A Catholic’s case for Kamala Harris

[mystery-ak]

OMG....I can't believe what I just read...

A Catholic’s case for Kamala Harris
by John Kenneth White, opinion contributor - 09/02/24 8:00 AM ET

In the Gospel of Matthew, an exhausted Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Judea when a group of little children were brought to him for a blessing. When his disciples tried to shoo them away, Jesus rebuked them, saying: “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” 

For Jesus, children were a priority whose well-being begins at conception and continues long thereafter. Will there be enough food to eat? Adequate healthcare? Housing? Educational opportunities? Safety from gun violence? Clean air to breathe and water to drink?

These questions are matters of public policy, and Catholics must pay attention. 

At the Second Vatican Council, the bishops proclaimed that issues affecting “human dignity,” like “subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children” and “disgraceful working conditions” all “poison human society and are a “supreme dishonor to the creator.”

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https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4854233-kamala-harris-catholics-faith/

[mountaineer]

From the essay:

... Harris is not Catholic, but she is a faithful Baptist.   ...

What a crock of excrement. This writer demonstrates a remarkable lack of understanding of Scripture. Jesus came to save us from our sin, not to steal money from workers and give it to the shiftless and criminal, to promote the killing of babies or to sexually mutilate children. That is what Harris and her party stand for.

[catfish1957]

From the essay:
What a crock of excrement. This writer demonstrates a remarkable lack of understanding of Scripture. Jesus came to save us from our sin, not to steal money from workers and give it to the shiftless and criminal, to promote the killing of babies or to sexually mutilate children. That is what Harris and her party stand for.

The bible is full of references to prostitutes, whores, and harlots.  Now in politics here, it's gone mainstream.

Now we literally might have to re-zone 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as part of the Red Light District of DC.

[bigheadfred]

From the article

Harris provides an example of strong moral character. 

 

[Hoodat]

In the Gospel of Matthew, an exhausted Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Judea when a group of little children were brought to him for a blessing.

Here's what it says:

Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.  But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”  And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.

Matthew 19:13-15

"That He might put His hands on them and pray".  It doesn't say, 'So that government use them as an excuse to print up money and empower itself to supersede the blessings of God'.

But there's more:

Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.  Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Matthew 18:2-6

At least that's what a Catholic's bible says.  Maybe this here Catholic should read it some time before attaching moral superiority to Kamala Harris.

[Hoodat]

From the essay:
What a crock of excrement. This writer demonstrates a remarkable lack of understanding of Scripture. Jesus came to save us from our sin, not to steal money from workers and give it to the shiftless and criminal, to promote the killing of babies or to sexually mutilate children. That is what Harris and her party stand for.

Spot on.

[rustynail]

Catholics (seem to)  Hate America.  Their treason at the border(may) prove it.

[PeteS in CA]

So the Kammie version of, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them ...," is "Kill the little children so you don't have to work to provide for them. And the supposed Catholic John Kenneth White is totally fine with that? The cafeteria should kick him out.

In his epistle (= letter), James reminds believers:

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James was speaking to a different context, of course, but his underlying premise is that life has no guarantees - what seems secure may not be, and what seems insecure may not be. Returning to White's "reasoning", that a woman does not know how to provide for her unborn child does not mean that she will not do so over the coming 2 decades ... or might not find someone who will. "I don't know" is very different from "I won't."

[Smokin Joe]

Catholics  Hate America.  Their treason at the border proves it.

Faith-based organizations have long served as key partners to UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) in providing services and protection to refugees and migrants. They include Lutheran World Federation, Islamic Relief Worldwide, and Caritas, a federation of 165 Catholic organizations. (Google search)
I think if you do a little educating yourself, you'll find there are a lot of organizations, ostensibly backed by their respective religions, not just those claiming to be Catholic--and some which don't claim any bring in and setting up "migrants".
There are plenty of traitors to go around. Some are just enemies.
Making your little statement blaming Catholics is not only in error, but pejorative.

Don't start the 'troubles' here.

[PeteS in CA]

Catholics  Hate America.  Their treason at the border proves it.

  Do you really believe there are no Protestant "charities" assisting illegals' crossings and then supporting them?

  Do you really believe all (or even most) Catholics support illegal immigration?

  Is it really news to you that many/most Hispanics, many of whom are Catholics, oppose illegal immigration?

[PeteS in CA]

... Lutheran World Federation, ...

As an example of how devil-infested the details are, there are three major Lutheran denominations in the US, and a couple more that are smaller. Only one US Lutheran denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), is a member of the Lutheran World Federation. ELCA is very theologically liberal and reliably Prog. That they would be supporting illegal immigration should surprise no one who is familiar with them. ELCA has also been steadily shrinking as their stances reject Scripture and conform to current social trends.