Comments on: The Fight for Religious Freedom http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/ Sun, 19 May 2013 11:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Patrius Americanus http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-64256 Patrius Americanus Sun, 27 May 2012 11:44:57 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-64256 The HHS mandate is not just a Catholic, or religious freedom issue, it is a totalitarian abuse of power which usurps freedom of choice for ALL Americans, and interferes with our American free-enterprise system. It is merely one facet of a progressive socialist program which is carefully and deliberately designed to achieve its agenda to replace religion and faith in God with dependence upon big government. Once progressive agendas are achieved, churches will be under attack next. It is time for ecumenical cooperation to use the power of the pulpit to educate and unite religious, ethnic, and cultural groups against progressive tyranny before the Pied Piper of Pennsylvania Avenue uses his bully pulpit to unleash the full force of the federal government. They must do so now, before it is too late. The following article (by a non-Catholic!) is an appropriate description of the abuse of power by the present administration: http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/02/13/the-audacity-of-power-president-obama-vs-the-catholic-church/ The HHS mandate is not just a Catholic, or religious freedom issue, it is a totalitarian abuse of power which usurps freedom of choice for ALL Americans, and interferes with our American free-enterprise system.

It is merely one facet of a progressive socialist program which is carefully and deliberately designed to achieve its agenda to replace religion and faith in God with dependence upon big government.

Once progressive agendas are achieved, churches will be under attack next.

It is time for ecumenical cooperation to use the power of the pulpit to educate and unite religious, ethnic, and cultural groups against progressive tyranny before the Pied Piper of Pennsylvania Avenue uses his bully pulpit to unleash the full force of the federal government.

They must do so now, before it is too late.

The following article (by a non-Catholic!) is an appropriate description of the abuse of power by the present administration:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2012/02/13/the-audacity-of-power-president-obama-vs-the-catholic-church/

]]> By: dan szymanski http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-64168 dan szymanski Sat, 26 May 2012 17:03:10 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-64168 When is the Church going to stop being fashionable and call out these hypocritical Catholic politicians who openly support abortion and continue to receive communion. I think this is hypocritical of the Church by not defending these principles and weakens your position on the HHS mandate which by the way these politicians support. When is the Church going to stop being fashionable and call out these hypocritical Catholic politicians who openly support abortion and continue to receive communion. I think this is hypocritical of the Church by not defending these principles and weakens your position on the HHS mandate which by the way these politicians support.

]]> By: Linda Dailey http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-64155 Linda Dailey Sat, 26 May 2012 14:00:22 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-64155 The True Prophet Madeleine L'Engle How do we tell the false prophet from the true prophet? The true prophet seldom predicts the future. The true prophet warns us of our present hardness of heart, our prideful presuming to know God's mind. And the final test of the true prophet is love. God came to us as Jesus because of love.... We must be careful in our right and proper protests...that we are protesting truly, that we are not being false prophets fearing only for our own selves, our own families, our own country. Our concern must be for everybody, for our entire fragile planet, and everybody on it.... Indeed, we must protest with loving concern for the entire universe. A mark of the true prophet in any age is humility, self-emptying so there is room for God's Word. Source: A Stone for a Pillow The True Prophet
Madeleine L’Engle

How do we tell the false prophet from the true prophet? The true prophet seldom predicts the future. The true prophet warns us of our present hardness of heart, our prideful presuming to know God’s mind. And the final test of the true prophet is love. God came to us as Jesus because of love….
We must be careful in our right and proper protests…that we are protesting truly, that we are not being false prophets fearing only for our own selves, our own families, our own country. Our concern must be for everybody, for our entire fragile planet, and everybody on it…. Indeed, we must protest with loving concern for the entire universe. A mark of the true prophet in any age is humility, self-emptying so there is room for God’s Word.

Source:

A Stone for a Pillow

]]> By: Maureen http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63793 Maureen Wed, 23 May 2012 14:53:36 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63793 Cardinal Dolan, Just heard your interview on CBS with Charlie Rose concerning this issue. Brilliant as always! God Bless You! Our family is praying for you, and the many brave bishops and leaders speaking out. Praying for your continued strength, wisdom and charity. Cardinal Dolan,
Just heard your interview on CBS with Charlie Rose concerning this issue. Brilliant as always! God Bless You! Our family is praying for you, and the many brave bishops and leaders speaking out.

Praying for your continued strength, wisdom and charity.

]]> By: HH Ambrose http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63727 HH Ambrose Tue, 22 May 2012 21:22:18 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63727 It is great to see that Holy Mother Church will "not go gentle into that good night." Deo Gratias for you Cardinal Dolan and all others who are working to preserve the good work of the Church. Kissing the Sacred Purple. It is great to see that Holy Mother Church will “not go gentle into that good night.” Deo Gratias for you Cardinal Dolan and all others who are working to preserve the good work of the Church.

