We honor your intentions to save
innocent lives, but supporting the false, self-righteous,
anti-abortion activities of the fundamentalist
Christians is once again dragging the Catholic
Church down into the age-old sewer of Christian
extremism.°
The First
Example:
The
Catholic Encyclopedia defines
"LIFE:"
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This official Roman Catholic
Encyclopedia°
clearly states
a doctrine contrary to the present public statements
of church leaders. It offers a six-thousand, four-hundred, and
fifty-four-word (6,454-word) dissertation
on the meaning of this single word, and the definition of "LIFE" is still not
clear. Here's their opening paragraph:
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"The
enigma of life [the
puzzle about what life is]
is still one of the
two or three most difficult problems that face both scientist and philosopher,
and notwithstanding the progress of knowledge during the past twenty-three
hundred years, we do not seem to have advanced appreciably beyond the
position of Aristotle in regard to the main issue.
What
are its [life's]
characteristic manifestations?
What
are its chief forms?
What
is the inner nature of the source of [life's]
vital activity?
How
has life arisen?
Such
are among the chief questions which present themselves with regard to this
subject."
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Here's another quote
from the final paragraph of this same 6,454-word dissertation:
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"Having
thus expounded what we believe to be the teaching of the best science and
philosophy respecting the nature and immediate origin of life, it seems to us
most important to bear constantly in mind that the Catholic Church is committed
to extremely little in the way of positive definite teaching on the subject."
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In
spite of Roman Catholic Church's present public proclamation that life begins at
conception, in the Catholic Encyclopedia (which the church, itself declare to be
official Catholic teachings) there is no clear definition of what
life is or when it
begins. In fact, in the church's own official text, church leaders admit that they simply don't know.
Gentlemen,
how can the church publicly deny its own theology? When this
hypocrisy reaches full public disclosure, which it soon will, denying
church doctrine could be equally as embarrassing as the molesting children
scandals. To
continue hiding the lie is no longer an option. Please!
Get yourselves out of this mess as quickly as possible.
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The Second Example:
The evidence overwhelming indicates that abortion
is a religious freedom issue. We have explained clearly and in
considerable detail why this is so on our web site page titled: Why Abortion Is A
Religious Freedom Issue.°
Please examine this page. You might also note that the
fundamentalist Christian anti-abortionists are defying the United Sates Constitution,° the
intent of which is to honor all religions and to prevent any one religion from
passing its doctrine into secular law.
Then take The Abortion truth Challenge.°
Show us anywhere on that page, or on either of our web sites, that we are in
error or have listed false, misleading or inaccurate
information. Show us where we are using lies of omission or denying
the Bible, or adding to the Bible. Can the public statements of the
American Roman Catholic church leaders pass the truth challenge?
Unfortunately, they can't, and you know they can't.
I'm sure you are aware that the Bible clearly warns
readers of the dire consequences of intentionally deceiving others.
“And
whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it is
better for him that an ass’s millstone were hanged on his neck, and that he
were thrown into the sea.” Mark 9:42
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The Third Example:
Saint Louis, Archbishop
Burke is in deep doo doo with his no communion declaration.
Apparently he doesn't know the purpose of communion. One thing it isn't is
a political football. We have a description of the purpose,
meaning, and proper use of the Sacrament of Communion on our web site at:
http://www.choice101.com/666-01-burke-hypocrisy.html#SacramentCommunion°
Please educate Archbishop burke on this matter and get him to retract his
ridiculous no-communion statement before investigations exposes the real
Catholic hypocrisy and your entire house of cards°
comes crashing
down. With computes and the Internet, you can no longer simply hide
your lies.
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The Fourth
Example: Surely, you
must know that the fundamentalist Christian anti-abortion stance is based
entirely on an
unprovable, Medieval, religious fairytale.° This belief has
absolutely no scriptural support. Neither do the five basic assumptions° of the fundamentalist Christian anti-abortion
leaders. As you well
know,
the Bible Clearly warns
readers of the dire consequences of preaching messages that are not in the Bible
and the dire consequences of pretending that certain biblical passages do
not exist.
"I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book:
If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in
this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of
prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the
holy city, which are described in this book." Revelation 22:18-19
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The Fifth
Example: Simply examine the behavior that the fundamentalist Christian anti-abortion
leaders support, endorse or condone.° This is certainly not behavior that the
modern Catholic Church should be in any way associated with.
The Sixth
Example: The hidden and indirect costs of outlawing abortion stagger the imagination.° There are far more efficient, cheaper, and
far more effective ways of saving innocent lives.° Present anti-abortion activities and present laws
restricting access to abortions do not save lives. They merely transfer death and misery to other beings at other
times and places, and in the process, create grief, misery and
poverty for millions more.
The Seventh
Example: Outlawing abortion will not stop abortions.° and The adoption option is simply not a realistic alternative.
The Eighth
Example: The Bible clearly distinguishes between spirit and
Earthly physical bodies. Here are just three examples Genesis 2:7, Job 33:4, and
Ecclesiastes
11:5, RSV.° The
fundamentalist Christians
are literally denying the Bible.
“And
whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believes in me to stumble, it is
better for him that an ass’s millstone were hanged on his neck, and that he
were thrown into the sea.”
Mark 9:42
And again, we encourage you to re-read Revelation 22:18-19.
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The Bottom
Line: Gentlemen,
in the long run, the anti-abortion war is going to be a big-time loosing
issue. Are you sure you want to be tied to a sinking
ship? There is a simple and effective way to step away from
the mess you are in on this issue.
Step out of the fray and let the fundamentalist
Christians take the fall on this one.
The Way Out: You
could simply say that you've done a thorough investigation of this issue and
found a much more efficient way to save
thousands more innocent babies. You could make a big
publicity campaign about how many more lives you are saving by focusing your
attention on already born babies. You know the public would buy
that, and in addition you'd be the hero of millions who presently think
you're out of touch with reality.
You could we still say,
"We oppose abortion." And the add "But will not
force our ways onto others." You
could say your investigation turned up this evidence that we had previously overlooked° and you have decided that it is in everyone's best
interest to shift your priorities. Share the evidence that you can
find on our web sites. Expand upon it. Make it your own, and
then give it to the world.
Admit you made a mistake. Say you have
prayed for forgiveness, and God immediately forgave you. Now you are
asking for forgiveness form the people. If you share
this revelation with the public, you'll not only become the heroes in the public
eye, you'll revive the dying church at the same time.
Team Work: Just one of you alone can't make this happen, but several of you
together can. I know each of you can come up with several reasons to simply do
nothing. Whatever reasons you choose to justify your inaction, know
that they are simply excuses for your lack of courage. Go into your closets and pray about this.° Listen to God! Listen to your hearts!
You are presently in a position similar to our founding fathers,
one of whom said it aptly: If we don't hang together, we'll hang
separately. The Catholic Church, as it is presently being run, is
dying. Please revitalize it! To continue hiding the lie
is no longer a viable option. Do
you really want to spend the rest of your life defending the undefendable?
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Click here° for a brief printable and easily
sendable message that invites Catholic clergy to this page.