Popin' it
My opinions of organized religion and the Catholic Church (hit and miss at best) aside, I will say that I really respect the recent Popes' (plural AND possessive) stand against the Iraq war. There are a lot of times when I find Christians to not really be following the teachings of Christ, but the Catholic Church really took a stand on that one. But that's not really the point of this post.
No, the reason I'm posting now is because Pope Ratzinger (recently featured in Cash Milliondollars!) had this to say about the war: " today we should be asking ourselves if it is still licit to admit the very existence of a 'just war'.'"
Frankly I'm just amazed that "licit" is a word. I always assumed "illicit" was one of those words that was a negative with no positive. Like "contraband." Have you gone out to purchase any "band" materials lately? Tonight the Pope is 2 for 2 in my book.
No, the reason I'm posting now is because Pope Ratzinger (recently featured in Cash Milliondollars!) had this to say about the war: " today we should be asking ourselves if it is still licit to admit the very existence of a 'just war'.'"
Frankly I'm just amazed that "licit" is a word. I always assumed "illicit" was one of those words that was a negative with no positive. Like "contraband." Have you gone out to purchase any "band" materials lately? Tonight the Pope is 2 for 2 in my book.
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I, too, admire (although I don't support) the internal consistency of Catholic positions. Pro-life means pro-life. No ifs ands or butts. Sodomy is sodomy is sodomy. Pacifism means war is always bad and morally wrong. The CC is decidedly anti-political in that there's no parsing of the language.
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