When I argue that abortion under most circumstances should be illegal, I am charged with trying to legislate morality.
When I say divorce ought to be harder to obtain, not easier, I am accused of trying to legislate morality.
And when I say states should be free to make laws concerning adultery, homosexual behavior, contraception, or premarital sex, I am accused again of trying to legislate morality.
Yet when Barack Obama and the Democrats propose making it a crime to not carry health insurance, no one seems to notice that they are very aggressively trying to legislate morality.
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So in the name of clarity and finality, I suggest we all admit one simple, obvious fact:
The Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta will begin it’s three-part Catholic Leader’s Forum tonight at 7 p.m. Parts 2 and 3 will be held in February and April. I’ll be there!
I just posted a comment to Charisma magazine’s online article, “Is Today’s Bible Correct?” The article cites the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls as supporting the “authenticity of the 1611 translation” of the King James Bible’s Old Testament. I wanted to point out that the 1611 KJV contained books that modern Protestant Bibles omit (but Catholic Bibles contain):
When discussing the “authenticity of the 1611 translation,” remember that the 1611 edition of the King James Bible contained 80 books, not 66. The first 66-book KJV was published in 1885. That original 80-book KJV had the full canon, which also matches the Catholic bible. Modern groupings of those same 80 books typically are printed as 73 books. Christians should be encouraged to read the complete Bible, not the stripped-down 66-book versions.
What it comes to is that we ought not just to have the name of Christians, but to be so in reality… — Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Magnesians, 4
