<<< You've put your finger on something I am struggling with myself, struggling with how to understand it, struggling with how to express it.>>>
I don't think I need to say it, but I will. I don't have any answers. Secondly, I fully believe in the separation of church and state. Third, I know this thread is not about religion.
Having said that, I would like for you to consider this:
The Roman Catholic Church has been struggling with good and evil for quite some time. But like any organization they have had some operational failures. Basic principles and doctrines, however, have not changed. They have had overtime some extraordinary minds vetting principles and doctrines - including Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, Avery Dulles to name just a few.
For anything to last this long and be this successful, there has to be something there. I don't think we can discard what they are saying so lightly.
This is a very round about way for me to say this:
I am really troubled by the pre-emption doctrine.
For now, you may be comfortable with the leaders elected by less than a majority and agree with their policies, but what happens if someone in the future gets elected by less than a majority and what they see as the greater good is all screwed up.
Is it all that farfetched that someday we may elect as President someone who believed that - deleted bad example - and that we have to do something about it?
I really don't like to think about such things. I don't really think I have the mind to be able to deal with such questions. But, what worries me is that many with minds even inferior to mine, do not even question their capabilities.
Bottom line is, I am troubled and I don't have the answers. I had to gets this off my chest and I don't expect to comment further on this.
Thanks for lending an eyeball. |
