Is voting Republican a mortal sin?

[prayerrider]

I’m registered third party, but voted for Trump and will do so again.

 

[godisgood77]

I’m registered third party, but voted for Trump and will do so again.

Yikes!..

 

[phil19034]

cized for being trickle-down economics, it’s not about that. It’s instead allowing people to keep what they earn and to encourage people to give generously and voluntarily instead of thru compulsion (aka taxation) where it’s taken at gunpoint, the threat of arrest, or the threat of asset seizure (the third being most likely).

I agree. Personally, I don’t like Trump. I think his rhetoric is harmful. And I didn’t vote for him in the Primary - I voted for Ted Cruz (who was really all who was left by the time my primary came along).

However, I would rather have him over any Democrat who thinks abortion up to birth (or after like the Gov of VA) is OK.

 

[whichwaytogo47]

We have to vote for the lesser of two evils. So when legal infanticide is off the Democrat agenda I’ll consider voting for Democrats for other issues.

Murder is worse than any of the other issues you mentioned

Social justice is among the worst issues of the Democrats, though abortion is the worst!

Encouraging charity not compelling it is so important. God loves a CHEERFUL GIVER and we should have a tax system based on that premise.

I’m registered third party, but voted for Trump and will do so again.

Great choice. You don’t have to like his politics or his rhetoric, but I love that he keeps his promises.

 

[meltzerboy2]

From a Catholic perspective, you may very well be correct. I would add, however, that from a human perspective in general, one’s mother choosing life will not matter much if the issue of climate change is not recognized and dealt with immediately since there might be no mother (or father) around to choose life.

 

[whichwaytogo47]

I would add, however, that from a human perspective in general, one’s mother choosing life will not matter much if the issue of climate change is not recognized and dealt with immediately since there might be no mother (or father) around to choose life.

But see that’s a mistaken dichotomy. Yes, we are supposed to be good stewards of the environment. But we must also balance the costs to a society, especially in the developing world of environmental regulations that do more harm than good. It’s essential that we develop sensible environmental polices where each developed country has buy-in. It also must be cost effective and must produce the energy needed for a society to run. We have a whole world to feed and as we approach 10 billion people, you need energy to make sure people don’t starve.

 

[phil19034]

From a Catholic perspective, you may very well be correct. I would add, however, that from a human perspective in general, one’s mother choosing life will not matter much if the issue of climate change is not recognized and dealt with immediately since there might be no mother (or father) around to choose life.

I don’t believe the ends justify the means. If saving the environment means killing babies, the elderly, and the sick; I’d rather the environment go down the drain.

There has to be a way to protect the environment without resulting to killing people and the unborn.

 

[whichwaytogo47]

If saving the environment means killing babies, the elderly, and the sick; I’d rather the environment go down the drain.

Agreed. Electric cars are very toxic for people in developing countries to mine the lithium needed to run the batteries. It must be transported. The battery must be charged daily. And the battery at the end of the life must be disposed of (probably before someone is getting rid of the car. They must thus have a 2nd battery which may not be used to its fullest potential (i.e. if a car has 125,000 miles and you buy a battery and the car dies at 175,000 miles, than only 50,000 miles of the 125,000 miles was used). And coal is not the cleanest power source to power the car. That said, there might be reduced energy usage if the power lost to convert coal to electricity than it takes for oil to be converted to electricity.

 

[JimG]

Just don’t vote for candidates who advocate for the killing of unborn children, newborn children, or the sick and elderly.

 

[whichwaytogo47]

Just don’t vote for candidates who advocate for the killing of unborn children, newborn children, or the sick and elderly.

+1. That can be hard if one candidate supports euthanasia (but opposes abortion) while another supports abortion (but opposes euthanasia). Not likely, but that would be a time to not vote.