Troubling Times
— Posted by Christina (October 22, 2008 at 9:11 am)
I think that we’re all now really concerned about this year’s presidential elections! Of course they haven’t happened yet, so we can still have lots of hope.
But what is frustrating me so much is the apparent easy acceptance of the American people for Barack Obama. He is the most liberal presidential candidate ever to run this race in U.S. history, but yet America seems to be fast falling for him, without much problem at all. What’s going on?!
I believe in America and in the goodness of the hearts of her people. So where have they all gone? Are they just desperate and blinded by the economy problems, healthcare, and the war? Or do they all just plain want Obama and his wicked ideas in the White House?
All very weird.
And do we all think that God will continue to bless America if we elect this man President?
It has also been extremely disappointing for me to see all the Catholics who adamently support Barack Obama. Are they just plain ignorant, or do they know what they are doing? And to hear about what some priests are telling their people about the presidential candidates! I would not know that these priests are in fact Catholic priests!
I think that the priests and bishops of the Catholic Church have had a huge responsibility involving this year’s elections. And I believe that the huge number of Catholics voting for Obama is due to the failing of the priests and bishops to fulfil their duties. Again and again I realize how much I cannot understand how priests and bishops could be is a position to be able to do so much good for the Church, and not do it!
This is beyond me. I will never understand.
I’m hoping that all the 179 wonderful cities across America, participating in 40 Days for Life, will greatly affect the elections with all the prayer, fasting, and good works that they are doing!
God bless.
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Molly says:
At least in my experience, there are a lot of people who vote who don’t really know what they’re voting for. They probably just hear that their friends and family are voting for him so they do so themselves. The media bias on most news stations doesn’t help either.
We had a German exchange student over this month, and we got around to talking about politics, so he said that most Germans supported Barack Obama. We asked him why and he said that Obama was the only candidate covered in the news. Most of the Germans he knew didn’t even know what John McCain looked like. Now of course they can’t vote for the next president unless they were born in the United States, but it’s just a demonstration of how biased the news has become.
Comment posted October 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Christina says:
Molly,
Yep, you really have it right here.
It’s true that the bias of the media is not only totally real, but it’s also totally unfair to the American people. We read the news to find out what’s going on in the world, not to know the opinions of a small group of people. Just really upsetting.
If the media would report fairly, I wonder how much the elections would differ.
God bless.
Comment posted October 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Meg says:
I think one needs to be careful when criticizing priests. While there certainly have been priests in this election who have skewed some of the views of Catholic Church teaching, there are many priests who have stood up for life and they should be acknowledged and praised. Priests and Bishops such as Bishop Charles Chaput (who has spoken numerously, as recently as last week), Archbishops Joseph Naumann and Bishop Robert Finn of the 2 Kansas City Dioceses who released a letter to their faithful declaring the importance of stopping a politician who supports an intrinsic evil from taking office, Archbishop Timothy Dolan and his proclamation of the human rights issue being the new civil rights issue, and many many priests who have given talks and homilies across the nation declaring the faithful’s duty to responsible voting.
Furthermore, it is important that one recognize it is not only the duty of the priest to speak politics, in fact, it is not their primary duty. It is their duty to speak on Church teaching, which certainly relates to politics, and they certainly can speak out as citizens, but their responsibility to to form the Church. It is the responsibility of the laity to evangelize the message of the Church to the world.
The work you are doing here is very good work. I am so happy to have found this website and will certainly add it to my list of sites to check.
It is true that our nation is divided and the results of this election could be sobering as it relates to human life, but our Church is also very divided, and this election is showing the results of the divide. We must do our part as faithful Catholics to support the Church and attempt to unify her people.
We are the JPII generation and we must, in the Faith he taught us, defend human life and the life of the Church.
If you are interested in more pro-life websites. Please visit my blog http://www.logosandveritas.blogspot.com. I am writing on life issues, particularly the stances of the candidates in this election and their records of voting, etc as it relates to human life issues.
Thank you again for your work and I join your pleas for the defense of life!
Comment posted October 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 am