Dear Editor: The theological disputes throughout history have served to elucidate and refine truth. In this sense, the process is dialectical and organic. Truth, as Jesus Christ, objectively is not a dialectic, nor is it static.
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Kim Davis Is Not a Hero
Dear Editor: I am writing in response to the letter about the “Courage of Kim Davis” (Readers’ Forum, Sept. 19). In the past century, a tradition of heroes who defied the law and went to prison over matters of conscience has arisen. Starting in the early 20th century with the American Suffragettes, others such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., inspired important change. Their civil disobedience created social change and the doing away of injustices.
Two-Pronged Approach
Dear Editor: John Calvin was a terrible theologian. His primary idea, that God chooses to condemn millions of people to eternal damnation, regardless of any efforts they might make to the contrary, is by far the worst idea of the Reformation. This obsession with power believes in a God who would be infinitely more evil than all the world’s dictators combined, but in this worldview, power matters and victims do not. From this worldview evolved our capitalist economy, based on domination and power, granting the vast majority of benefits to a few and disregarding the suffering of millions.
Church Respects Women
Dear Editor: The comments of Ernie Terga (Readers’ Forum, “Pay Attention to Women,”June 20) are disrespectful to women and the Church. He is wrong to insist that the Church has ever said, in any capacity, that “men have a monopoly on piety.” Does the Church say that the women she canonizes or elevates to Doctors […]
Response to Homelessness
Dear Editor: To Frederick R. Bedell Jr. (Readers’ Forum, “Homelessness,” Sept. 9), I want to offer my apologies to you for your experience as a veteran being homeless after being released from the U.S. Navy and having served during the Vietnam era. There is something seriously wrong with us as a country when men come […]
Defunding PP
Dear Editor: We know that there are Catholics who support abortion. However, no one can support the harvesting of baby parts for sale on the open market. Where is the Catholic voice to defund Planned Parenthood? There are four ways to defund Planned Parenthood (PP). Three will not work because Obama can veto the bill. […]
Send Message on Abortion
Dear Editor: I agree with your guest columnist, John Garvey (“Using Technology to Humanize Unborn Life,” Aug. 27), about using technology to humanize the unborn child as a deterrent to abortions. This should be done via PSAs as the ones done on smoking have effectively stopped people from using cigarettes. Send a message to the […]
A Pope Who Understands
Dear Editor: Pope Francis is truly a loving and understanding man of faith and of the people. Thank you for simplifying the annulment process. I applied over 20 years ago, but found the paperwork and criteria daunting. Having to relive the events leading up to my marriage, my marriage and the demise of my marriage […]
Heroic Brothers of the Diocese
Dear Editor: One of the most inspirational teachers in my life was Brother Joseph, F.S.C. He taught the eighth-grade boys at St. Cecilia’s Elementary School in Greenpoint in the early 1940s. In addition to the academic curriculum, which was excellently presented, he would prepare the class for the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel with a Friday afternoon […]
The Gift of Absolute Truth
Dear Editor: While misinterpreting George Weigel’s remarks (Aug. 12), Eddie Shih describes calumnious clashes as serving a “divine purpose” as though truth is a dialectic between honest minds in disagreement. This assumption defies Church history and is offensive to respecting truth as an exclusive gift from God. Fundamental to a Catholic, and therefore truthful, understanding […]