tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post4622762480206182801..comments2021-04-29T09:20:29.555-04:00Comments on Backs of People's Heads and Baby Faces: On Moral Dilemmas and Not Giving Up the ShipAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06930178467943742640noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post-69930080293030420042016-08-29T21:11:18.061-04:002016-08-29T21:11:18.061-04:00I think Dr. Dougherty would be proud of your succi...I think Dr. Dougherty would be proud of your succinct summary of his semester long class! Colorful Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17344460546821189230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post-13012075327786360102016-07-24T03:36:24.264-04:002016-07-24T03:36:24.264-04:00Pope Benedict XVI commented on the issue of voting...Pope Benedict XVI commented on the issue of voting for the lesser of two evils...as a realist, he had to. Neither Mr. Trump nor Mrs. Clinton will or can change the "legal right" to an abortion. So, here we are with the culture of death staring us right smack in the face everywhere we turn around. Our first pope guides us today. "Lord, where do we go? You have the words of eternal life," and "always have an explanation ready for what you believe, given in charity." (Paraphrasing, here.) Toasts to the New Evangelization, fellow Catholics. It's our only hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post-63524132499517140022016-07-21T08:34:00.374-04:002016-07-21T08:34:00.374-04:00I've been thinking along these same lines for ...I've been thinking along these same lines for the last few months. One thing it's important to understand is that as Catholics we can never vote for the lesser of two evils -- because supporting evil is evil. As Katie points out in the quote from Gratian, you can use your vote to lessen evil but never vote *for* evil.<br /><br />I'm tired of feeling dirty every time I go into the voting booth because I've been told to "toe the party line" and vote for someone who supports policies that don't even meet the bare minimum standard of the Catholic faith -- just because the candidate mouths some platitude about being "pro-life". I know this will be read as heresy from some conservatives, but I'm honestly wondering if a Hillary presidency would be one that would lessen evil in our country over the next 4 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post-39789396141916219142016-07-20T21:05:21.459-04:002016-07-20T21:05:21.459-04:00To be honest, Carlos, I wonder what his foreign po...To be honest, Carlos, I wonder what his foreign policy is. I don't think he has a clear idea of what that might look like globally, nor do I believe he has thought about it much, other than to delegate it. Indeed, I don't know that he has put much thought into domestic policy past the building of his (now infamous) wall. But maybe you know something I don't. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06930178467943742640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4485570493745333430.post-47074762080887461542016-07-20T20:59:53.797-04:002016-07-20T20:59:53.797-04:00I don't know where a Trump presidency will lea...I don't know where a Trump presidency will lead the country and I'm fine with that. I do know where a Clinton presidency will lead us and there I have no desire to go.<br /><br />I don't believe Trump to be a practicing Christian, but neither was Constantine (until his death bed) and yet the emperor' reign was good for the Church. <br /><br />I don't expect Trump will do anything to roll back abortion and the sodomite agenda, but at least he's not suggested that my religious beliefs are in need of change. It was after all'practicing Catholics' like the Kennedys and the Cuomos who were instrumental in entrenching the culture of death in our country, so overtly religious politicians don't get a free pass on the social issues. Not from me, anyway.<br /><br />I'm not supporting Trump the man but the change of orientation (from globalist to nationalist) that he represents for our nation's domestic and foreign policy. Carlos Carrascohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481652611499137516noreply@blogger.com