Comments for Lincoln v. Obama on Catholic Consciences at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 15 out of 15 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:59:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-1391 Barack Obama should not be eager going about making friends with the enemies of the USA. Clearly he has shown that he will want to merge America with the Middle East which would wouuld be a step closer to the end of America's world dominance. - john Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:09:56 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-804 Obama is ignoring freedom of conscience just as Lincoln ignored his own words spoken January 12, 1848: “Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right—a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it." - Paul Bergeron Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:59:31 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-799 Continued from below...President Obama has only made it worse by taking our money to pay for it. In doing so, he demonstrates his utter disregard for our moral objections. Those who love God and life cannot let this pass without a protest, but must reprove this “unfruitful work of darkness” (Eph. 5:11). - Tyler Young Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:22:41 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-797 By Tyler Young God is the source of all life (Gen. 1:2627), and it is an egregious and supremely arrogant sin to “play God” by creating and destroying human life in the name of “science” (Prov. 6:1618). You, dear reader, were once a human embryo, which is simply a particular stage of human development, as is infancy, childhood, and adulthood. It is tragic and terrible enough that we permit destroying human life for research when it is immoral and unnecessary. President Obama has only made it worse by taking our money to pay for it. In doing so, he demonstrates his utter disregard for our moral objections. Those who love God and life cannot let this pass without a protest, but must reprove this “unfruitful work of darkness” (Eph. 5:11). - Tyler Young Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:46:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-786 Say hello to your new God! Baraka Obama not only calls himself a MESSIAH, but he hopes to rule the world. I believe that he has over stepped himself a little too much. He promises freedom, but brings in oppression. He thinks of himself a Messiah yet he is a muderer of little children as well as the too sick who are unable to look after themselves and now he seeks to take control not only of our freedom but also the Holy Catholic Church. Do I have to explain anymore? - Rosa Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:36:11 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-785 Read Holocaust expert Raul Hilberg's comments about Germany's Reichsbahn which operated the death trains to Auschwitz, etc. It could've stopped the business of killing Jews en masse had it only refused. Obama's stripping of conscientious objector protections goes even further than what Himmler pulled over on the nationalized railroad. Obama's giving Catholics and other medical personnel opposed to abortion no room to back out all, even in the private sector. Obama wants to outdo Nazis? - Steven Barrett Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:03:51 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-781 Although he strives for eloquence, studying Lincoln might teach President Obama that his words will achieve eloquence only as they reflect Truth. - Vince R Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:43:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-780 Knowing what Barack Obama stands for when it comes to respect for life, I quickly realized that when he became the first black president of the U. S., he also became our greatest and most powerful adversary--a foe of the pro-life movement. What troubles me the most about this man (he is just a man like the rest of us) is that he comes from a Christian background and yet professes and witnesses little of the truth about God's greatest gift to humanity and that is....life itself. - Jerry O'Connor Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:43:21 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-779 Thank you so much for this article.....a little too late, but very much appreciated. This article is so historical & indepth. I can now email it to as many people as I can send it to. Again, thank you!! - tessie Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:41:58 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-778 I would be a little hesitent to claim that the Church's unification during the Civil War is a mark of its prestige. It was able to remain unified in part because it largely ignored the question of slavery. While there are notable exceptions on both the abolitionist and pro-slavery ends, the dominant position was one of silence. he literature of hierarchy is replete with discussions of slavery as a "political" rather than "moral" issue and therefore outside the realm of the Catholic Church. - John Thompson Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:41:33 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-777 It would seem that now more than ever we need to be electing politicians that won't pander to the interests of the mob. That would certainly be more in accordance with the Founding Fathers of America, who were wary about a democratic form of government, proposing instead that America be a republic. In a republic the people vote in the people that have the voice to make laws. By doing this the voice of the people would be heard, while at the same time the insanity of mob rule could be avoided. - ignatius Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:10:10 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-776 I have to admit that this article had informtion which I had never heard of and I was a history major. We worry about our children's textbooks today- well, somethings never change. We must speak up at every turn in the road and the road is starting out to be very dangerous as we make the twists and turns. Being Catholic has never been easy - Christ never said it would be easy to follow him. But folks we now know the color of the President's stripes -socialist and dangerous. Keep the Faith. - JoAnn Windholz Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:09:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-775 When California was finally admitted to the Union in September of 1850, it was President Abraham Lincoln who signed the document returning the Mission San Luis Rey to the Catholic Church. This mission had previously been confiscated from the Church and secularized by the Mexican government. (reference: http://www.sanluisreyparish.org/history.html) - Brian Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:08:29 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-774 There is such an entity as "delusions of grandeur." It is too premature to determine if this president has the courage and tenacity of Abraham Lincolin. I agree as far as equality and dignity of human personhood this president is not off to a good start. He does, however, have a morally divided country. His emulation of a great man is commendable but wait and see! - William Dennis Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:58:17 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/lincoln-v-obama-on-catholic-consciences.html#comment-772 Archbishop Hughes quelled the draft riots? Hmm, I guess the thousands of troops brought in had nothing to do with it. While I love Abe, he did play footsies with the Know Nothings which is why Bates was in his Cabinet and why he kept the likes of Gen. Banks around despite his complete ineptness as a general while Catholic generals like Buell and Rosecrans were quickly banished after one mistake. - Megs Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:33:44 +0100