tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post9093237280491598854..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: IS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A DICTATORSHIP?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-22413099640687486742011-09-28T21:33:12.954-04:002011-09-28T21:33:12.954-04:00Actually, Democracy is mob rule. Madison wrote the...Actually, Democracy is mob rule. Madison wrote the Constitution, however Jefferson was much more a proponent of a democratic-republic than Madison. Madison flopped from one side of the fence to the other often depending on the political climate.<br /><br />Lincoln destroyed the Republic as soon as he illegally invaded the seceded Southern States and forced them back in at bayonet point. If you're not free to leave, you're not free.<br /><br />Anyways, since this is not a political/historical site I'll simply recommend for reading any number of the Kennedy brother's books especially "The South Was Right." http://www.kennedytwins.com/main.htm<br /><br />And visit The League of the South at www.dixienet.org and the Southern Nationalist Network at www.southernnationalist.com/blog/<br /><br />There is a lot of great information there and those guys are all much more knowledgeable and articulate than I.SouthronCatholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-8942244040248701372011-09-28T15:59:56.644-04:002011-09-28T15:59:56.644-04:00Is the universe a dictatorship? We want God on ou...Is the universe a dictatorship? We want God on our terms, as if He was one of the pagan gods that could be enslaved to human will under the right spell. Seems like the Church is a model of the universe in that regard and true to the template, we bridle at the laws and then plead for protection from our choices. <br /><br />rcgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-22285538672952714972011-09-28T15:45:29.388-04:002011-09-28T15:45:29.388-04:00Our problem is even more fundamental. 1776 and 178...Our problem is even more fundamental. 1776 and 1789 were not that far apart chronologically or philosophically. Our Declaration and Constitution are Enlightenment documents based upon the same "Reason" that led to the French Revolution and the cries of "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite." It was a relatively short step from "all men are created equal" (a philosophical, genetic, and social absurdity) to the business of government becoming the promotion of minorities and the engineering of equal outcomes. It is a very short step from democracy to egalitarianism. We ceased being a representative democracy many moons ago; the Republic died in the War Between the States. FDR was merely the logical conclusion to the Federalist leaven in our Founding.<br />Now, we are an egalitarian welfare state where State's Rights are limited to mostly insignificant bones thrown by the Federal Government, and even these have been made precarious by a Federal Court system that has consistently re-interpreted the Constitution in favor of government hegemony. This brings the government into conflict with the Church because you cannot have egalitarianism with an authoritarian and powerful structure like the Catholic Church insisting upon moral and value judgements while owing fealty to a higher power than government.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672484450736725268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-6218801924040214752011-09-28T12:02:35.138-04:002011-09-28T12:02:35.138-04:00Southron, I actually agree with all of your sentim...Southron, I actually agree with all of your sentiments with the following exceptions. 1) Democracy is 1 man 1 vote popular elections, we have a representative election. 2) Madison should get the credit for the formation of the Republic. Jefferson would have probably preferred a straight Democracy.<br /><br />I don't believe Lincoln set out to destroy the Republic, it was incidental to his goal of preserving the Union. FDR on the other hand did his damage intentionally.th the following exceptions. 1) Democracy is 1 man 1 vote popular elections, we have a representative election. 2) Madison should get the credit for the formation of the Republic. Jefferson would have probably preferred a straight Democracy.<br /><br />I don't believe Lincoln set out to destroy the Republic, it was incidental to his goal of preserving the Union. FDR on the other hand did his damage intentionally.Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-88947907096979662972011-09-28T09:45:10.764-04:002011-09-28T09:45:10.764-04:00Actually we do have a Democracy, although it hasn&...Actually we do have a Democracy, although it hasn't always been that way. Lincoln (with strong support from Karl Marx and his 48ers) "united" these once sovereign, and voluntarily united States by force 150 years ago, and power has been centralized in the District of Corruption ever since. <br /><br />We make citizens of those that have no legitimate claim, we have universal suffrage allowing the ignorant and uniformed to vote, we elect Senators by popular demand where they were once only elected by our State representatives. Referendums that Congress can't Constitutionally pass (and hide) are presented to the ignorant masses during for popular vote. <br /><br />The War of Northern Aggression and the following "Reconstruction" destroyed the Constitutional Jeffersonian republic and replaced it with Hamiltonian crony capitalism (fascism).SouthronCatholicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-17169528320672104962011-09-28T09:12:34.498-04:002011-09-28T09:12:34.498-04:00Father, great post.
Templar, great comment.Father, great post.<br /><br />Templar, great comment.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-79841162085142337372011-09-28T07:26:10.383-04:002011-09-28T07:26:10.383-04:00The Pope is clearly no Dictator as he "takes&...The Pope is clearly no Dictator as he "takes" nothing that was not his in the way of authority. Christ handed Peter those keys, and those keys remain Peter's.<br /><br />Although I reserve the right to question the Church and her Clergy on all matters not infallible I question from the POV of Orthodoxy. I do believe the Church has squandered most of it's moral authority by succumbing to Modernism and Liberalism. I do think because of that the Laity need to closely watch the Church and Clergy, but only to insure their adherence to the Magesterium and Catholic Tradition. So it's not so much their authority which I question, honestly it's rather the opposite. I wish they would USE their God given authority to ENFORCE what the Church teaches. That would go a long way towards restoring so of the lost moral authority.<br /><br />As for Americans and their love of "Democracy"....how would we know? We don't have one in the US (and God be praised, a Republic is bad enough, spare us from Democracy). Personally I'm a Monarchist :)Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.com