In the
cold light of morning, It has suddenly hit a lot of orthodox
Catholics that they are about to lose the contraception battle with
President Obama and that Catholic charities are indeed going to be
paying the bill for contraction used by their employees. I told ya so:
you have to know how to count heads if you want to play politics. You
never had the numbers to win this battle.
An additional thought. Don't ask the wrong question. "Does the church have authority to teach on sexual ethics?" is the wrong question.Any Catholic who really is a Catholic has to answer yes on that question. But if Saint Thomas Aquinas were here, he'd remind us that questions of authority are preceded by questions of credibility. If we ask, "Does the Catholic church today have credibility on matters of sexual ethics?" the only honest answer has to be, "No, not really".
I don't like that either but that is the way it is and it's going to take a long time to regain credibility.
An additional thought. Don't ask the wrong question. "Does the church have authority to teach on sexual ethics?" is the wrong question.Any Catholic who really is a Catholic has to answer yes on that question. But if Saint Thomas Aquinas were here, he'd remind us that questions of authority are preceded by questions of credibility. If we ask, "Does the Catholic church today have credibility on matters of sexual ethics?" the only honest answer has to be, "No, not really".
I don't like that either but that is the way it is and it's going to take a long time to regain credibility.
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