Monday, March 31, 2008

Gospel According to Marx

The latest issue of Maclean's magazine highlights one of my "Maclean's 50" commentaries.

It's one where I take the Roman Catholic Church to task for concocting a list of trendy "social sins"; It's now a sin, for instance, says the Church to pollute or to create poverty or to have excessive wealth.

In my commentary I say such a list shouldn't surprise anybody because "For a long time now, Church leaders have been preaching the Gospel according to Marx. That's what accounts for my status as a lapsed Catholic".
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:23 PM

    Catchy subject title.

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  2. Roy Eappen8:03 PM

    the Church always forgets the parable of the ten talents. God wants us to get return on our assets!

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  3. Roy Eappen8:06 PM

    Here is the parable.

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  4. Iain G. Foulds8:57 PM

    ... From Pope Leo 13th's "Rerum Novarum", to Pope John Paul 2nd's "Centissimus Annus", the Church's position on political economic philosophy has been ambiguous- interpreted as a victory by both the Right and the Left.
    ... The Church's true position should clearly be to encourage true charity- the FREE giving of one's time and resources to help the less fortunate. The Church's error has been to endorse socialism- the principle of FORCED economic redistribution by the state.

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  5. Anonymous9:50 AM

    WTF Gerry.

    This is all BS. Don't you read?

    http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/mar/08031110.html

    Welcome to the wonderful world of lapsed Catholic axe grinders.

    You will go far. You should have a job with a CBC panel by weeks end.

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