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Rafael Pozos's avatar

Hi Dad,

In regard to tolerance for abortion and birth control being legal, I would think the Vatican II document "Nostra Aetatae" (sic) would imply that kind of tolerance, as it requires Catholics to tolerate others and their ways where they differ. Civic government in its highest form should provide a framework for those with different values to coexist by legislating and ruling what the general consensus is.

Sadly, the human habit that pre-exists 5000 years of recorded history of being all up in each other's business to ensure the crops flourish, we succeed in war, etc. is alive and well in catholicism these days. Why I identify as a neo pagan now.

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Robert Pozos's avatar

Randy... Outstanding piece of writing and thinking about the "seamless garment". That analogy is very powerful for honesty. Your honesty about the church and its position on issues is refreshing. I read this piece before I left for Minnesota and have thought about it since reading it another couple of times. The question is why certain people think one way e.g. conservative vs another liberal. Is it their background, their genetic inheritance, and their environment? What happens now to the new generations that do not believe in organized religion? We have torn the seamless garment and thrown away the pieces?

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