BernadetteM;13779779]Almost all the posts that I read were the most judgmental ones I have seen. I doubt that any of you actually know the candidates personally and just believe whatever our wonderful media and the establishment say.
I assure anyone that at the very least American conservatives distrust the media enormously.
Hopefully none of you will be judged by our Lord when the day comes as you have judged so many others.
Where is the judging gong on? That’s always a first a line of defense for someone who doesn’t agree—“you can’t judge me!”, even if that’s not what usually happens.
It disappoints me to see Catholics so judgmental of others. If I don’t really know a person I don’t judge them, nor believe what others say about them. In fact, that person you judged might be the person who helps you in time of need, we never know.
Charity and love is a commandment from Christ and I know that I have sinned at times, however, now that I recognize how distasteful my actions were I try not to judge without actual proof and then only the action, not the person as I don’t know what is in their heart.
Here’s the reality of life: People make assessments about people they don’t know to the fullest all the time, especially in politics. The other would be relationships which are discussed more in the Family Life Forum.
The judgement (dare I use the word here) that Catholics make regarding public office isn’t to be taken lightly, nor are the issues at hand such as abortion or a middle-aged man thinking he can use the women’s bathroom because he says he feels like a woman deep down.
So I’m sure what, exactly, the expectation is here, because no one I have seen on here is saying they know the conscience of a candidate but instead are reacting to and assessing reports and statements.
Surely, the expectation on here isn’t that we button up so tight that we cannot fulfill our role as Christians to proclaim the Gospel.
There’s also a lot of scandal in politics, and remember what John the Baptist said to the scribe and Pharisees who wanted to be Baptized just to be
: he called them a brood of vipers and told them to go away until they had changed their hearts. He didn’t sit there and say “oh, well, I can’t judge you with 100% certainty, so, I guess you’re in”.
NO.
God gave us brains and good sense to figure things out.
So if anything, it’s more about rooting out excuse-making to support policies that Vatican has said over and over are unacceptable than it is about just shaking a finger and moving on.
“For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”
