There’s also the fact that he’s been divorced three times, and the relationship with his current wife was going on while he was still married to his second wife.
I agree. I also am certainly not perfect. However, a practicing Catholic should not be doing the things that Guliani does.
Remember, we all support a government that supports abortion. Who has refused to pay taxes? Let he who withholds the fist dollar cast the fist stone.
Again, obviously flawed reasoning (But, you’ll never admit it). Taxes are not voluntary. They are collected, at the end of the barrel of a gun, in neccessary. “Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar’s”. Moral people vote and work to be represented in a way consistent with what is good and right. However, even Jesus said we should pay our taxes. The Romans did extremely evil things (as well as good things) with the support of the taxes they forcefully collected. Since Jesus said that the taxes should be paid anyways, what you suggest is immoral.
It’s very simple. People would rather stay out of jail and contribute to the support of abortion than go to jail and not contribute. Makes sense to me. But they shouldn’t fool themselves about what they are doing.
Completely ignoring the differences between material and formal cooperation, as well as mediate and immediate material cooperation.
I thought I’d give GreenJeans another chance. I actually saw some evidence of congnitive thought on a series of posts yesterday. I knew there would be no admission of error!Completely ignoring the differences between material and formal cooperation, as well as mediate and immediate material cooperation.
I always thought you recognized nuance. I didn’t realize you were such a blind dogmatist.
God Bless,
RyanL
That’s part of the pattern.Money is money. Pay money to an organization that supports abortion and they use it to support abortion. Planned Parenthood does it. The government does it.Completely ignoring the differences between material and formal cooperation, as well as mediate and immediate material cooperation.
I always thought you recognized nuance. I didn’t realize you were such a blind dogmatist.
God Bless,
RyanL
Oh, come on. You have kept us in suspense too long. What’s the pattern?I thought I’d give GreenJeans another chance. I actually saw some evidence of congnitive thought on a series of posts yesterday. I knew there would be no admission of error!
Ryan, I disagree with the dogmatist part. So clearly ignoring Jesus’ teaching would not be the mark of dogmatist.
Dan
His first marriage was declared null by a Church tribunal. He had married his second cousin without the necessary dispensation for it (in today’s canon law, a dispensation is not necessary, but it was back then). He claims that he did not know she was his second cousin when he married her.
I believe a national leader ought be virtuous so that he can lead the citizens to greater virtue. But the media and members of society seem to care more about the accumulation of material wealth.
Rudy is a pro-choice Republican. In the Republican debates last week he clearly stated that when the question was posed. He hasn’t repented or changed his stance. Whether he is still giving to planned parenthood is irrelevant, in my opinion. What he stands for, in this case a woman’s right to choose, is the concern/issue. I haven’t heard him speak at length about it, but that is clearly his position on the issue.