Jaime Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 [quote]I am kinda of shocked or maybe startled at the lack of charity on many accounts here.[/quote] Incidentally Theo, in your opinion [b]when did the lack of charity begin[/b]?
Kilroy the Ninja Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 Ironmonk, hot stuff, Cam42 and Carrie - you've all been so rude throughout this thread I don't know where to begin. But I know where to end. Go pray. God Bless.
Apotheoun Posted July 21, 2005 Posted July 21, 2005 As far as the balance between protecting the environment and the proper development of the economy is concerned, although on the face of it the Democrat party platform coordinates well with Catholic social teaching, the methods often promoted by the Democrat party for achieving this end do not necessarily conform to Catholic doctrine. In other words, the Democrat party tends to expand the federal government into all aspects of the social order and this ideology of federal expansionism is contrary to the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. In Catholic doctrine the local government, as that which is closest to the people involved, should have the majority of power in the social order, and this is so, because it is more responsive to the needs of citizens and families. Moreover, local government can be controlled more easily by citizens, thus ensuring that it does not develop into a burdensome bureaucratic system. As far as free trade is concerned, both political parties support free trade, and certainly on this issue neither groups methodology for achieving that good end can be declared to be exclusively "Catholic."
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