Morality

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Yes.  Catholic social teaching is rife with instructions to show preference for the needs of the disadvantaged and poor. Of course, that’s what Jesus did. So it’s good for us to be critical of our politicians (especially the Catholic ones) in their public policy. They are morally obligated to do and support certain things. However, [...]

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Even a monkey has a sense of the universal and objective moral law.

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“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports…And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion…reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” – George Washington Even (especially) George Washington [...]

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Here’s a new poll for you and a video to go along with it below:

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“I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.” – Mother Teresa In every thought I make and each action that I take am I helping to write that letter?  Or am yelling over it?  Have I surrendered creative control to God? Is [...]

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Something not often talked about when dealing with the issue of “social justice” is the problem of our national debt. What is socially just about spending money we don’t have and relying on the next generation to pay it back? Is it justified? At what point does the burden of our debt we pass along [...]

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This is one of those logical conclusions that atheists (and their close cousins, moral relativists) don’t like to make. “If there is no God, everything is permissible.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Recently the Pope visited Africa. While there, he was questioned about the Church’s prohibition on condom use in regard to the AIDS epidemic there. Here’s a little bit of what he said:

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Some of these politiscientethical issues our country is facing right now drive me bananas.  And most of what drives me bananas is how ideologically driven they are.  It’s unfortunate.  And unfortunately, human lives are at stake. Human lives are at stake in that we are dealing with possible cures that will save lives.  But they [...]

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There has been lots of talk about our latest economic crisis being the worst since the Great Depression.  Is that the truth?  Or was that just political fear mongering in the midst of a tight presidential election? There are no doubt many signs that our economy is in crisis and probably getting worse before it [...]

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