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Offline HeidtXtreme

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Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
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  • I admittedly am not a very big fan of discussing politics. I find them very tiring and not beneficial to my spiritual wellbeing. I understand that they are important, and that Catholics have an obligation to speak the Truth in all things, including political and moral matters (speaking against socialism, abortion, sodomy, open-borders, etc). But when it seems like every politician is just a different part of the same evil globalist Zionist force, I grow weary of hearing about it. I am sick of the modern world, and all of the fakeness of everything mainstream, and trying to convince "mainstreamlings" that everything is not what it seems appears to me useless most of the time. I don't mean to be afraid of talking to those (liberals or conservatives) who will hate me for my political beliefs, and that isn't my intention. But is there a certain degree to which a Catholic should involve himself in politics? Or can a Catholic "keep to himself" in political matters with the exception of when he would be required to speak the moral Truth (again, speak out against abortion and sodomy, etc)?

    Offline Everlast22

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    Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
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  • No, it's not wrong.







    Online Ladislaus

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    Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
    « Reply #2 on: Today at 02:20:36 PM »
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  • It may even be wrong to LIKE politics.  Now, we might have it for our duty to engage in them to a certain extent, but to LIKE them?  Meh, if you actually like that nonsense, there may be something wrong with you.  :laugh1:

    Offline Mat183

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    Re: Is it wrong for a Catholic to dislike politics?
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  • How would St. Thomas Aquinas answer the question?  For him politics is the rational ordering of the community for the common good, grounded in natural law, aimed at fostering virtue, and exercised through just authority.