As I have noted before, I hate labels. They are inaccurate and their use is often mere laziness. Call someone a Catholic, a fascist, a liberal, or a socialist, and you are saying a lot or very little, and only if others are familiar with you and your opinions will they know what you mean.
In spite of my abhorrence, I have been using 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' with the glib abandon of a woolly-minded idiot, until someone brought me up short with the perfectly understandable (although I disagree with it) statement that:
"If the Church is to be PRO-LIFE, it must be so for all, not just the unborn, but also those who may deserve to forfeit their lives."
I am not opposed to killing in self-defence, or in the defence of the weak, or harmless, or innocent. If it were not for the horrible certainty of miscarriages of justice, I would support the death penalty for murder, rape, and for arson and drunk driving if they resulted in death.
But I am totally opposed to abortion and euthanasia under any circumstances.
So how should I describe myself and those like me? Not, I think, as pro-life. Perhaps -
Anti-abortion?
Anti-euthanasia?
Pro-innocent life?
Mislabel yourself, and you may find you are in the wrong camp.
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Speaking of not liking labels, I have never really liked the designations of "Right Wing" for conservative and "Left Wing" for liberal which originated in the French Revolution. The members of the National Assembly who supported keeping the monarchy sat to the right of the speakers chair while those who wanted to abolish the monarchy sat to the left. I have never been comfortable with this as I am conservative on some issues and liberal on others. These political labels are really out of place when we are talking about theology. Either one submits to the teachings of the Church on faith and morals or one does not. The labels "theologically conservative" and "theologically liberal" are really out of place since in the view of the world the Church is sometimes conservative (as in views on sex) and sometimes liberal (as in views on social justice).
Bad Catholic - you write: "Either one submits to the teachings of the Church on faith and morals or one does not."
You are, of course, right, and complete submission is the only Catholic option.
Thank you, and God bless.
Amen boys!!!!!!!
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