tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post7648723631869729572..comments2024-03-15T19:18:22.881-05:00Comments on Servant and Steward: Paprocki: "A vote for a candidate who promotes actions or behaviors that are intrinsically evil and gravely sinful makes you morally complicit and places the eternal salvation of your own soul in serious jeopardy"Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-68019229843179329552012-10-06T13:11:07.188-05:002012-10-06T13:11:07.188-05:00I'm been pondering this question for a few day...I'm been pondering this question for a few days in the hopes of finding an adequate answer for you. I am unaware of such a discussion from the USCCB or elsewhere.<br /><br />I would say this:<br /><br />The virtue of religion, or worship, is inherent in every human being. Sometimes that virtue is misdirected, that is, directed away from the one true God.<br /><br />If this worship is unknowingly misdirected by a person open to the truth and living in accord with it as it is known to him, this is a virtue, though not yet in its perfection.<br /><br />Worship that is knowingly and purposefully misdirected would be a grave sin.<br /><br />Simply spending time around Christians may not - in most cases - be enough to discover the fullness of the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />Casting a ballot for a person is an endorsement - or at least a partial one - of a person's political purposes and not of their faith. In an ideal world these two might be virtually synonymous. The examples of Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden show us that we cannot simply vote for a Christian because he or she is a Christian.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-34346359964728647212012-09-29T05:41:19.122-05:002012-09-29T05:41:19.122-05:00I was thinking more along the lines of non-Christi...I was thinking more along the lines of non-Christian, not necessarily non-Catholic. How much does a person have to know about Christ to be considered to be rejecting him? Romney seems to spend a lot of time with Christians of various kinds talking about morality-related issues yet he continues to adhere to Mormons, which espouses gods other than God (and a Mormon has to be baptized when joining the Catholic Church, which isn't the case with Protestants joining the Church). <br /><br />But then again it seems un-American to not vote for somebody just because they are not Christian. And yet again it is a grave sin to persist in your non-Christianity once you know about Christ, and a bad idea to vote for somebody you know routinely breaks one of the Ten Commandments, right. ? <br /><br />Do you know if there are some resources at the USCCB or elsewhere that discuss this? Webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753233157008073791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-32515814714549084522012-09-27T06:49:43.555-05:002012-09-27T06:49:43.555-05:00A person is not held morally accountable for what ...A person is not held morally accountable for what he does not know. There is a difference between a person who knows and understands the truth of Jesus Christ and rejects him and who does not know or understand the truth of Jesus Christ.<br /><br />By your reasoning, a Catholic could never morally vote for a non-Catholic for political office, which is not, so far as I am aware, the teaching of the Church.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-49556877856931561822012-09-27T05:57:55.564-05:002012-09-27T05:57:55.564-05:00Until you get to the next to last paragraph, the o...Until you get to the next to last paragraph, the one quoted at the top of the blog post - - there he speaks about candidates (not parties /platforms) who promote actions that are intrinsically evil. <br /><br />My comment is not so much about this particular column, but about the bigger question of voting for a candidate who denies the existence of God as taught by the Church. Even if the candidate is otherwise a great guy and follows the other nine commandments, isn't that denial of God a grave sin and intrinsically evil on its own? <br />Webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753233157008073791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-8346156031610644952012-09-26T22:29:28.798-05:002012-09-26T22:29:28.798-05:00If you notice, Bishop Paprocki addressed the party...If you notice, Bishop Paprocki addressed the party platforms, not the individual candidates.Rev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-25874381857370852732012-09-26T21:16:20.233-05:002012-09-26T21:16:20.233-05:00Isn't a candidate who repeatedly and publicly ...Isn't a candidate who repeatedly and publicly prays to false gods and couches it in Christian-like language to deceive the unwary also engaging in behaviors that are intrinsically evil and gravely sinful? Thou shalt have no other gods before me and all that? Webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753233157008073791noreply@blogger.com