Kissing the Sacred Purple.

]]> By: Gene Sullivan http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63724 Gene Sullivan Tue, 22 May 2012 20:43:30 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63724 I am so very proud of my Church for these suits that have been filed. A stand was clearly called for to protect our liberty to practice our faith. I liken these mandates to the money changers and we know what happened to them. I am so very proud of my Church for these suits that have been filed. A stand was clearly called for to protect our liberty to practice our faith. I liken these mandates to the money changers and we know what happened to them.

]]> By: Floyd Gingrich http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63723 Floyd Gingrich Tue, 22 May 2012 20:36:49 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63723 "When they came for the Catholics . . . ." “When they came for the Catholics . . . .”

]]> By: Lawrence Morton http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63722 Lawrence Morton Tue, 22 May 2012 19:48:56 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63722 Shame on you! On May 21, 2012 I listened to Cardinal Dolan state that because of the birth control controversy you may stop providing help to the poor, I am horrified. There is no equivalency and no justification in scripture or common decency for this statement. Have you no shame? Sincerely, Lawrence Morton Shame on you!
On May 21, 2012 I listened to Cardinal Dolan state that because of the birth control controversy you may stop providing help to the poor, I am horrified. There is no equivalency and no justification in scripture or common decency for this statement. Have you no shame?

Sincerely,

Lawrence Morton

]]> By: Joseph Librizzi http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63705 Joseph Librizzi Tue, 22 May 2012 17:47:28 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63705 Dear Cardinal Dolan, I thought you would appreciate the following, it gets to the essence of the HHS mandate, and to liberal philosophy in relation to conservatism in general. The essay is superb and deserves much wider recognition. Quoting Aurel Kolnai, John Hittinger writes: "The liberal state must destroy the very thing that gives it balance and sanity; the "liberal conception of society" cannot support and sustain liberty "except in a precarious and self-contradictory fashion" because it must rely on conservative values "unofficially tolerated yet continually harassed, and eaten away, by the immanent dialectic, the law of evolution, of liberal democratic society as such". From 'Aurel Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism', by John Hittinger, in his 'Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace' p. 181. Take care, Joseph Librizzi Dear Cardinal Dolan,
I thought you would appreciate the following,
it gets to the essence of the HHS mandate, and to
liberal philosophy in relation to conservatism in general.
The essay is superb and deserves much wider recognition.

Quoting Aurel Kolnai, John Hittinger writes:
“The liberal state must destroy the very thing that gives it balance and sanity; the “liberal conception of society” cannot support and sustain liberty “except in a precarious and self-contradictory fashion” because it must rely on conservative values “unofficially tolerated yet continually harassed, and eaten away, by the immanent dialectic, the law of evolution, of liberal democratic society as such”. From ‘Aurel Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism’, by John Hittinger, in his ‘Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace’ p. 181.

Take care,
Joseph Librizzi

]]> By: John Runyon http://blog.archny.org/index.php/the-fight-for-religious-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-63692 John Runyon Tue, 22 May 2012 16:37:26 +0000 http://blog.archny.org/?p=2604#comment-63692 SORTJohn Runyon RANT OF THE DAY: The Obama administration reached a compromise in the New health care law that is currently the law in 28 states and the Catholic Church has not taken the position that those 28 states have infringed on their religious freedom. BUT they are now suing sayng their relgious freedom has been violated by the Obama compromise. SO what is now different. Nothing!!! Why don't we just let... the Catholic Church run our government? I am getting tired of that Church trying to impose their arcane beliefs on the nation. We don't see Methodist Bishops negotiating with Congress on new Laws. What is wrong with this picture??? The government has given the Catholic Church a pass on pedophilia. IF their Bishops were school officials they would be in jail for fostering an environment for molestors to thrive. I am not afraid of Sharia Law but have real concern about Canon Law. SORTJohn Runyon
RANT OF THE DAY: The Obama administration reached a compromise in the New health care law that is currently the law in 28 states and the Catholic Church has not taken the position that those 28 states have infringed on their religious freedom. BUT they are now suing sayng their relgious freedom has been violated by the Obama compromise. SO what is now different. Nothing!!! Why don’t we just let… the Catholic Church run our government? I am getting tired of that Church trying to impose their arcane beliefs on the nation. We don’t see Methodist Bishops negotiating with Congress on new Laws. What is wrong with this picture??? The government has given the Catholic Church a pass on pedophilia. IF their Bishops were school officials they would be in jail for fostering an environment for molestors to thrive. I am not afraid of Sharia Law but have real concern about Canon Law.

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