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LeftishBrit

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13. So does that mean that they'd recommend civil disobedience against war or economic or social
Tue Mar 20, 2012, 01:36 PM
Mar 2012

injustice?

As of course many priests as well as other have done in the past - but in this case all they seem concerned about is restricting women's reproductive rights.

If you don't want to co-operate in birth control or abortion, no one is FORCING you to; just stay out of occupations where this will be an inevitable requirement. There are plenty of medical fields, let alone others, where it would not be necessary. Just as a pacifist would not be well advised to join the military, or a vegan to work in a butcher's shop.

It seems that what they really object to, is civil authorities allowing other people to do things of which their church disapproves.

We don't have nearly so much of this in England - though we have some; google 'Christian Concern' for example. Much as I am pro-disestablishment, I sometimes wonder if having an Established church makes religious people more familiar the concept of religious power being subordinated to the state.

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Can I use their reasoning TlalocW Mar 2012 #1
Then they should accept the consequences of their EC Mar 2012 #2
In countries with e.g. draft military tama Mar 2012 #5
let me know how that works out for them n/t deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #3
Is Christianity compatible with democracy? JDPriestly Mar 2012 #4
I think most of us DUers feel the same way, but about different laws. ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #6
True, in a way, but its more like a KKK member refusing to run their business... Humanist_Activist Mar 2012 #27
True but... LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #34
The Roman Catholic Church is Satan's playground Angry Dragon Mar 2012 #7
Jack Chick certainly agrees with you. trotsky Mar 2012 #9
You have an insulated view of "us". rug Mar 2012 #10
Why, do you think your church is Satan's playground instead? n/t trotsky Mar 2012 #11
Hardly. However I find it amusing when individuals speak in the plural. rug Mar 2012 #14
I do too. trotsky Mar 2012 #18
Yes but he's the Pope and you're an anonymous internet poster. rug Mar 2012 #21
So sheltering pedophiles affords one certain perks? trotsky Mar 2012 #23
I'm surprised you haven't thrown in the Crusades and the Inquisition. rug Mar 2012 #24
That was your pope's predecessors. trotsky Mar 2012 #28
Don't forget the Cathars. rug Mar 2012 #29
Yes, but trotsky has more integrity than the Pope. mr blur Mar 2012 #32
I'll take your word for it. rug Mar 2012 #33
The RCC is NOT run by corrupt old men? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #12
Are you one of the "us"? rug Mar 2012 #15
Is the RCC not run my corrupt old men? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #16
As a matter of fact, no. rug Mar 2012 #17
Is the head poo-bah, aka the pope, not implicated in the protecting of child-raping priests? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #19
You lost me at head poo-bah. rug Mar 2012 #20
This isn't a pissing contest, rug. It's the reality of the situation, and your unwillingness cleanhippie Mar 2012 #22
Lol. rug Mar 2012 #25
No I'm not. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #26
+1,000,000,000 trotsky Mar 2012 #31
Sounds like they are "all in" for the Republicans. Old and In the Way Mar 2012 #8
So does that mean that they'd recommend civil disobedience against war or economic or social LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #13
Is dogma compatible with democracy? E_Pluribus_Unitarian Mar 2012 #30
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