Moral questions - supporting of companies / products

[GodHeals]

Hi,

I am wondering since Pepsi possibly uses aborted baby cells to create their products (or in their products?), is it OK to drink the product, even if it is free (not purchased by me)? I try not to buy products that support abortion, homosexual agenda, etc. But it is getting harder to do. Sometimes family and friends also give them to me or i received a proctor and gamble razor in the mail they sent me and i used it. but will throw away after blade goes bad. I could have just thrown away.

Would this verse apply to such items at all since these products may be have been created by by people doing evil things or in a sense earning profits that go to doing more evils and the cause of the devil?

But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. -1 Corinthians 10:28 (NIV)

Also my similar questions:

1. Should I (or can i avoid all) support products or companies doing evil things?
2. Is it wrong that I use there products if at someone’s house or I have owned them prior to knowing about their support (and still using their service to maintain my product)?
3. Is there a Catholic list that says what companies not to buy or support, and a Catholic list to what jobs not to do?
4. How far can one these thing without being bound by the law, and not under grace? And becoming too religiously scrupulous?

God Bless You,
Brian

 

[1ke]

In order to avoid every possible product tainted by some kind of immoral activit one would have to grow your own food and weave your own clothes, but then you still need the seed, fertilizer, and tools from somewhere!

It is an interconnected world. What you probably need to study is the are of moral theology that deals with what is called the fonts of morality or cooperation with evil-- direct, material, remote, formal cooperation, etc.

There is no list from the Catholic Church regarding products you may buy or not buy. The Church doesn’t work that way.

There are many people of good will who sponsor boycotts of particular products in order to bring pressure upon company executives to change policies. If you want to join such a boycott, do so. But make sure you write to the company and tell them why you are no longer using their products and what it will take to make you change your mind.

Here are some links that might help you:

ascensionhealth.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82rinciples-of-formal-and-material-cooperation&Itemid=171

home.comcast.net/~icuweb/c01305.htm

twotlj.org/G-3-A-2.html