My Final Conclusion: Our Catholic Faith vs Today's Politics

[Joseph23]

I have been able to find balance between my faith and each and every moral value that I wanted to adopt, when it comes to: life, relationships, family, marriage, nutrition, animals, sex, earth and nature. But, there is only one thing that I have failed to bring closer to my faith, or bring my faith closer to, which is politics. This is due to the fact that politics is not based on moral values. Simply, politics cannot be built around morality, and morality cannot be built around politics, as my faith is heavenly, and God’s kingdom is not of this world. On the contrary, politics is too earthly and based on variable interests rather than fixed principles and values; the only fixed truth about politics is that it is variable. My faith is my moral constitution, while politics is more of “consumer goods” depending so much on “supply & demand”. Therefore, I decided to quit everything related to politics, I would rather focus on my spiritual and moral growth; Holiness, which requires abandoning everything that may defile the sanctity of my soul, and politics is such.
In the end fixing my own-self; spiritually and morally is fixing the whole world.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

You’re a very wise man, Joseph.

It’s one thing for people to focus on politics if they either have jobs concerned with the daily practice of politics, or are activists of some kind. The world does need some of these types of people.

However, most people obsessed with politics are neither of the above. They are just armchair quarterbacks who get a charge out of winding themselves up over politics like some people get wound up over a soccer match or basketball game. They spend a lot of time being riled up over things they can do little or nothing about instead of focusing on the things they CAN do something about. They get their blood in a rush every day to no good end.

 

[ThisOne]

I think that as Catholics we have the responsibility to be good citizens of the countries in which we live, unless we live in places where the individual is persecuted. In most Western democracies, being a good citizen means participating in the election of those who make the laws and those who enforce them. I think it is a mistake to cut oneself off from that responsibility.

I believe we have an obligation to speak out against injustice and to promote life—from conception to natural death—and that involves our getting ourselves into the world of politics. We can ask for God’s blessing of our activities in that realm, but we cannot turn our backs on the free democratic ideals that have allowed us to thrive in Western societies.

Primary concern should be on electing people who will uphold the rights of all humanity to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.