Campaign Soul Searching

If the church is so involved in politics, then they should be paying taxes and all the other things that the government receives.

If the church has decided to be so involved in politics, then they should be liable for income taxes, and the rest of the taxes that we all pay.

Those that have been excommunicated will soon find out they have been set free of the dark ages, and can now freely express NATURAL spirituality. Send me the paperwork I will excommunicate myself. I did not choose Catholicisn I inherited it. God gave us free will for a reason.

As it has done throughout its history,-- and very much like radical Islam -- the Catholic Church wants to make its tenets and superstitions the law of the land. It would impose its Roman "shari'a" on everybody, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. Note its recent excommunication of most of the Mexican Congress for adopting a law that permits abortion in cases of rape and incest. Voltaire was right: 'Ecrasez l'infame.'

This piece is yet another example of why all religions should be subject to income tax, IMO.

re: "..We're all good Catholics.."

Pray tell, just what is a 'good Catholic'?

According to Church doctrine, pro-life means promoting life from conception to natural death. Since that's the case, NONE of the candidates, Democrat or Republican, would be able to receive communion. The Democrats promote abortion, while the Republicans promote the death penalty and the unjust war (per Church doctrine) in Iraq.

Re: Pfeels The hope is that we would want to listen to them in case they are telling the truth. What is important here is: are you willing to hear the truth even if it comes out of the mouths of people that, for whatever reason, you have prejudices against. In Jesus's time the pharisee's didn't listen to his truth because their minds were being shown their mistakes. This is happening again. Please understand.

Why would anybody listen to these people, the catholic church is one of the most corrupt organizations in all of history

The link isn't posting properly here so I will break it up into two lines and let you put them back together in your own web browser. Good luck! God Bless!
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/docu
ments/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html

Please read why they take the stance that they do and use your own God given abilities to consider that they may actually know what they are talking about. This isn't a waste of time for you. At the very least you will know more about what they are saying and if you still disagree will be better able to attack God's servants.
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19741118_declaration-abortion_en.html

Continued: society. We as Americans have become only interested in what we think will solve our problems and make life easier (i.e. more pleasurable). This is not what Jesus came here to show us. He came here to show us how we should live in those ways that humanity could not realize, ever, through our own problem solving skills. The Catholic Church continues his work as the successors of the Apostles.

The Catholic Church's stance on abortion is much more than the mere opinions that you or I are able to formulate to make our own decisions. If you would like to read why they are against abortion you may find out at the following link to the Vatican archives. Their findings are sound and reasonable. Their arguments are powerful, but in a way that so often fails to be understood in our pragmatic, scientific, progress-oriented relativistic socieyt

If the Bishops want to act like Christians why not come up with a plan whereas when a man/boy gets a woman/girl pregnant the person should be made to pay $20,000.00 to the female and $250.00 per month. Men need to suffer the shame and abandament that women suffer. Let's hit the men from now on and the Bishops will not have to worry about abortions.
I would highly suggest the Priests get pregnant and be a woman for a day suffering job discrimination, shame, poverty, no housing, no food, but must take care these kids.
I am sick of the Catholic Church and all the churches who are so judgemental. They need to preach forgiveness and help for their brothers and sisters, love and compassion for all.

I am sick to death of the Catholic Church, the Bishops and all the rest. Why don't they focus on the problems with pedophile priests and other abysmal behavior and leave everyone else alone.

I find this a little concerning. The United States is considered a "Free Nation," is it not? Being Catholic or Atheist, or whatever you believe in, should not RULE OUT your own opinions; you are still your own person. I, myself, don't believe in "God" or a "Greater Being," but I will say that the United States, being what it is, should not allow Religion to become the primary decision over our laws. You're this, and she's that, big deal, let us be our own, and let us decide for ourselves.

After all, why should you let a small group of people, deny you a right to "kill" something that isn't even considered living yet? Why let them deny you love of the opposite gender, or deny us valuable research that may eventually help us in the future? I am seriously upset at how the government has become in the course of these last eight years. I may be younger than most who read the news, but I stand firm when I say this, and in the light of my opinion of how I've learned.