Comments on: A Mechanism for Restraint: An Analysis of a Proposal To Rein-in Activist Bishops http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/30/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hugh http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/30/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/comment-page-1/#comment-36830 Hugh Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:48:37 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/#comment-36830 Evil can be imposed upon good and innocent people when they do not know their capabilities. The analysis by Bishop Gracida and Fr. Serna seeks to end abortion through men. Placing trust in the American political process through politicians, marches, and voting is flawed because America rests on a history that is false. Our faith must be in God. Telling the truth would undermine public confidence in false institutions and direct people toward God, the source of truth. Sadly, Catholic institutions have been flying the flag at half mast and fondly remembering Presdident Ford, ignoring Ford's appointment of John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court, the anchor of the liberal wing. Justice Stevens is a strong advocate of abortion and gay rights. President Ford helped assure there is an Annual Catholic March for Life every January. Betty Ford, the President's widow, praised Roe v. Wade and said, "Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion." President Ford did another notable "service" to our nation. He was the last surviving member of the Warren Commission that advanced the falsehood that a "magic" bullet killed the Catholic President John F. Kennedy. Catholics should believe in God, not magic bullets because when they do they lend support to false institutions that bear the fruit of abortion. Few Catholics remember JFK appointed Byron White, a dissenter in the 1973 Roe v Wade decision. Evil can be imposed upon good and innocent people when they do not know their capabilities.

The analysis by Bishop Gracida and Fr. Serna seeks to end abortion through men. Placing trust in the American political process through politicians, marches, and voting is flawed because America rests on a history that is false. Our faith must be in God.

Telling the truth would undermine public confidence in false institutions and direct people toward God, the source of truth. Sadly, Catholic institutions have been flying the flag at half mast and fondly remembering Presdident Ford, ignoring Ford’s appointment of John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court, the anchor of the liberal wing. Justice Stevens is a strong advocate of abortion and gay rights. President Ford helped assure there is an Annual Catholic March for Life every January. Betty Ford, the President’s widow, praised Roe v. Wade and said, “Any woman should have the
right to a safe and legal abortion.”

President Ford did another notable “service” to our nation. He was the last surviving member of the Warren Commission that advanced the falsehood that a “magic” bullet killed the Catholic President John F. Kennedy. Catholics should believe in God, not magic bullets because when they do they lend support to false institutions that bear the fruit of abortion.

Few Catholics remember JFK appointed Byron White, a dissenter in the 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

]]> By: John Egan http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/30/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/comment-page-1/#comment-36766 John Egan Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:14:29 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/#comment-36766 Can you arrange your website presentation of Bishop Gracida's talk so that I can print it out from my computer screen? Perhaps your website does make it possible to print out this talk but I don't see any guidelines such as "Printer Version" choice. Thank you. John Egan Can you arrange your website presentation of Bishop Gracida’s talk so that I can print it out
from my computer screen? Perhaps your website does make it possible to print out this
talk but I don’t see any guidelines such as “Printer Version” choice. Thank you. John Egan

]]> By: sedonaman http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/10/30/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/comment-page-1/#comment-31663 sedonaman Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:42:19 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2006/a-mechanism-for-restraint-an-analysis-of-a-proposal-to-rein-in-activist-bishops/#comment-31663 “May the Holy Spirit be thanked for bishops who were never influenced by popularity or ‘bodies of bishops’ which did not make unnecessary concessions to the world.” “The Church in general, and the bishops in particular, are charged with the holy task of molding consciences, saving souls, and <b><i>transforming culture</i></b> through the propagation of Christian truths, <b><i>not</i></b> to be changed <b><i>by</i></b> the culture.” – Selwyn Duke, “The Sins of Liberalism’s Man in the Mirror”, 08/01/05, http://www.selwynduke.com/TheSinsofLiberalismsManintheMirror.html In the book of Revelation, Chapter 12, verses 3 and 4, a dragon with his tail sweeps a third of the stars from the sky. This has been interpreted as possibly meaning a third of the clergy. Something to think about. “May the Holy Spirit be thanked for bishops who were never influenced by popularity or ‘bodies of bishops’ which did not make unnecessary concessions to the world.”
“The Church in general, and the bishops in particular, are charged with the holy task of molding consciences, saving souls, and transforming culture through the propagation of Christian truths, not to be changed by the culture.” – Selwyn Duke, “The Sins of Liberalism’s Man in the Mirror”, 08/01/05, http://www.selwynduke.com/TheSinsofLiberalismsManintheMirror.html
In the book of Revelation, Chapter 12, verses 3 and 4, a dragon with his tail sweeps a third of the stars from the sky. This has been interpreted as possibly meaning a third of the clergy. Something to think about.

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