Church has long disagreed with government
February 12, 2012 by Staff
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Viewpoints
From: Margaret Jordan
Howard Lake
It is a popular belief among many in this country that contraception, sterilization, and abortion are good, and must be protected. Indeed, they are protected by laws and court rulings.
Catholics in name only (CINO) also agree. CINO surround President Obama, CINO in the administration, US Senate, and House, including CINO like Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy Pelosi, both powerful women with much influence and media attention.
The Catholic church’s position of rejecting contraception, sterilization, and abortion is very clear. The president knows the general public disagrees with the Catholic church, so he felt confident in ordering all Catholic institutions to provide contraception, sterilization, and abortifacients as part of their health plans. The media applauds.
Before the 1930s, all major religions forbade contraception. In the 1930s, Pope Pius XI warned of the danger of contraception’s effect on human behavior. He was mocked. Later, Pope Paul VI also warned against mankind’s acceptance of contraception, sterilization, and abortion. Like Pius XI, he was ignored and ridiculed. “Wise” people have rejected God and His laws and instead, have given their allegiance to self and government power.
The Catholic church will continue to stand firm. The gates of hell can make lots of human pleasing arguments against the Church, but she will not succumb to humanistic platitudes. The Church is built on rock, guided by the Holy Spirit. Don’t put your trust in institutions built on sand.
How long will God be mocked by the diabolic perseverance of His gift of human sexuality? How long will God be mocked by 50,000-plus abortions?
Margaret: I think you should launch an investigation and find out just who these “CINOs” are. You might find that about 98% of U.S. Catholics practice some kind of birth control that flies in the face of Church doctorine. How much poverty, pain and suffering has the catholic church’s archaic policies on birth control caused in third world countries??? The church is built on rock??? Hardly. The church is built on US dollars, and the overwhelming number of American Catholics disagree with the what the church teaches on contraception. Deal with it.
The 98% rate that is thrown about is fraudulent.