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To: the invisib1e hand; G Larry
See post #6.

...there is urgent need of a true world political authority....

There's a difference between "reading" and "understanding". I did both. You should try the latter.

19 posted on 08/20/2009 1:58:52 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
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To: NurdlyPeon
There's a difference between "reading" and "understanding". I did both. You should try the latter.

You first.

How far into the Encyclical are you?

22 posted on 08/20/2009 2:29:45 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (this slope is getting slippereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...)
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To: NurdlyPeon
“Openness to life is at the center of true development. . . . The acceptance of life strengthens moral fiber and makes people capable of mutual help. . . . They can promote virtuous action within the perspective of production that is morally sound and marked by solidarity, respecting the fundamental right to life of every people and individual.”

Parse that.

31 posted on 08/20/2009 3:24:53 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Caltholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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To: NurdlyPeon; IbJensen

“According to Benedict, the goal of all international institutions must be “authentic integral human development.” This human development must be inspired by truth, in this case, the truth about humanity. Pursuit of this truth reveals that each human being possesses absolute worth; therefore, authentic human development is predicated on a radical defense of life.”

Why are you two isolating sentence fragments from his core message?


45 posted on 08/20/2009 6:17:26 PM PDT by G Larry ( Obamacare=Dying in Line!)
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