It is a very helpful guide to the formation of conscience with respect to questions raised in voting and other political activity if, in fidelity to the Church's teaching, one recognizes the «intrinsic evil» of taking
innocent human life in abortion.
Not exact matches
But if we put that matter aside, and if our main interest lies
in protecting the
lives of our people, why do the mavens on national security show no concern for the 1.2 million
innocent human lives taken each year
in abortion?
Innocent women burned at the stake, gays ridiculed and denied rights,
human beings turn themselves into
living bombs: all
in the name of some «god», undefined, unproven, undistinguished but always worth killing for.
The Church, however, has consistently taught over the centuries that the direct and intentional taking of
innocent human life, as
in abortion, is a grave and intrinsic evil.
Literally, before the law, everyone sinned or was guilty of sin as a participant
in the
human economy, or the consequence of sin claimed the
innocent's
life before they could themselves sin (righteous Abel may be one such example).
As reports of civilian casualties mount, we see that, just as Jesus warned,
human attempts to «root out evil» on our own, by force, result
in the destruction of
innocent lives.
The fundamental moral concern to protect
innocent human life is not, however, overridden, even
in the face of such violence.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
in a recent lecture: «A Christian should not support a government that suppresses the faith or one that sanctions the taking of an
innocent human life.»
The American ideal, as it increasingly came to be stated
in the 19th century as a tensionless harmony of moral and religious idealism and the quest for economic success, required a peculiarly
innocent conception of
human life.
... you can claim free will and by so cover all of the
human actions done to the world but how can say that god is real and controls nature when nature has killed more purely
innocent lives then anything
in history ever... if god was just and comp@ssinate why send the wave that killed 300 thousand, why create the plague that killed nearly 75 million
in the middle ages when nearly everyone was a VERY devout believer....
Zarathustra looks forward to the time when men themselves will be godlike, blissfully
innocent in the creative sport of becoming existence, freely marching to their own individual wills, seeking a community based on individual differences, and enjoying the vicissitudes and machinations of
human life, including the spirit of gravity,
in good cheer (TSZ 215).
Thus, it is always wrong to commit adultery or take
innocent human life, whatever the circumstances, because such an act is
in itself morally wrong.
Catholics, as well as any other group opposed to the taking of
innocent human life, will find it difficult if not impossible to practice medicine
in accordance with the ACOG recommendations.
God's covenant with Noah which asks fallen humanity to establish a society based on reverence for
life and a legal justice that protects the
innocent human beings from the murderer who is around; and God's call to Moses to liberate the Israelite people from Pharaoh's slavery; and God permitting monarchy with new perils of oligarchy to destroy the more
human Tribal Federation to liberate the Israelites from the technically superior Philistines
in Palestine; and Paul's doctrine that the Roman State, which he knew had its role
in crucifying Jesus.
The abuse was to relativize the enormity of taking
innocent human life by making it but one item on a long list of concerns
in the service of
human dignity.
«But for citizens and elected officials alike, the basic principle is simple: We must begin with a commitment never to intentionally kill, or collude
in the killing, of any
innocent human life, no matter how broken, unformed, disabled, or desperate that
life may seem.
Some innate capacity or potential
in the
human soul dangerously threatens to upset the tranquility of man's simple and
innocent life.
They must support the principle of the protection of
innocent human life and the implementation of that principle
in law.»
«Catholic politicians should build new coalitions
in support of protecting
innocent human life: Coalitions, first and foremost, with American women» the majority of whom are pro-
life» who understand that Roe's abortion license has encouraged irresponsible male sexual behavior more than any other legal act
in our history.
We have only to open our eyes, to understand how dearly we are loved by a creator who is not malevolent, who understands our
human condition, who despite our sad history continues to express faith, hope and love for us by these daily decision to create
life in the form of
innocent children and then to entrust them to us.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party has
in recent decades become the champion of the Church's public priorities — the protection of
innocent human life, parental choice
in education, the defense of marriage, church - state cooperation, and an array of issues under the rubric of religious freedom.
Since it is always morally wrong to destroy
innocent human life, persons who are ordered to do so by doctors or state officials have a duty to object
in conscience and to refuse compliance.
The properly doctrinal part of EV comes
in the third chapter, and especially
in the three italicized statements within that chapter,
in which the Pope condemns the taking of
innocent human life, abortion, and euthanasia.
My point was, and my point remains, that the very structure of the conference reinforces the stereotype that the Catholic social - justice agenda and the Catholic pro-
life agenda need to be reconciled, when,
in fact, there is no more urgent question of social justice and moral progress than the protection of
innocent human life at every point of development and dependency.
... you can claim free will and by so cover all of the
human actions done to the world but how can say that god is real and controls nature when nature has killed more purely
innocent lives then anything
in history ever... if god was just and comp@ssinate why send the tsunami that killed 300 thousand, why create the plague that killed nearly 75 million
in the middle ages when nearly everyone was a VERY devout believer....
We all have issues that we struggle with, and if we could have made ourselves into the perfect person that we are striving to be, then we would have done so but, we can't and won't until faith
in God (
innocent as the faith of a child) graces the suspicious and protective nature that we all have as a result of
life, people, and events that have wounded the
human spirit.
«These defendants are charged with creating a killing field
in a crowd of
innocent people, showing depraved indifference to
human life and causing the death of Carey Gabay,» Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney, said
in a statement about the case.
«
In 2018 alone, hundreds of
innocent Nigerians were cut down by this group, and hundreds of communities are affected by the wanton destruction of
human lives and properties.
Just a thought experiment (covering the missing
human part): If you were a sub commander
in charge of ICBMs and you learned your country was destroyed, and took the time to verify (days perhaps because you have no communication) and you are somewhat certain but not perfectly certain as to who did the attack, and your state no longer supports
life, and your head of state is gone, do you fire your weapons killing millions of
innocent people?
Hiddleston plays Adam, an underground indie musician who
lives in the forgotten American wasteland of Detroit, swimming
in vinyl records, antiquated electronics, and vintage guitars dropped off at his grungy house by his
innocent «zombie» (
human) stoner buddy named Ian (a perfectly casted Anton Yelchin).
My climate enemies have done scientific and other academic frauds; they've destroyed, withheld and pretended to misplace scientific data
in order to prevent the
human race discovering things about nature; they've forged documents to frame people they don't like; mendaciously and publicly accused
innocent people of deplorable crimes that carry prison sentences; betrayed the trust reposed
in their professions by fraudulently abrogating to themselves the magical competence to diagnose entire swathes of the (perfectly healthy) population with thought disorders just to score points
in an academic bitch fight; deliberately and self - servingly lied to * massive * audiences about the way science itself works — than which I can't for the
life of me think of a greater crime against humanity
in the recent history of the developed world, can you Joe?
Any act of terrorism is a painful hit to any society and its
innocent members — it should always be strongly underlined that there is no justification for targeting any
human's
life due to any form of extremism, and one must bear
in mind that often it is not about the death itself, but to intimidate the nations
in order for them to become more vulnerable, and to limit widely understood
human rights as this kind of society, namely the threatened society, is much is easier to be governed.