Is cruelty the point

Pope Leo XIV, First American Pope, Successor to Pope Francis and Social Justice of Pop Leo XIII
Modern Catholic Popes

Pope Leo XIV, First American Pope, Successor to Pope Francis and Social Justice of Pope Leo XIII

05/13/2025 Bruce Strom 5

Pope Leo XIV notes: “What is striking about these two attitudes is their relevance today. They embody notions that we could easily find on the lips of many men and women in our own time, even if, while essentially identical, they are expressed in different language.”
“Even today, there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd, meant for the weak and unintelligent. Settings where other securities are preferred, like technology, money, success, power, or pleasure.” […]

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas- Does This Children’s Book Whitewash the Horrors of the Holocaust
AntiSemitism

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: Does This Children’s Book Whitewash the Horrors of the Holocaust?

05/06/2025 Bruce Strom 0

My deeper objection to this book is the thought that the young son of the commandant could be so naïve that he would not realize that making a friend of a Jewish boy would be seen as repugnant. The reality was that anti-Semitism was a core belief of the Nazi state, and this was an important virtue that the Nazi engrained in the lessons taught to impressionable youngsters both in the Nazi Youth clubs and in the public school system. Furthermore, children were taught that the Nazi virtues prohibited them from associating with Jews. […]

Does the Dobbs Abortion Decision Endanger Lives? Obstetricians Facing Moral and Legal Dilemmas
Abortion

Does the Dobbs Abortion Decision Endanger Lives? Obstetricians Facing Moral and Legal Dilemmas

09/19/2024 Bruce Strom 0

Is the opposite of pro-life, pro-death? Does everyone who is pro-choice ENJOY KILLING BABIES?
Another related question is, Will those who do not support a radical pro-life, no abortion under any circumstances, BURN IN HELL? This is a meme that totally ignores compassion, that refuses to believe that those considering abortion have real life-changing problems they are facing.
What liberals often do not realize is that the phrase “pro-choice” strikes at the core of religious beliefs, the term “pro-compassion” is a better narrative, a better message. The phrase “pro-choice” implies to a devout believer that there is no absolute truth, that there is no God who represents absolute morality, but that every man can formulate what is right and wrong in their own eyes, that moral truth is relative. […]