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The Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, is warning that the Democratic Party has endorsed “intrinsic evils” and consequently, voters who back Democratic candidates have put their eternal salvation at risk.
In the Catholic Times, the official newspaper of the Springfield diocese, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki uses the manufactured controversy about mentioning “God” in the Democratic Platform to argue that the Democrats are hostile to faith, and went on to attack Democrats for endorsing gay rights and opposing the criminalization of abortion. He said those two planks demonstrate that the Democrats “explicitly endorse intrinsic evils,” while noting that he has “read the Republican Party Platform and there is nothing in it that supports or promotes an intrinsic evil or a serious sin.”
Paprocki concludes with a warning that while he is “not telling you which party or which candidates to vote for or against,” backing the Democratic Party may put your eternal salvation at risk: “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.”
Watch:
Said Paprocki:
There are many positive and beneficial planks in the Democratic Party Platform, but I am pointing out those that explicitly endorse intrinsic evils. My job is not to tell you for whom you should vote. But I do have a duty to speak out on moral issues. I would be abdicating this duty if I remained silent out of fear of sounding “political” and didn’t say anything about the morality of these issues. People of faith object to these platform positions that promote serious sins. I know that the Democratic Party’s official “unequivocal” support for abortion is deeply troubling to pro-life Democrats.
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Certainly there are “pro-choice” Republicans who support abortion rights and “Log Cabin Republicans” who promote same-sex marriage, and they are equally as wrong as their Democratic counterparts. But these positions do not have the official support of their party.
Again, I am not telling you which party or which candidates to vote for or against, but I am saying that you need to think and pray very carefully about your vote, because 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.
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get a cork!
LOL NOPE.
bullcrap
seriously if your speech is election and government based you should loose tax exempt status.
funny I don’t remember seeing that anywhere in the Bible. Would like to see that memo from the Almighty.
Should lose 501c3 nonprofit status for that.
Ahh yes – something the religionists are great at – fear-based “teachings”.
I have Never understood how a bunch of old men could presume to speak for God.
God sent a carrier pigeon down to this loser with this personal message to spew out of his bigoted mouth? I don’t think so.
How stupid can this guy get?
And…this is why we have separation of church and state. SMH.
I would hope people realize,that,this or any bishop cannot determine your “salvation” seems to me that,was determined already
This coming from an institution that is TEEMING with pedophiles? Ha Ha Ha.
Sorry but they dont control my eternal salvation
catholic church = out of touch with reality. nuff said.
Nope they need to get a clue
>implying I care what happens to me when I die.
I needed a good laugh, thanks :)
lol k
He an ass in an ugly drag outfit.
closet boy
He can warn all he likes, but every person’s faith or lack thereof is their own business. Organized religion is a farce anyway. Nobody else is responsible for you but yourself. Your relationship with God, Buddha, Allah, Jah, etc. is personal. If people simply followed the golden rule, it would work wonders! This calls for a revocation of tax exempt status for all churches across the board. Its happening too often. This government allows you to worship whomever/ however you want. That should be enough for you. If you feel the government needs to follow your religion, move to a country that only practices your religion.
I wonder how much the rich bigots at the GOP paid him for his hateful endorsment!
FEAR…FEAR…FEAR.. If you believe these greed-driven, fear mongering, self exalted children of the Pope, who evidently talk with the almighty via their smart phones on the hour, then vote republican and believe you are therefore going to heaven.
Why the hell are they not taxes. I think it time a war on religion is started.
put a sock in it fool! I always look at it this way…at least I’ll be there with the coolest people on earth.
Catholic bishops in the U.S. are still hiding personnel files from law enforcement. EVERY accusation of child abuse needs to be turned over to actual law enforcement and NOT handled internally to spare the Church any embarrassment that might cost it money. The bishops are directly responsible for moving pedophiles around, year in and year out, without warning the congregations, thereby endangering children. And THIS guy, seriously, is going to warn us what puts our souls in peril?!!?!
What a maroon. This idiot is full of himself.
Riiight..and I suppose covering for and shuffling pedophile priests from one Diocese to the other isn’t sinful? I suppose that your Pope and Bishops won’t be held accountable for their part of the cover up because they are ‘holy men’? I tell you what, please explain to your congregations why up to the 14th century the Holy Roman Church actually married homosexual couples. THAT is historical fact. Explain this away, as you explain everything else away that conflicts with your ever-changing dogmatic, self-righteous, neolithic and narrow views of God, which reduces Him to little more than how the Greeks thought of Zeus or Apollo. Your Church has lost credibility when it comes to what is right or wrong, creep, so you can take your warnings of hell and damnation, shove them where the sun doesn’t shine (without vaseline because you are all freaky like that), and go to hell (if there is one). What a bunch of self-promoting, creepy, twisted tools you all are.
The catholics have already given salvation up, they pray to the pope.
Tax the Catholic Church…they’re getting politically involved!
Problem is…millions will follow the catholic rule, give money every Sunday that goes to organizations such as the NOM, and then say they “love” their gay neighbors.
A direct violation of his church’s tax exempt status. Something needs to be done about politics in church.
omg shawn pure genius sure pure genius i could not have said any better myself, they r so fucking quick to judge everyone elses faults, immorals and such except to look at how damned and unrighteous they r themselves, religious people r such hyprocrites it bothers the hell out of me
I didn’t think a church could politically endorse without loss of tax exempt status!?!
