{"id":8839,"date":"2002-11-04T19:07:21","date_gmt":"2002-11-05T00:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/11\/04\/conscientious-objector-or-i-object-to-your-conscience\/"},"modified":"2002-11-04T19:07:21","modified_gmt":"2002-11-05T00:07:21","slug":"conscientious-objector-or-i-object-to-your-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/11\/conscientious-objector-or-i-object-to-your-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Conscientious objector or I object to your conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

We chatted about a number of things before the topic of
\npolitics came up. She gave high approval ratings to certain politicians who hold
\nto political ideologies contrary to Catholic morals. I didn’t want to start an
\nargument, but I couldn’t let this one go by. So I simply asked her: <\/font><\/p>\n

“Kathy, are you aware that the politicians you mentioned
\nstaunchly support anti-Catholic causes such as partial-birth abortion, worldwide
\ncondom distribution and stem-cell experimentation?” I noticed Kathy began to
\nsquirm a bit in her seat.<\/font><\/p>\n

“Father, I don’t judge any political leader on a single
\nissue like abortion,” she said. “I make my decision after weighing his position
\non a broad range of issues.”<\/font><\/p>\n

“What issue,” I replied, “could be more important than a
\nperson’s life?” Her forced smile vanished. With a rather terse tone of voice,
\nshe retorted: “Like most Catholics, on these matters, I follow my conscience.
\nWhomever I decide to support politically is, for me, a matter for my own
\nconscience.”<\/font>
[National Catholic
\nRegister – Read the full article<\/a>] <\/p>\n

A while ago I heard someone on the
\nradio say “Conscience is always student and never professor.” Society now has
\nthis totally backwards, your ill formed conscience is now king and you can sound
\nreally morally superior by saying “I have to follow my conscience.” Worse is
\nwhen they appeal to the words attributed to the Venerable John Henry Newman “He
\nwho acts against his conscience loses his soul”, talk about taking something out
\nof context. Read the following for a letter he wrote on conscience.<\/p>\n

Cardinal
\nJohn Henry Newman. Letter to the Duke of Norfolk.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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