tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post8128312188802252461..comments2024-03-25T20:03:03.657-06:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: "a deadly anarchy"Deacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-58417834577746799502008-10-22T16:23:00.000-06:002008-10-22T16:23:00.000-06:00Love the JPII quote from the Clinton days. Great ...Love the JPII quote from the Clinton days. Great post.<br><br>One note on Doug's claims: I think that there is a historical case for Doug's alarm - Amy Welborn has a post on President Clinton's <a href="http://amywelborn.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/back-to-the-future/" rel="nofollow">first Saturday</a> in office. Those January 1993 executive orders were Clinton's but I think those type of orders could easily be Obama's if he were elected.<br><br>I'm wondering if Kmiec saw the latest USCCB <a href="http://www.usccb.org/prolife/Rigali-Murphy-Joint-Statement.pdf" rel="nofollow">statement</a>.<br><br>I'm also wondering if I can post a comment without being snarky. One of these days...kRadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581921701006325552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-72139984559628670302008-10-22T16:58:00.000-06:002008-10-22T16:58:00.000-06:00This comment was not snarky in the least. I always...This comment was not snarky in the least. I always appreciate your perspective. You have been a good corrective for me.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-38208651265605048142008-10-22T18:38:00.000-06:002008-10-22T18:38:00.000-06:00Krad,Nice find on that statement. Coincidently, I ...Krad,<br>Nice find on that statement. Coincidently, I was thinking of writing a post on creating false dichotomies in our approach to lowering/ending abortion. Now I will probablly just be lazy and provide a link to the USCCB statement.fromtheboundaryhttp://fromtheboundary.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-5899184002161770782008-10-23T06:25:00.000-06:002008-10-23T06:25:00.000-06:00I probably need to sit on this comment for a while...I probably need to sit on this comment for a while, but since I don't get much time at my computer I'm going to spit it out raw and unedited and pray I don't offend. As a convert/revert to Catholicism I don't understand the divisive condemnation from so many Catholics I've heard and seen in this election cycle. I don't mean to sound cynical, but why do those who are Republican tell me not to vote for Obama (don't trust in princes) and then "trust in princes" by actually believing that a vote for McCain will change the state of abortion in America? - McCain who is the least pro-life Republican offered in the past 30 years, following eight years of the most pro-life Republican we've had in 30 years. And under Bush's administration any drop in abortion, since it is so negligible, can be seen as nothing more than the gradual decline in abortions that began in the 90s. Because that's all it is.<br><br>For me, abortion has become a non-issue in our elections. It's not as if, if I vote for McCain that abortion will be made illegal. The majority of our Justices are Republican, pro-life presidential nominees. Abortion is a grave and horrible evil, and it breaks my heart (and it also pains me to be talked about as if I am less pro-life than someone voting Republican), but politicians are politicians and what we need is our culture, entire, to be convinced of the need to protect the unborn.<br><br>And this is not a war, ought not to be a war, ought not to be something that is about Us and Them. We all need Christ. We need Christ proclaimed and the conversion of our hearts. Obama and McCain need this conversion to take place in their hearts, I need it in mine - each hour.<br><br>Anyway, forgive my dumping. I'm tired of it all. Too much judgment. I will probably vote for Obama in November. I go back and forth, honestly. But at the end of the day, I just don't think the leadership and rhetoric I've seen from McCain and Palin is what is needed at this moment in our world.Scott Lyonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12564684437473178371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-62852957864657950742008-10-23T07:50:00.000-06:002008-10-23T07:50:00.000-06:00Scott:If you haven't been reading, I think you...Scott:<br><br>If you haven't been reading, I think you'll find we have a lot in common as regards this issue. You didn't dump at all. I appreciate what you have written. I firmly believe that a Catholic can vote for Obama in good conscience.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-30042410184902492432008-10-23T09:16:00.000-06:002008-10-23T09:16:00.000-06:00Oh, and Scott (Deacon), congratulations on your ne...Oh, and Scott (Deacon), congratulations on your new baby. May he sleep soundly through the night.fromtheboundaryhttp://fromtheboundary.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-35366313718436373212008-10-23T09:42:00.000-06:002008-10-23T09:42:00.000-06:00Thanks! I am holding him right now. He's aslee...Thanks! I am holding him right now. He's asleep and, so far, very calm little guy.Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.com