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God’s politics

Filed under: B XVI, Catholicism-general, Papal writings, Popes, abortion, personal, politics, quotes — catholicpostergirl at 4:49 pm on Friday, January 11, 2008

A bumper sticker seen on I-70 E, heading home today:

“God is not a Republican….or a Democrat”

(I’m going to leave out he part where the “or a Democrat” was in really small letters at the bottom.)

OK, fine, I doubt that Jesus would endorse all the current policies of the GOP. But both JPII and B XVI have said that capitalism offers man the most freedom to be what he truly was meant to be. I don’t need to tell you how JPII felt about Communism, do I? Or B XVI on Marxism?

But I find it very, very difficult to believe that the Dems can, in any honest way, claim God’s on their side. * They are pro-abortion. They kill babies. End of story. Even if you’re a pro-life Dem, you are voting for people who vote to kill babies.
Say what you want about the GOP, but we don’t do that.**

*Although Ohio’s Democrat, Methodist-minister Governor said that “I don’t read about anything that Jesus said about abortion specifically.” (Me thinks the pastor needs to brush up on his 10 commandments.)

**Yes, there are pro-abortion Repubs. The thing is, they tend not to get too far nationally. And more locally–well that’s anyone’s guess. But pro-life is the party platform.

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Comment by Marc Aupiais

January 12, 2008 @ 2:37 am

I’m not american, but I think the whole commit abortion with God thing, is a wonderful political card.

It isgreat for them to appose the biblical truth, while still getting “christians” to vote for them :)

mind you, I’m not american, and cannot really know. Simply put, God is on the side of the Catholic church :) lol, marc

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Comment by Marc Aupiais

January 12, 2008 @ 2:55 am

P.S. the evangelicals as hey call themselves are not exactly bible based, some try to be, and I cannot judge that, but they generally have an attitude that some sins, or sin, is not as grave as we see it, at least- that is my impression, and that parts of the bible can be disobeyed or ignored, or apposed as too “Literal” or too “rigid”. I may be wrong :)But I can see why he may support abortion, I will laugh if laugh he supports creationism :)

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Comment by Tim H.

January 22, 2008 @ 6:04 pm

I used to think that abortion was only to be decided by a woman and her doctor. There was no harm to anyone if that is what she decided to do. My Catholic faith told me it was wrong, but I thought that it
is a private matter that doesn’t affect anybody but the woman and her unborn child. For this reason I didn’t see anything wrong with voting Democratic, because of their concern for the less fortunate and human rights. I was blind, but now I see. The truth is is that Our Church, the body of Christ, is affected with every
loss of life due to abortion. Our nation is not a perfect nation that can take care of everybody. The Dems think that we can take care of everybody, but in the process they don’t take care of the greatest of the helpless of all, the unborn child. Only God can take care of us all and He does. That is our faith. As the Blessed Mother Theresa stated: “If abortion isn’t wrong than nothing is.” For this reason we have to vote pro-life, vote Republican, they are pro-life. Just look at the newest members of the Supreme Court, thanks to a Republican.

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