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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Majority of non-cafeteria Catholics are conservative. Not necessarily saying they love trump. But definitely conservative.

The Catholic Church is conservative in the true meaning of the word. Respect for tradition, slow changing, scripture not open to individual interpretation.

People only bother converting when they decide they agree with the teachings of the church. Given two points above, it should not surprise anyone that converts are more conservative.  Young priests are also more conservative because the priesthood is now only attracting men who have decided they truly believe in the church and the priesthood. [/quote]

True Catholicism is liberal. Feed the poor, do unto others, we are all created in God’s image, advocate for asylum seekers, etc.

Most convert for convenience like my fiancée asked me to and only have a surfaced understanding of the rules, teachings and culture.[/quote]

Nope you are cherry picking your Catholicism. What about respect for life, family values, objective moral truth, and [b]the idea that suffering will always exist in this world so our first priority should be to worship God. [/b]

And all those tenets you listed are not liberal. Feed the poor, sure, but how? Democrats (if that is what you mean by liberal) advocate for big govt to step in for that role. Catholic Conservatives advocate for subsidiarity, that matters should be handled by the smallest, lowest competent authority. That is not a disagreement of tenets but of methodology. [/quote]

I can't even begin to respond to this.  The ideas that Catholics aren't called to alleviate suffering, or that alleviating suffering and worshiping God are somehow in conflict are so far from Catholic teaching that I think you have to be a troll.  [/quote]

I didn't say we are not called to alleviate suffering. I said that worship of God comes first. Please go back to Sunday school if you don't know this, if you are even Catholic. Hint, look at what the first commandment is.

And while helping the poor and worshipping God is not in conflict on a personal level, they can absolutely be in conflict when it comes to politics. [/quote]

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