The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Joe Escalante ·
Jul 14, 2011 at 9:40pm
Should Catholics worry about the latest hit piece on Bachmann? The headline is problematic ("Her Former Church Believes Pope To Be Anti-Christ"), but as fellow Catholic John Gerardi explains in his Daily Caller post, the dirt may not live up to the hype. I like his analysis. He doesn't take the bait, he investigates, and concludes, "not really a big deal."
Officially, the Catechism of the Catholic Church doesn't demand that the faithful only vote for candidates who love the Pope, we just have to vote for one that is pro-life. So even if there were something to all this, Catholics would be expected to support Bachman over any pro-choice Catholic rival, like, say, Joe Biden.
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May '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Having grown up in Minnesota, I can tell you Lutherans are about the most mild-mannered people you can find when it comes to their religion. A quarter of the state is Lutheran, and a quarter of the state is Catholic. Everyone eats the same hot dish.
Aug '10
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As a former Catholic I ask what life would Jesus live? Michele Bachman or Ted Kennedy? Being a foster parent to 20+ children or drunk driver who crashed into a river then letting your passenger suffocate to death without telling anyone.
I am sure big head Ted said his prerequisite all-fathers and hail Marries to get into heaven.
May '11
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
It's amazing that they would stoop to denigrating a former religion, especially those koo-koo-crazy whacko Lutherans. But a current religion led by a marxist former muslim who regularly denounces our government and religion and the entire white race? Oh, that would be going too far.
It's not the hypocracy that bothers me so much as it is that they get away with controlling the terms of the debate for the purpose of electing marxists and radical socialists.
Apr '11
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Joe Escalante
So even if there were something to all this, Catholics would be expected to support Bachman over any pro-choice Catholic rival, like, say, Joe Biden. ·
I have a hard time converting my righteous anger into serene sadness whenever I see those modifiers together, because (and I know I'm not the membership committee) they are, in my mind, mutually exclusive.
I find an interesting conflict in my expectations -- I expect Catholics to vote monolithically regarding murdering babies, but at the same time I find it generally repugnant that anyone expects any religious group to vote monolithically about anything.
Tying to another thread: I would love to see and hear more public evidence that the Muslims who are flooding the West are NOT going to become an irresistible monolith in our electoral politics and civic life.
Is having a united stance both good for a religious group and bad for civic vitality?
Edited on Jul 15, 2011 at 5:31amRe: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
As a Lutheran, I'm kind of excited that we're getting characterized as dangerous and extreme. It's about time.
Sep '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Two images jump to mind: Frasier Crane running with scissors in his hands in a Frasier episode, while calling attention to it and Immanuel Kant going for a walk and announcing: "Who cares what time it is?"
Sep '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Do you remember the good old days when everyone would talk about Moonies?
Dec '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Ron Swanson: As a former Catholic I ask what life would Jesus live? Michele Bachman or Ted Kennedy? Being a foster parent to 20+ children or drunk driver who crashed into a river then letting your passenger suffocate to death without telling anyone.
I am sure big head Ted said his prerequisite all-fathers and hail Marries to get into heaven. · Jul 15 at 12:03am
Do you have any idea why your comment might be offensive to Catholics? Do you not realize that one doesn't get to pick one's coreligionists in the same way one doesn't get to pick one's relatives? You've seen the light and left Catholicism. Fine. It's a free country and I'm one of your best allies in defending your freedom of conscience. You might want to reconsider insulting all Catholics with the Kennedy as Catholic canard.
Oct '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Ya-hey-der Minne-snow-ten, I tought it was all about lutefisk and lingonberries up der.
Edited on Jul 15, 2011 at 7:38amDec '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
hmmmm ... Lutherans At The Gate ... definitely an unruly crowd
May '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Once again liberal media leaders give the impression that they've never encountered religious people and have no idea what they're like--what motivates them, what concerns them and why.
It's pathetic.
Aug '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
I cannot tell you how amused (and horrified) I am that America's professional Left is trying (and succeeding) to demonize Christianity's all-time DULLEST denomination.
Beware the Lutherans? THE LUTHERANS?!?!
Really? Really?!
FYI: Everything I know about Lutherans I learned from Garrison Keillor's short story, "Zeus the Lutheran".
Edited on Jul 15, 2011 at 9:00amOct '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
What's really irritating about the subject article is the way they use religion. The piece is posted on DailyKos, which hosts many other articles dripping with condescending derision of religious people. This from DailyKos:
Presidential hopeful ‘Praying’ Perry is inviting everyone to a national day of prayer and fasting (so forget the barbeque) on August 6th at Houston’s Reliant Stadium, the very same place that you can watch national rodeo competitions from.
This site is full of other similar postings. So, when a site like that posts a piece implicitly accusing Bachman of anti-Catholicism, I'm guessing they do this not because they're concerned about Catholics or Catholicism, but because they think that religious people are easily led rubes too stupid to see through their disingenuous "concerns." In their eyes, the only good purpose for Catholicism is to drive a wedge between Catholics and non-Catholics. Is there an appeal to Catholicism when it comes to issues, such as, abortion, gay-marriage, euthanasia, etc? No, on these issues you best keep your ignorant and hateful Catholic views private.
The left's use of Catholicism in this manner only further solidifies my support of Bachmann.
Aug '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Next they'll be warning against Lutheran vs. Methodist sectarian violence, with shadowy Presbyterians secretly pulling the strings from their bunker underneath the Denver Airport.
We're through the looking-glass here people...
Sep '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Edgy. You haven't made the big time till they call you "edgy".
Aug '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Who will save us from all this Mainline Protestant extremism?!
The Bishop!
Jun '11
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
jetstream
hmmmm ... Lutherans At The Gate ... definitely an unruly crowd · Jul 15 at 7:39am
If Mollie's there, it will be!
Jun '11
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Misthiocracy: I cannot tell you how amused (and horrified) I am that America's professional Left is trying (and succeeding) to demonize Christianity's all-time DULLEST denomination.
Beware the Lutherans? THE LUTHERANS?!?!
Really? Really?!
Clearly, you haven't been to our voters assembly meetings.
Wait. Maybe you have!
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Christopher Esget
jetstream
hmmmm ... Lutherans At The Gate ... definitely an unruly crowd · Jul 15 at 7:39am
If Mollie's there, it will be! · Jul 15 at 10:10am
Pastor! I'm trying to give these folks here the impression that I'm a responsible and upstanding citizen. I think they've been buying it so far ....
May '10
Re: The Left Once Again Races To Defend The Papacy!
Hmm..So apparently it's big news that Catholics and Protestants are in dispute on a few matters.
I imagine that heresy will not be the only accusation the Left levels at Bachmann, but it is a novel approach.Perhaps their concerned about an outbreak of defenestrations and other civil disorders...