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Princeton Prof: Pro-abortion Catholics More Horrific than Clergy Sex
Abuse
LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/13/07 | Peter J. Smith
Posted on 08/13/2007 4:23:45 PM PDT by wagglebee
UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Princeton
professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics and
its cover-up by bishops threatens more damage to the Catholic Church
than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their
Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children.
Robert George, a McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton
University, writes in an article published in the ecumenical magazine
First Things that, unlike the clergy sexual abuse scandal, the
tolerated scandal of prominent anti-life Catholics continues to
engender far more insidious effects upon society.
"Nothing undermines the cause of justice and cultural reform and
renewal more than the bad example of prominent Catholics who have made
themselves instruments of what Pope John Paul II bluntly described as
'the culture of death,'" states George.
"The scandal given by these individuals over the past thirty years,
particularly with respect to the exposure of the unborn to abortion
and, more recently, embryo-destructive research, is far greater in its
cultural effects even than the horrific-the word is not too strong-
scandal of clergy sex abuse."
If the sex scandals have enough power to make many Catholics "lose
confidence in the reliability of the Church as a teacher of truth,
particularly in the moral domain" then the Church's toleration of
publicly proclaimed pro-abortion Catholics is much worse, especially
when the culture is in grave peril.
"The Church doesn't need fundamental transformation; it needs to be
about the business of transforming us," warns George. "For better or
worse, culture is character-shaping and, thus, person-forming. That's
why the task of cultural renewal and reform is part of the Christian
task-an essential part."
George writes that Catholics should know that the Church faces both
"danger" and an "opportunity for a special kind of greatness, the
greatness that comes only in times of the most profound danger."
"Critical (possibly irreversible) decisions will be made in the next
year or two" writes George, indicating that the particular decisions
to which he is referring will occur in the field of marriage and
bioethics. Both issues, he says, "will go one way or the other
depending on the posture and actions of Catholics."
"If the Catholic community is engaged on these issues, working closely
with evangelical Christians, observant Jews, and people of goodwill
and sound moral judgment of other faiths and even of no particular
religious faith, grave injustices and the erosion of central moral
principles will be, to a significant extent, averted. Indeed, with
respect to both marriage and the sanctity of human life, earlier
reverses may themselves be reversed. If, on the other hand, the
Catholic community compromises itself, abdicates its responsibilities,
and sits on the sidelines, the already deeply wounded institution of
marriage will collapse and the brave new world of biotechnology will
transform procreation into manufacture, and nascent human life into
mere disposable 'research material.'"
However George continues to point out that bishops and pastors must
make a decision to lead Catholics in the culture war, not by becoming
politicians themselves, but by exhorting lay Catholics to fulfill
their responsibilities in the political arena and other cultural
dimensions.
"[The bishops] should never hesitate to reprove us when we fail in our
obligations to defend human life, marriage, and the common good, as
far too many Catholics, including Catholics prominent in public life,
have done and, alas, are doing," says George.
"The bishops must make clear that being a faithful Catholic means many
things; but among the things it means is bearing unambiguous witness
to the sanctity of human life. By bearing such witness, Catholics can
seize the opportunity now before them to renew and reform the
culture."
Read Robert P. George's article "Danger and Opportunity: A Plea to
Catholics" in First Things: http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=815
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14 Aug 2007 09:17:13 PM |
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On Aug 14, 6:14 pm, Sound of Trumpet <soundoftrum...@mailcan.com>
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1880671/posts
Princeton Prof: Pro-abortion Catholics More Horrific than Clergy Sex
Abuse
I see. Even though abortion is encouraged in the bible, and the
catholic position on abortion dates from 1869 . . . killing a
nonsentient blob of cells is worse than fucking a boy--which IS
specifically a no no in the bible.
You wacky mackerel snappers, you like to make things up as you go
along.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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15 Aug 2007 10:27:01 PM |
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:14:53 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<soundoftrumpet@mailcan.com> wrote:
UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Princeton
professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics and
its cover-up by bishops threatens more damage to the Catholic Church
than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their
Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children.
Good. The Church has outlived its usefulness (by almost 2
millennia), anyway.
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| User: "J Young" |
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15 Aug 2007 11:59:28 PM |
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"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
news:jug7c3h361ecrli283eed4boqo92jqf2no@4ax.com...
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:14:53 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<soundoftrumpet@mailcan.com> wrote:
UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Princeton
professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics and
its cover-up by bishops threatens more damage to the Catholic Church
than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their
Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children.
Good. The Church has outlived its usefulness (by almost 2
millennia), anyway.
Your hatred is showing.
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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16 Aug 2007 07:52:25 AM |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:59:28 -0400, "J Young" <younginsights@aol.com>
wrote:
"Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
news:jug7c3h361ecrli283eed4boqo92jqf2no@4ax.com...
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:14:53 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<soundoftrumpet@mailcan.com> wrote:
UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Princeton
professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics and
its cover-up by bishops threatens more damage to the Catholic Church
than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their
Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children.
Good. The Church has outlived its usefulness (by almost 2
millennia), anyway.
Your hatred is showing.
Yours of Zoroaster is too.
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| User: "elizabeth" |
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15 Aug 2007 10:35:23 PM |
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On Aug 15, 8:27 pm, Al Klein <ruk...@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:14:53 -0700, Sound of Trumpet
<soundoftrum...@mailcan.com> wrote:
UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Princeton
professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics and
its cover-up by bishops threatens more damage to the Catholic Church
than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their
Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children.
Good. The Church has outlived its usefulness (by almost 2
millennia), anyway.
You mean the church had usefulness?
When?
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