February 06, 2012

Culture wars: government attacks on religions - Killing babies
Pope's Second Letter Read to American Catholic Churches Sunday
(ABCNews.com)
Catholic parishioners around the country were read letters this morning written by church leadership railing against an Obama administration ruling that requires employers to provide health insurance plans that include contraceptive coverage. Churches and other houses of worship are exempt from the guidelines but Catholic hospitals, colleges, and social services fall under the umbrella of institutions covered by the decision.

The ABC News report is both factually incorrect and heavily biased, according to other sources, such as the talk show I heard about it on first, and reports from various Catholic friends. First, “church” is NOT a “house of worship” - even a Roman Catholic Church is PEOPLE. They are MEETING in church buildings (meetinghouses, cathedrals, chapels, etc.) BUT they are also working in hospitals, colleges, social services, and other places. It is PEOPLE that this murdering thug that occupies 1600 PA Avenue is forcing to support killing of babies and of Libyans and Afghanis and Pakistanis and Americans and Mexicans...

It is PEOPLE that have to pay - immorally, unconstitutionally, and illegally - for other people to kill their own children, just as much as if they had driven their children in the family van into a river or lake, but with the agreement and support of oath-betraying doctors and nurses and bureaucrats. Never mind, ABC WANTS to kill children; they LOVE the First Citizen for doing this. Second, there was just one letter, though each bishop added and personalized it, as was fitting given the nature of the threat. ABC of course tries to downplay the unity and pretend it is a matter of Catholics being forced to do something by their church - NOT by the government. Tyranny is disguised as liberty. For a much more accurate (but still biased, just in the opposite way) view, go to The Blaze.Com and see more.

This is, to me, a gauntlet thrown down by the RC Church in America against the administration. For those who don’t know, I am NOT Roman Catholic, and view the RC church as very seriously wrong in many ways, but there are some things to note: the letter is from their leader, through the bishops. The letter is calling for open rebellion and defiance of the FedGov. The letter, unfortunately, was not heard by most American Roman Catholics BECAUSE MOST OF THEM DON’T BOTHER TO ASSEMBLE ON THE LORD’S DAY TO WORSHIP GOD in accordance with their own beliefs. The letter will be used by the mainstream media to condemn and denegrate the RC church and millions of others - not just “christians” - who believe that it is wrong to kill children.

Roman Catholics did this to themselves: 54 percent of American Catholics voted for the current incumbent. The RC church’s position will be compromised by its continuing allowance of sin to live within its ranks: no, not JUST the pedophile priests, but people like Rep. Pelosi, the Kennedy family members, and tens of thousands of politicians across the nation who claim to be faithful christians and Roman Catholics and STILL allow or order the killing of babies in their jurisdictions - such as the cops, courts, public health agencies, and city council of Philadelphia which allowed a mass murder equal to anything done in any Nazi death camp to be performed for DECADES in their “City of Brotherly Love.” How long, O Lord, how long will Thou suffer this to continue?

Roman Catholics had best prepare to defend themselves - WITH violence in response to violence - if they are indeed willing to rebel to stop this evil enactment. Prayerfully and hopefully, millions of other Americans will join them in this resistance. Yes, they will (and should) start it out peacefully: but we know, whether or not the First Citizen remains in power after next January or not, that the tax goons WILL use violence against those who resist - unless they are ready to defend themselves and make it clear that they have at least SOME community support.

Will Catholics do it? Many people doubt if they will - they have transferred their allegiance from Christ the King to the “Messiah” or whoever else is on the white horse or in the White House. But if they do, it will NOT be because their priests and bishops are leading them, but because the people (the parishioners) are dragging the priests and bishops with them.

Mama's Note: The real problem, as I see it, has little to do with abortion. This is simply the most visible issue, the nail sticking up. The problem is that the Catholic church has a very long and ugly history of using and abusing power, both its own and that of the state. In so many ways, and for centuries, the church was the entity that gave power to the state. The Catholic church has NEVER been an advocate of individual liberty - regardless of the rhetoric and propaganda. The church is perfectly happy to use the power of the state to maintain its own influence and wealth. The good news is that both the church and the state are losing it.

Nobody can be "forced" to do anything that is against their faith or conscience. Nobody. They can be persuaded to consider the negative consequences of refusal as a good reason to comply, but that remains their own choice - as horrible as it might be. 

Catholic institutions and hospitals have been very happily complying with countless other regulations and programs that destroy the lives and health of people all over the country. Until all of that is addressed just as forcefully, I can only consider this whining about abortion as sour grapes and hypocritical nonsense. I don't see any "rebellion" in this at all...just a power struggle.

People who truly wish to respect life, individual liberty and justice will simply get themselves out of these corrupt and corrupting institutions - enduring the negative consequences just as conscientious objectors and martyrs always have done. 

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