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Torture, death penalty, false imprisonment = bad
Abortion = a basic human right

“Amnesty International’s position is not for abortion as a right but for women’s human rights to be free of fear, threat and coercion as they manage all consequences of rape and other grave human rights violations,” Gilmore claimed.
Gilmore condemns Cardinal Martino for saying Amnesty International is “promoting abortion” but says in her statement that “Amnesty International’s actual policy … is to support the decriminalization of abortion … and to defend women’s access to abortion.”

O, the philosophical and moral hoops people jump through to try to create a facade of legitimacy to their views on abortion…

“What’s the least I have to believe and do to feel good about myself?”
That’s the fundamental question modern religious seekers seem to be asking. For many contemporary Americans, religion is like a scented candle: The purpose of its light is to provide a comforting psychological ambience. But for a small, growing minority – for whom religion, properly understood, exists to illuminate the challenging path to truth and holiness – there is an alternative: tradition. …full article

Francis Beckworth will not be getting a lifetime achievement award from the Evangelical Theological Society.

Have you been surprised by the hostility of some of the reactions to your reversion?
Some of the hostility was not surprising, for some of it came from well-meaning Protestants who simply do not have a good grounding in Christian history or the Catholic Catechism. Many of these well-meaning folks, unfortunately, have sat under the teachings of less-than-careful Bible-church preachers and pastors who approach Catholicism with a cluster of flawed categories that make even a charitable reading of the Catechism almost impossible.

From Mother Nature to Europe with love.