He does well in caucus states, but that seems to be it. The general election is not a caucus, so I don’t see how Cruz could ever win it. Oh, if nominated, he would have time to win over the public, but he’s not possessed of a winning personality, he doesn’t have the likability factor. None of the candidates really have charisma, not even Trump. He just draws people who are angry with the establishment.Cruz is finishing a distant third in New York. People are actually voting. He only wins when there aren’t actual people voting.
It’s Trump home state. The winner of New York only gets 14 delegates. The key bulk of delegates is awarded from getting from getting over 50% in congressional districts.Cruz is finishing a distant third in New York. People are actually voting. He only wins when there aren’t actual people voting.
What does that man?Cruz is finishing a distant third in New York. People are actually voting. He only wins when there aren’t actual people voting.
Out of the eleven states Cruz has won, I believe four have been caucuses. Am I wrong?He does well in caucus states, but that seems to be it. The general election is not a caucus, so I don’t see how Cruz could ever win it. Oh, if nominated, he would have time to win over the public, but he’s not possessed of a winning personality, he doesn’t have the likability factor. None of the candidates really have charisma, not even Trump. He just draws people who are angry with the establishment.
Cruz is finishing a distant third in New York. People are actually voting. He only wins when there aren’t actual people voting.
I guess that Ted Cruz has 33% of the delegates awarded thus far, but only 28% of the votes. (Donald Trump has 46% of the delegates awarded thus far, but only 37% of the votes.)What does that man?
Yes, the Church DOES teach that a soul is infused at the moment of conception.I believe that miscarried children have a soul, however that is just my belief. And surely any child who is born and living has a soul.
However, please don’t mislead people about Church teaching. The Church does NOT teach, in ANY document about when God infuses a new life with an immortal soul. That it happens immediately when it happens is not a question, but the Church does NOT teach WHEN it happens. People have a right to know the truth about Church teaching. This does not mean the Church ever condones abortion. Of course it doesn’t.
I’m sure you can find someone who believes it happens at the moment of conception, just as I’m sure someone else can find people who say it doesn’t happen until birth, etc.
2273 The inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation:
"The inalienable rights of the person must be recognized and respected by civil society and the political authority. These human rights depend neither on single individuals nor on parents; nor do they represent a concession made by society and the state; they belong to human nature and are inherent in the person by virtue of the creative act from which the person took his origin. Among such fundamental rights one should mention in this regard every **human being’s right to life **and physical integrity **from the moment of conception **until death."80
"The moment a positive law deprives a category of human beings of the protection which civil legislation ought to accord them, the state is denying the equality of all before the law. When the state does not place its power at the service of the rights of each citizen, and in particular of the more vulnerable, the very foundations of a state based on law are undermined. . . . As a consequence of the respect and protection which must be ensured for the unborn child from the moment of conception, the law must provide appropriate penal sanctions for every deliberate violation of the child’s rights."81
2274 Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being.
2319 Every **human life, from the moment of conception **until death, is sacred because the human person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God.
2322 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as an end or as a means, is a “criminal” practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.
The Church teaches explicitly that the body and soul make up a human being, a person. That the soul is what animates the body and because it contains a soul, it is a human being, a person. The Church teaches that from the moment of conception, he/she is a human person, a human being, a life. Without a soul, the body is not a person.2323 Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed** like every other human being**.
You are running full-throated apologetics for the Democratic candidates on 4 separate threads, all attempting to justify ignoring Church teaching and voting for those opposed to the Christian faith.Edit: In post #1038, I am not trying to exhort people to vote for a Democrat. I’m just saying they should consider all the issues and whether or not their conscience is well-formed, and vote for the candidate they choose. I do not try to influence anyone’s vote.
I’m so sorry for your loss. Yes, your child has a soul. A soul that is being cared for perfectly by our heavenly Father. Of course you did nothing wrong.You realize that is not acceptable. As Americans, we really don’t like mysteries. Everything has to be yes or no, black or white, no ambiguity qllowed.
