRF 4b).
Recent scientific advances show that often medical treatments that researchers hope to develop from experimentation on embryonic stem cells can be developed by using adult stem cells instead. Adult stem cells can be obtained without doing harm to the adults from whom they come. Thus there is no valid medical argument in favor of using embryonic stem cells. And even if there were benefits to be had from such experiments, they would not justify destroying innocent embryonic humans.
4. Human Cloning
"Attempts . . . for obtaining a human being without any connection with sexuality through 'twin fission,' cloning, or parthenogenesis are to be considered contrary to the moral law, since they are in opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union" (RHL I:6).
Human cloning also involves abortion because the "rejected" or "unsuccessful" embryonic clones are destroyed, yet each clone is a human being.
5. Homosexual "Marriage"
True marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Legal recognition of any other union as "marriage" undermines true marriage, and legal recognition of homosexual unions actually does homosexual persons a disfavor by encouraging them to persist in what is an objectively immoral arrangement.
"When legislation in favor of the recognition of homosexual unions is proposed for the first time in a legislative assembly, the Catholic lawmaker has a moral duty to express his opposition clearly and publicly and to vote against it. To vote in favor of a law so harmful to the common good is gravely immoral" (UHP 10).
ABBREVIATIONS
CCC Catechism of the Catholic Church
CPL Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Doctrinal Notes on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life
CRF Pontifical Council for the Family, Charter of the Rights of the Family
EV John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life)
RHL Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Instruction on Respect for Human Life in Its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation
UHP Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Considerations regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons
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Hey, what did Joan of Arc ever do to you?
Ff--150 said the same to me as well - and it looks like that is what's happening - give it a year and the Hildabeast will almost be a saint.
I saw the tape of her saying that today on This Week. Nearly fell off my chair laughing hysterically. All the panelists were laughing also.
Heheh.......another Hillary backfire.......nice reporting on your part.
This is the same woman who covered up the deaths of dozens of people with her husband in Whitewater Scandal, and Mena Arkansas scandals.
Ron Brown was one of the first casualties of the Evil Clintons.
This is the same woman who helped defend The Black Panther communists who killed cops.
I know my vote would never go to a Clinton, or a Rodham.
Ops4 God Bless America!
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