tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post877866497330367345..comments2024-03-29T06:46:55.327-07:00Comments on Lone Star Parson: Obamacare versus the Catholic ChurchLSPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-2431991354282081202012-02-27T09:20:47.244-08:002012-02-27T09:20:47.244-08:00Alright there Sean.
Are you sure you're not b...Alright there Sean.<br /><br />Are you sure you're not being a little disingenuous? Surely you know that the Catholic Church regards miscarriage as a "natural evil"?<br /><br />But good "problem of evil" point. How can a perfect being allow natural evil in the creation of which He is the necessary efficient cause?<br /><br />The Church teaches that there is a flaw in the order of creation.<br /><br />But I won't bang on.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-53860839421628948972012-02-27T09:15:03.160-08:002012-02-27T09:15:03.160-08:00That's for sure, Silverfiddle.That's for sure, Silverfiddle.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-39570647190512392802012-02-26T11:09:39.377-08:002012-02-26T11:09:39.377-08:00A question: What's the RC church's stance ...A question: What's the RC church's stance on miscarriages? These are quite common: not every pregnancy 'takes', which is why women prefer to wait a bit before telling the rest of the world that they're about to become a member of the smug set.<br /><br />Are miscarriages God's will? At that stage in their development, the undeveloped foetus has no "will" at all yet, free or otherwise.<br /><br />If you answer "yes" to the above, then surely the corollary is that <i>being a victim of rape</i> is <i>also</i> God's will as, again, the woman gets no say in the decision and it's basically an 'act of God' too. (After all, God created the rapist as well!) <br /><br />The victim's will, free or otherwise, matters not one jot, so you cannot use the "free will" get-out-of-jail-free card here. How can an "all-loving", "omniscient" and "omnipotent" deity possibly let such acts occur right before his very presence?<br /><br />This is what non-believers find difficult to understand. Your religion is inconsistent <i>with itself</i>, even when its own rules are being applied. I don't see anyone claiming that a miscarriage makes you evil or wrong, despite it having the same result as an abortion. The only difference is that one is selected through "free will", while the other is not. Guess which is which?<br /><br />Either life is always sacred—in which case, God is doing a bang-up job of being a massive hypocrite—or it isn't.<br /><br />Note, too, that this isn't a "Secularist" thing: there are any number of other, <i>equally 'respectable'</i> religions that disagree with yours on this area. You don't have to be an atheist, or even irreligious, to disagree with the "All abortions and birth control methods are EVIL" sentiment of the RC church.Sean Baggaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566198834315094334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-9149691264828918432012-02-26T08:01:00.409-08:002012-02-26T08:01:00.409-08:00The Catholic Church is learning the eternal wisdom...The Catholic Church is learning the eternal wisdom of that old saying, "Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas."<br /><br />Things ain't so chirpy when the ol' social justice shoe is on the other foot...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-6888072946456554252012-02-26T05:42:13.862-08:002012-02-26T05:42:13.862-08:00"The whole thing is a disaster" -- I'..."The whole thing is a disaster" -- I'd second that, Tingey.<br /><br />God bless.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407817413258733695.post-58235979222112998762012-02-26T00:29:24.470-08:002012-02-26T00:29:24.470-08:00The whole thing is a disaster
The "insurance&...The whole thing is a disaster<br />The "insurance" model for a start<br />Because of vested interests, a single-payer European (or Australian or Canadian or Singapoe) style system was not implemented.<br /><br />ANYTHING at all that gets up the nose of the RC church has to be a good thing, in my opinion.<br />They won't even allow normal, preventative birth-control ...<br />With proper arrangements, abortion should usually be un-necessary, except in emergencies (rape, incest, ectopic come to mind)<br />But they set their face against this, and get a worse option.<br />Terminally stupid.G. Tingeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09640068810654977205noreply@blogger.com