Pat Buchanan makes the case on Obama’s very extreme abortion position and implies that Catholics would not vote for Barack Obama. The problem is that most of the Catholics I know support Obama for President. So what does that say about their claim to believe in Catholicism? Let’s not forget that many Liberal Protestants and New Evangelicals also support Barack Obama. Seems to me that many “Christians” in this nation need to choose whom they will serve. Will they choose to serve the Lord or will they continue to serve the doctrines of abortion loving godless secular humanists?
A Catholic case against Barack
Obama is an abortion absolutist. “I could find no instance in his entire career,” writes Freddoso, “in which he voted for any regulation or restriction on the practice of abortion.”
In 2007, Barack pledged that, in his first act as president, he will sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would cancel every federal, state or local regulation or restriction on abortion. The National Organization for Women says it would abolish all restrictions on government funding of abortion.
What we once called God’s country would become the nation on earth most zealously committed to an unrestricted right of abortion from conception to birth.
Before any devout Catholic, Evangelical Christian or Orthodox Jew votes for Obama, he or she might spend 15 minutes in Chapter 10 of Freddoso’s “Case Against Barack.” For if, as Catholics believe, abortion is the killing of an unborn child, and participation in an abortion entails automatic excommunication, how can a good Catholic support a candidate who will appoint justices to make Roe v. Wade eternal and eliminate all restrictions on a practice Catholics legislators have fought for three decades to curtail?
And which Catholic priests and prelates will it be who give invocations at Obama rallies, even as Mother Church fights to save the lives of unborn children whom Obama believes have no right to life and no rights at all?
I respect Pat even though I’m not always in agreement with his views, and this is one of these issues. If he seriously believes the majority of those who call themselves Catholics care what the pope has to say on abortion, homosexuality or how to live their lives and run their families, he must be delusional. The “millions” of staunch Catholics, like Pat himself, are vastly outnumbered by tens if not a few hundreds of millions of people who are Catholic “by birth” and out of mere tradition and couldn’t care less what the priest or pope preaches — let alone what God Himself says in the Bible.
What those people calling themselves Catholics, Evangelical Christians, or Orthodox Jews need to do most of all isn’t just reading a chapter from a book exposing Barrack Obama’s views, but reading their Bible for a change and praying for understanding. If they truly knew Christ they would know abortion is wrong and they wouldn’t be on the Liberal bandwagon.
Well said, but I think the numbers that call themselves Catholics but deny their faith in their actions is much higher. Perhaps as high as 90 percent. If they are not mixing secular humanism with their faith they are mixing pagan native religions and mystical experiences. Other denominations other than Catholics might have a different way of denying their faith but they also prove to be quite good at it.
Yes, Catholicism in countries like Spain, France, Belgium and many other countries has become a cultural thing. It’s a social club or a label that can give you some privileges but other than that it hardly has anything to do with Christ anymore. For the most part, the Catholic church is a dead church and many of those who officially belong to it are unsaved and will die unsaved. Note that I’m talking mostly for Western Europe, I’m sure in some countries or other parts of the world, it could be somewhat different (Poland and the Philippines perhaps).
Pretty much the only religious Catholic people you’ll find here are senior citizens. I don’t know of many young people who are very respectful of the Catholic church or the pope, not even those in “Catholic” schools. They just get mocked at, generally. Now I’m not Catholic myself and there’s a lot that I could bring up against the false teachings of the Catholic Church, but I can’t say I disagree with their stance towards abortion, gay rights or certain basic Christian teachings and I do respect faithful Catholics (my dad was raised Catholic by my grandparents).
The overwhelming majority of people in Western Europe are highly secularized in their thinking and strictly speaking aren’t culturally Catholic anymore, let alone Christian. In fact, some that might get labeled “Catholic” actually distance themselves from the Catholic church or outright oppose it.
In the Netherlands, the same is true of the Dutch Reformed Church. However, Holland is still a bit of an exception it seems. You’ll still find enough conservative Christians there even though the country is one of the most liberal in the world. As for other denominations, just check out the Lutheran Church in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, etc. Most Lutheran denominations are very liberal and don’t expect your average German “Lutheran” to be any more religious than your average Western “Catholic”. Oh, and don’t forget about the Anglicans in Britain where they’ve had this discussion about ordaining homosexual priests. And the archbishop of Canterbury suggesting they incoroporate elements of Sharia in British Law, for heaven’s sake! (pun intended)
Okay, not a pun but my usual sarcasm. 🙂