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To: Alex Murphy; HarleyD; Gamecock; bkaycee; Dr. Eckleburg; caww; metmom; the_conscience; Quix; ...
"There's an inherent problem with democracy."

This entire anti-Catholic diatribe only makes sense in the context of those who are either too intellectually lazy, intellectually dishonest, or too intellectually incapable of comprehending the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic. Democracies are indeed inherently evil and transitional.

111 posted on 05/02/2011 9:07:42 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: Natural Law; Alex Murphy; metmom
This entire anti-Catholic diatribe only makes sense in the context of those who are either too intellectually lazy, intellectually dishonest, or too intellectually incapable of comprehending the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic. Democracies are indeed inherently evil and transitional.

Er, he proposes neither a democracy nor a constitutional republic but rather a benevolent Catholic dictatorship:

No, the only way to run a country is by benevolent dictatorship. A Catholic monarch, who protects his people from themselves, and bestows on them what they need, not necessarily what they want, who protects their rights as human beings. It was this political system that caused Europe to emerge from the morass of marauding barbarians and create Western Civilization. A noble Catholic monarch advances the common good while loving and caring for his people. If you think about it, this is exactly how the universe is governed, isn't it? "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven."

To which I would reply that only One is capable of such perfection. And He will make it so:

And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. - Revelation 19:15-16

God's Name is I AM.

112 posted on 05/02/2011 9:21:23 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Natural Law; Alex Murphy; HarleyD; Gamecock; bkaycee; Dr. Eckleburg; caww; metmom; ...
Democracies are indeed inherently evil and transitional.

What an astonishing statement. Are you saying that a dictatorship is "non-evil"? Can you cite an example?

Democracies, for all their flaws, have brought prosperity to nations. Dictatorships have brought nothing but ruin. You may want to check the scriptures for this.

First we forsake God, then we forsake our liberty. Even with God warning us, we refuse to listen. One has to wonder what is the mindset here.
129 posted on 05/03/2011 8:22:52 AM PDT by HarleyD
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