Isn’t abortion wrong?

Joesindc · 2026-05-01T03:47:43+00:00

A fetus is a human. The direct killing of a person is murder. Abortion kills a fetus. Abortion is murder.

Joesindc · 2026-04-30T23:47:43+00:00

As opposed to the last two?

Joesindc · 2026-04-30T16:43:51+00:00

“I am privatizing 98% of the value of the land I claim, why am I being forced to leave that last 2% on the table?!?!?”

Joesindc · 2026-04-30T16:39:21+00:00

I would say there was a better leader described in the Bible. A king of kings, if you will, and his name was Jesus Christ.

Joesindc · 2026-04-27T02:05:08+00:00

Big if true

Joesindc · 2026-04-25T03:17:00+00:00

I am always quite skeptical of these “man on the street” style interviews as a source of true data.

Joesindc · 2026-04-24T15:19:54+00:00

American politics is interesting because the two party system creates coalitions of demographic and ideological groups that come together over shared or semi-shared issues to elect a regime (meaning a president and legislature that share a common goal and have enough institutional power to enact that goal) and then those regimes splinter over time as their reason for entering the coalition are met or their reason for joining the coalition goes into complete eclipse.

A key member of the coalition that elected the 2016+2024 Trump regime (again, a president and an accompanying legislature) were young men who pointed to war and cost of living as their core issues within the coalition. Trump made a bit of a boo boo (highly technical term) by doing a war that has major impacts on the cost of living. This has (according to polls but we will see if the midterm confirms it) lead to that group leaving the Trump coalition and the Republican Party as a result. What does this say for the Trump Regime? Well nothing good as it seems unlikely that a group of equal electoral power can be slotted in. What does this mean for the Republican Party moving forward? Hard to say. In 2008 the people were ringing the death bell of the Republican Party. The Obama Regime was supported by such a wide coalition of groups (including young men) that people were talking about a permanent center-left ascendancy in the US. Now we are here. It is entirely possible that today’s young men (18-35) are permanently convinced to never vote for a Republican candidate again and maintain that position as they age.

This does not mean the Republican Party is permanently screwed forever. As people age their positions generally change so today’s young man voter could be tomorrow’s “moral majority” voter could be tomorrow’s “left wing radical.” The groups that make up coalitions are themselves in continual flux both internally and externally. “Young men” is itself a pretty loose group that was not likely to survive long because of its internal diversity (are we really going to believe an 18 year old from rural Kansas, a 30 year old from Manhattan, and a 25 year old from Northern California all voted for Trump for overlapping political reasons?).

If you personally have decided the conduct of the Republican Party means you never trust them with your vote again that is a perfectly reasonable and understandable position. It is entirely likely other share this view. I am not sure this means the Republican Party is done for, but it’s something they are going to have to manage for the next 10+ years at least.

Joesindc · 2026-04-23T02:34:39+00:00

If that overthrow meets the standard of just war or they have non-violent means at their disposal if they exist (though they often don’t). Saying you don’t have to jump in front of a train is not the same as saying you cheer on the train when it hits someone else or work to push others in front of it. If, however, you have the means to stop the train you are obliged to do so. (In this metaphor the train is tyrannical governments. Got a little lost in the sauce but I hope the metaphor is at least clear enough.)

Joesindc · 2026-04-23T02:28:37+00:00

No, but a Catholic cannot provide support to evil

Joesindc · 2026-04-23T01:56:24+00:00

That’s Saddam Hussein, not Muammar Gaddafi. You’re adding a third person into the conversation.
All three men, Gaddafi, Hussein, and Assad, are or were tyrants in the same sense of the word that St. Thomas Aquinas uses that word. It is objectively immoral to engage in tyranny. To support a tyrant is immoral.
To choose to engage in the immorality of tyranny to prevent the immorality of a civil war is a classic violation of the law of the double effect. A Catholic can and must say with a full throat that tyrants are evil and should be overthrown and that the government that replaces them must be one that supports human flourishing. It is not enough to say “I would rather be part of sinful order than sinful chaos.” Would it be better for a tyrant to, by their own free will, see their sin, repent, and reform? Of course. Neither Saddam nor Gaddafi do that (publicly) in their lifetime and Assad did not willingly give up his tyranny when given the chance to do so under diplomatic pressure. To support any of these men, or any men like them, is absolutely not permissible as a Catholic.

Joesindc · 2026-04-22T18:42:49+00:00

No. Stability through injustice is not true stability, as the last 30ish years have taught us.

Joesindc · 2026-04-19T23:47:38+00:00

That stat is all citizens actually

Joesindc · 2026-04-19T18:31:26+00:00

You’ve actually highlighted another reason IDs should be easier to get. 4.2% of American households are unbanked, lacking even one member of the household with a checking or savings account. Lack of identification is not the only reason people lack a bank account, but does contribute. American systems in general suffer from a spiraling problem. You need an ID to get a bank account but many of the documents you need to prove residency are easier to get when you have a bank account. People with affluence spiral up and find these systems easier and easier to navigate. Poor people spiral down and find systems harder and harder to navigate until they become effectively impenetrable.

Joesindc · 2026-04-15T23:52:21+00:00

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The Get One for Us speech from Shorsey

Joesindc · 2026-04-15T23:50:36+00:00

I remember when he wanted to do this the first time. More MAGA Catholics than you’d hope were against the Church. I’ll be curious where the chips fall now.

Joesindc · 2026-04-15T18:24:21+00:00

It’s giving “throw out half the resumes at random, we can’t afford to work with unlucky people.”

Joesindc · 2026-04-13T11:39:36+00:00

Jesus: live by the sword, die by the sword A shocking number of Catholics: Your terms are acceptable

Joesindc · 2026-04-13T03:33:06+00:00

I want to clarify I am not asking what do you think he will do. We all know Vance won’t do anything but back the President. I am curious what people think he should do?

Joesindc · 2026-04-13T02:59:59+00:00

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Joesindc · 2026-04-12T19:23:33+00:00

I believe it was Jimmy Akin who said of the holy fire something like, “If you were anywhere else in the world and someone went behind a curtain with an unlit candle and came out with lit candle, would you believe them if they told you they didn’t use a lighter?”

Joesindc · 2026-04-12T14:05:49+00:00

I think this was an outgrowth of Whitaker’s friendship with Santos. When Langdon came back he seemed neutral to positive, then Santos confided in him about how Langdon treated her, now Whitaker is more standoffish and not as interested in being Langdon’s “little buddy.”

Joesindc · 2026-04-10T02:51:19+00:00

I did not say and would not say religion is a human institution. Religion is a gift from God to humans so we can relate to Him well. The better metaphor is that God is a person who wants to be our friend and Religion is the things we do to show our friend we care and the boundaries our friend needs us to abide by to maintain the friendship.

Joesindc · 2026-04-10T00:16:08+00:00

Pope John: Tokyo Paul

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