Pew: 77% of Catholics who are Democrats say abortion should be legal

[Freddy]

Freddy:

Yes, I know it’s the church’s teaching that count, not the imperfect individuals. But imagine a neighbour telling you that he’s a member of the local neighbourhood committe and I need to smarten my yard up - committee rules don’t you know. And you look over to his place and it’s a mess. There’s old furniture, a rusty car, piles of tyres. What do you tell him? You’ll get onto it right away? Or tell him to get his butt out of your yard - which admittedly needs some work but is looking a lot better than his anyway.

Im sure you don’t think the Catholics here advocating against abortion are actually having abortions? Which would be like the neighbour advocating for a tidy yard actually having a messy one. I don’t think you should see any hypocrisy in one Catholic’s stance simply on the grounds that others in the same club behave differently. A club most joined as a baby and need do nothing to retain apparent membership.

OK, put it this way. You’ve got a nice tidy yard. Could you please attend to other members of your neighbourhood committee whose yards are a mess before you knock on my door. That will present a great example. As it is, it doesn’t.

 

[otjm]

There’s old furniture, a rusty car, piles of tyres. What do you tell him? You’ll get onto it right away?

Since this sounds like a question concerning HOA rules, I would tell him that I will get right on it; and that if he does not get his own yard cleaned up, I will be contacting an attorney.

 

[Elf01]

OK, put it this way. You’ve got a nice tidy yard. Could you please attend to other members of your neighbourhood committee whose yards are a mess before you knock on my door. That will present a great example. As it is, it doesn’t.

Which is why I advocate excommunication for so called Catholics who publically dissent from Church teaching.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

Which is why I advocate excommunication for so called Catholics who publically dissent from Church teaching.

That doesn’t actually help them.

 

[Elf01]

That doesn’t actually help them.

What’s currently done doesn’t help them either.

And maybe excommunication would serve its purpose and make them reconsider. At the very least it would help those encouraged by their example.

 

[Freddy]

VanitasVanitatum:

That doesn’t actually help them.

What’s currently done doesn’t help them either.

And maybe excommunication would serve its purpose and make them reconsider. At the very least it would help those encouraged by their example.

Surely they would respond by saying that God will be their judge. And I’m almost certain that the majority of Catholics who are pro choice have prayed about it. And would say that their prayers have been answered.