This is where Catholicism and America (Protestantism) diverge. As a Catholic, I admit I don’t know how the host becomes Christ, I just know it does. I also don’t know when the soul is combined with the body, I only know that by the time a child is born the soul is there.
I also know that my first pregnancy ended at 12 weeks. The doctor said the fetus had died at 10 weeks. Did God infuse this combination of cells with a soul just for it to die (it didn’t even have an identifiable sex). And before any of you suggest I didn’t mourn, I did.
Yes, it had ears and eyes. And, according to the doctor, I did nothing wrong ( 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage).
So, did God infuse this fetus with a soul knowing that it wouldn’t make it to life?
As far as I know, none of the candidates remaining is Catholic.So glad that some one else gets that Protestants don’t support Catholic beliefs. After all, they thought Catholics were evil and should not be recognized. Check your history, Catholics were not exactly welcomed in colonial America.
Of course humans are a body-soul, but nothing you highlighted tells when the soul is infused.CONTINUED…
The Church teaches explicitly that the body and soul make up a human being, a person. That the soul is what animates the body and because it contains a soul, it is a human being, a person. The Church teaches that from the moment of conception, he/she is a human person, a human being, a life. Without a soul, the body is not a person.
You seem to have grasped on to one document that did want to go into the full details and arguments about when the soul was created, as somehow proof the Church doesn’t teach the soul is created at conception. This is false. And just as with your earlier claim that Fr. Pavone said it’s okay to vote for pro-abortion politicians, we see this claim made by you is false as well.
You are running full-throated apologetics for the Democratic candidates on 4 separate threads, all attempting to justify ignoring Church teaching and voting for those opposed to the Christian faith.
No, none of them are Catholic. Kasich left the Catholic Church. Might have been the Eastern Catholic, but at one time he practiced Catholicism. Doesn’t any more.As far as I know, none of the candidates remaining is Catholic.
No chance of that because the Dem party would block any attempt to do it. National Abortion Rights Action League endorses nearly every one of them in Congress, because nearly every one of them supports abortion.I am not in favor of abortion. Not at all. But I think we need a Constitutional amendment making the unborn “persons” with full rights.
Neither one will get the magic number of 1,237 by convention time, though. Brokered convention. Will be interesting!New York City’s Jewish Vote Might Win Cruz Or Kasich Key Delegates
fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-york-citys-jewish-vote-might-win-cruz-or-kasich-key-delegates/
But is he?There are links to all I’ve said on other threads. And the only candidate who is not a Christian is Sanders, and he seems the most honest and caring of them all.
Brokered or contested?Neither one will get the magic number of 1,237 by convention time, though. Brokered convention. Will be interesting!
And you think the way to accomplish that is voting for pro-abortion candidates???I think the Founding Fathers went to great lengths to separate church and state, and I don’t think it was a particularly good idea.
I am not in favor of abortion. Not at all. But I think we need a Constitutional amendment making the unborn “persons” with full rights.
I think Sanders does believe he can deliver on his promises. He may be wrong but he seems to believe in doing what most others would call impossible.But is he?
When one promises free stuff to everybody and proposes taxes that he knows can’t possibly pass congress, is he being honest? Despite the jokes about him, he isn’t senile. He knows he’s promising things he can’t deliver. And nobody who supports abortion on demand can be thought of as “caring”. It takes a major hardness of heart to do that.
I think it’s more that We-need-to-amend-the-constitution leads pro-lifers down a path that they will get completely stuck in.[SIGN][/SIGN]
And you think the way to accomplish that is voting for pro-abortion candidates???
The Church teaches that:Of course humans are a body-soul, but nothing you highlighted tells when the soul is infused.
No, I’m not fulfilling your accusation. There is no Church teaching telling us when the soul is infused. And the Church teaches we can vote for the “best candidate” after a consideration of all issues. I’m doing nothing that is opposed to Church teaching.
There are links to all I’ve said on other threads. And the only candidate who is not a Christian is Sanders, and he seems the most honest and caring of them all.