Time to Tax the Catholic Church
turning a blind eye to crimes against children puts ones eternal salvation at risk as well but they don’t seem so worried about that
Really, then that means I’ll get to see all those scumbag priests who have molested kids and the bishops/cardinals who turned a blind eye to it!
I’m willing to chance that.
Attempting to influence American Elections puts your Tax Exempt Status at risk
uh-oh, I’m in trouble ;)
… Tax-ALL-churches NOW!!!
Forgive me God, But those people are Assholes! (Bishops)……..WOW!
LOL…..Im glad atheist are never this dumb
Ugh!
Shame, shamre, shame!!!
Uh, seperation of church and state, honey! Please!
Listen up to the God named Thomas John Paprocki.
Ya know what is really scary is that there are millions of people who will actually buy into this!!!!
stfu!
Fuck off, black robed crow of death and damnation… Or, can I call you by your nickname ‘pedophile”?
Just like the old days when their totalitarian ideology ruled the Western world (AKA the Dark Ages).
Salvation is a GIFT! You can not earn it. You can only recieve it. What you give up here will then become your reward there not the actual getting in. If this is what he thinks then its HIS eternal salvation thats at risk!
lol.. punk
It isn’t up TOO this A-Hole. GOD does not have a political party and jerk is going to find that out the hard way!!
Isn’t this violation of IRS rules of tax-except status for churches explicitly forbidding them from direct political endorsement?
wow has it reall come to this.If you vote for the gay-loving black man you are going to hell……Now theres some holy people.
This reminds me why I left the Catholic Church!
Is it really so surprising they have suicide bombers in the east.If the churches promoted it here they would have no problem finding people to take up the cause.Its so sad how people give up what little common sense they have for the promise of the after life.Whats so wrong with being good people and loving everyone now ,while we are on earth and live and let live.Instead we allow religious leaders that dont even know or really care about us, wage war on others they dont agree with in the name of their God,And threaten you with your after life..What would be worse living peacefully in a world with gay and /or black neighbors or live eternity in a world full of Mitt Romneys.I’ll go with common sense and decency and take my chances…
Laughing my freakin’ ass off!!!!
Wow! He who throws the first stone…. hard to live in that glass house. Makes me sad and even sadder to know they are not the only ones throwing those stones.
I think it’s high time the Catholic Church and conservative Protestants merged and formed the United Republican Church of Christ. It’s creed shall be: “I believe in God the Father almighty, and in capitalism, and in the sanctity of Newt Gingrich’s three marriages…”
Intrinsic evil is 2012 years of genocide by bastard son of a god believers
Pathetic.
Fuck this guy!!!!! Soooo much love right!!!! I well pray for this guy he needs more God and I ….
and why isn’t the church paying taxes? stay out of politics
Geez…what a bunch of morons.
well if you dont believe int eh sky myth they call christianity, then the chances of going to their hell are fairly slim
I have yet to understand why the BLEEDING HELL they think gay marriage is wrong. It’s harms no-one, benefits the couple and brings them even closer together, and has absolutely no effect on straight marriage. If they can possibly think a straight couple’s marriage is harmed by a gay couple’s, there is something seriously wrong.
so sick of these people…
shut up and get out of politics OR GET TAXED
Time to REMOVE CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS!!!
wow how hypocritical! Interesting how he judges and condems! Doesn’t the Bible say “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.”
Your Grace (I think that’s still the method of address for bishops, right?): Please accept this engraved invitation to go f*** yourself.
:-(
OMG!!!!!
uh oh.
This is also ILLEGAL if he is saying that on a pulpit. Church is supposed to stay quiet, but if they really want to preach politics then maybe we should tax them at 25%. Then they can speak all they like.
Dumbass. BAN THE CHURCH
IRS warns Catholic Archdiocese that further politicking may result in loss of tax-exempt status for church.
Fucking Child “Molester”…..
I think god is going to be more concerned about all the altarboys you molested, Bishop, than how you or anyone else on this planet voted.
When bush was in office, several churches were fined because they want their peope to to vote republicsn
Who put him in charge of fate? Lest we forget ‘The Inquisition.’
We don’t fucking know what happens after we die. I don’t know and he freaking doesn’t know either.
And I am so sure he heard this directly from god eh???
Freedom of Speech and Actions…. Human Rights and Human Dignity… Actions speak louder than words… Enjoy! http://www.examiner.com/article/actions-speak-louder-than-words-12
You cannot be a shepherd if you do not know your flock. You, father, are a fool on a fool’s errand. i used to be one of yours… never again. Yes, the church is 200 years behind the times… maybe with your help it will become 250 years behind. You are losing followers by the thousands and cannot ordain a man that you can trust. God is telling you something and it isnt about the “evils” of gays, same sex marriage, or birth control. Wake up and do something meaningful with your life. It isnt all about edicts and pomp and circumstance. Not only have you lost my membership, you have lost something much more… my respect.
Worry about your Church’s Salvation…What did your Church do when all those young kids were Molested by your own People????? Yep that’s what i thought!!!!!!!!!!!! Cowards Some of you are a bunch of Wine Drinking Pedophiles!!!!!
God makes this judgment, not you.
Yeah, OK.
Hey dufus, salvation is a gift – you can’t earn it, and it’s non-returnable.
I’m certainly relieved to know that what happens after you die has been figured out, I wouldn’t have wanted to risk that one!