Bishop Mike Sheridan

[TheAnvil 0]

Gets tough on abortion...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,119947,00.html

Amazing pronouncement. Don't know how I feel about that yet. Maybe he'll excommunicate someone next. If someone is anti-abortion but a political liberal, should he/her have to go to confession before receiving the Eucharist again? I dunno. Quite interesting.

Vinny the Anvil
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[billvon 3,120]

>Amazing pronouncement.

Yep. And I can't help but notice that political action groups are not tax exempt . . .

[PhillyKev 0]

Talk about buying votes. Vote for our candidate or go to hell. They have the right as a church to do that. But I find it distasteful. No big deal since I'm not Catholic, but I'm sure many Catholics will as well.

[wmw999 2,589]

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I find it distasteful. No big deal since I'm not Catholic, but I'm sure many Catholics will as well.

And I'm sure that Bishop Sheridan will be surprised that people leave the church over this, or at least quit going as regularly.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[diablopilot 2]

Nothing surprising. Yet another example of the Catholic church using peoples faith, belief and spirituallity, to guilt them into submission and support.

If Catholics were not such sheep, the church wouldn't be the beast it is today.

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[Nightingale 0]

My 80 year old Catholic grandmother just sent me an email regarding this. I believe "moron" was the most polite of the terms she used for the Bishop in question. ROFLMAO!

my email back to her-

"Grandma-

I must say I am quite shocked at your email. I am surprised at your choice of words to describe the Bishop. YOU ROCK!

Love, Kris"

[diablopilot 2]

Got to love Grandma!

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[DrunkMonkey 0]

To paraphrase George Carlin:

"Catholics--of which I was one, until the Age of Reason..."

[Trent 0]

What a jackass...

"Vote for who we tell you, or go to hell" - Bishop Sheridan

"Vote for who we tell you, or die. You're going to hell anyway" - Al-Qaeda

Oh, hello again!

[Muenkel 0]

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Nothing surprising. Yet another example of the Catholic church using peoples faith, belief and spirituallity, to guilt them into submission and support.

If Catholics were not such sheep, the church wouldn't be the beast it is today.

I hope BillVon's anti-Hate thread includes Catholic bashing. Maybe not, since this post still exists.

Edited to note that I just noticed that this post was made almost 2 hours prior to the creation of Bill's thread. But still hoping that anti-Catholic posts will be dealt with in the same manner as anti-Semetic or anti-gay posts, amongst others.

Chris

[diablopilot 2]

So who's bashing? I spent 8 years in Catholic school. I saw more hypocrisy, and blind leading the blind..... I decided it wasn't for me.


Sheep: The masses that follow blindly without question.

Catholic Church: Nothing new here.... check out medieval times, the 18th century, the 19th century, heck the 20th century. Nothing good comes out of it. It's a beast that prays on people’s weakness and uncertainty.

Religion (IMO) should be from the heart. It should be up lifting and empowering. It should not instantly try to instill guilt in its followers.



"Welcome to the Catholic Church. We've been breaking peoples spirits for the last 2000 years!"






Oh and by the way if this gets deleted for bashing, please let it be understood that it's no different that people bashing the French, the US military, or the followers of Islam that people have been bashing recently.

Everyone is sensitive to something.

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[skydyvr 0]

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Everyone is sensitive to something.

'Tis a fine line between the overly annoying and the too easily annoyed.

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[TheAnvil 0]

Hmm...so now the Church is a PAC and/or a beast, eh?

Hardly what I'd hoped to read in response to this, but not completely unexpected. After having some time to think on this while going thru the evil process of unpacking my things (movers finally brought my stuff to my new house this weekend), I have a couple more thoughts on the matter.

All in all I think I'm against Bishop Sheridan making such a proclamation. There are many Catholics nationwide who truly believe Kerry is a better choice for the nation (such people need God more than most) and oppose a government ban on abortion while being against it themselves from a moral standpoint. What sin do they have to confess with regards to their vote? None.

I DO support the Bishop from the standpoint of encouraging Catholic voters to think about how they cast their vote, however.

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
JACKASS POWER!!!!!!

[happythoughts 0]

If you are a moral leader, and people in your religious group are telling masses of people to do an immoral act... isn't that what the moral leader should be doing?

If you go to a certain church, profess to be a member. Should you be going on tv and telling people that certain sins are ok?

It sounds like the bishop is doing his job and apparently he's the only one with the balls to do it. If people don't want to be Catholics, they shouldn't worry about it. It is voluntary, I understand.

[TheAnvil 0]

Were abortion the only issue involved in casting a presidential vote, I might agree with you. However, it isn't.

Vinny the Anvil
Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL
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[happythoughts 0]

I agree. I was told 15 years ago that one-issue political action groups would slowly deteriorate the value of political parties. However, abortion is a big enough issue that it is mentioned in the platform statements for both parties.

Most political groups use lawyers now anyway. They bring an issue to the Supreme Court and bypass the state legislatures completely. It seems that elections are about funding distribution, not morality.