Maybe Ahnuld should get back to movies and fornicating with the hired help. He is an epic disaster as a politician.
One Democrat I do have some respect for is Joe Manchin.
I am sure you will agree that words have meanings and we can’t just have our own private definitions for them.
I prefer to listen to experts like Janeane Garofalo, Jane Fonda, Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Moore, and Barbara Walters who once said she admired Peter Jennings because “he knew there was no such thing as the truth.” Then there is the News Hour on PBS. This is particularly valuable since it has only middle-of-the-road reporters on. I particularly avoided Firing Line when it was on because it was extreme conservative, even though a full 50% of its time was taken up letting middle-of-the-roaders make their cases. Dan Rather was OK until he went Captain Ahab on us and got consumed by the Great White Whale of trying to destroy Bush. If I had to pick a favorite, though, it would have to be Alan Colmes. He is particularly enlightening about the middle-of-the-road cause.
Democrats are too conservative for them, are they?
Agreed.
Except when leader of the DNC Howard Dean claimed there was no difference between democrats and socialists.
Here’s a little information about the use of propaganda in this country. You might find it interesting.
The people of his state love Bernie Sanders, no matter what he calls himself.
So they are.
Sometimes I wonder…why not take the last step and become Protestant? Why the need to hang on and fight teaching?
I tenatively agree. Weirdly, both NRLC and NARAL are variously reported as giving him 100% ratings. Probably he’s too new to truly rate. He’s not even on one of NARAL’s rating scorecards, and has a 25% NRLC rating on one of theirs. So, again, he might be too new. He did vote against the Blunt amendment, which is not good. I would LIKE to like the man, but we’ll have to see more.
I think the “hanging on” motivation varies. I think some know deep in their hearts that the Church is the true Church and won’t leave even though they are rebellious. Some, I’m sure, think the Church will change to suit them. But you know, people sometimes change back to real fidelity, and we can’t forget that.Sometimes I wonder…why not take the last step and become Protestant? Why the need to hang on and fight teaching?
Maybe Benedict was right, a smaller, more faithful Church would be better.
Thanks for the link, it’s pretty good but I could have used more examples
See, that;s why its no good as an insult. I got the language wrong.Right, but heterodox is from the Greek.
heterodoxos < heteros “the other” + doxa opinion as opposed to “orthodox” correct opinion.
I agree, to a point. I would prefer, of course, that people learn their faith and align their wills with that of Our Lord. I do believe that heresies need to be pointed out when heretics advance them. We don’t do that to insult. We do it to speak the truth, so others are not deceived.Sometimes I wonder…why not take the last step and become Protestant? Why the need to hang on and fight teaching?
Maybe Benedict was right, a smaller, more faithful Church would be better.
That’s true, but since we are talking about contemporary times, it’s fair to use the standards of, say, the last 50 years. As you say, it’s absurd to call Obama a left winger at all. He is moderate on most things and actually conservative on several. But some of the things Schwarzenegger is talking about, the extreme right wing, these actually apply. The idea of unilateral, unprovoked, “pre-emptive” military invasion? That would be seen as fairly insane until recent history. The Orwellian redefining of torture as “enhanced interrogation” and making it proud public policy? Not even in Barry Goldwater’s secret dreams would he have proposed that. A major contender for president who stands up and gives a detailed speech about how Satan has taken over most of the country? Speaking of your 1500s England, that would make Santorum a moderate there I guess. A solid Republican like Lugar getting ousted by the Tea Party? In these ways and many more, the Republican Party is becoming beholden to the extreme right wing.
If you were to consider someone who for instance would be pro choice and did not believe in transubstantiation a heretic, then I already asked him. I gave him a hypothetical which included those two, and his answer is what I already described. He said they were Catholics based on Baptism, albeit perhaps non practicing. But even in the case of a practicing, the possibility of sin is not excluded from one’s life.
I’m sorry, but non-practicing is not the same as heretic, and I didn’t claim any of the examples weren’t Catholic. I’m guessing you didn’t ask the bishop what a heretic is…