Posted by
Maudie in Mandeville on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:08:16 PM
What's a good Catholic to do? Pope Benedict tells us to support life and traditional marriage, in effect, telling us to vote Republican. On the other hand, he spouts neo Liberation Theology, telling us man made global warming is killing Gaia and it is the fault of evil capitalist wealthy countries (as opposed to the corrupt Marxist poor countries littered throughout the world). "
Industrialized nations must recognize their responsibility for the environmental crisis, shed their consumerism and embrace more sober lifestyles", Pope Benedict said on Tuesday...So vote Obama and Chavez.
Why does the Church not understand that as taxes go up, contributions go down; Contributions used to feed the hungry, clothe and shelter the homeless, provide upkeep for our churches as well as pay the living expenses of priests and nuns. As government takes over every part of our life, God isn't needed, much less the Church. Just look at secular Europe. As government regulates charities, the Church is forced to hire practicing homosexuals or provide same sex benefits to employees or close their doors as they will in Washington D.C. unless the Church sells out as it did in San Francisco and at Georgetown University.
And what is so hard to know that we have cleaner air and cleaner water and cleaner soil and rivers than Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Mexico, or Syria? They certainly "embrace more sober lifestyles", but who would want to raise their children in those cesspools? So the correlation is simply incoherent. In the meantime, liberal Catholics can point to word from the Pope, that they ignore abortionists while "recognizing their responsibility for the environmental crisis". Phoney global warming trumps killing 50M babies. You're doing us no favors, Patre.