A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Was this a wave election?
BEFORE AFTER Yes.
The Republicans’ triumph is even more amazing when you look at this map
By Tom Quiner Counties that voted Republican are represented in red; Democratic parties are blue. What do you think is the significance of this map? Maybe liberals have it all wrong. It’s not the Republicans who are “radical” and out of touch, at least according to this map. What do you think?
Faithful voters
Yesterday, Catholics voted Republican 53 to 45% according to exit polling conducted by Edison Research. Protestants were even more supportive of Republican candidates, 60 to 38%.
Will the “Take-Away Party” lose their power today?
By Tom Quiner I call the Democratic Party the “Take-Away Party.” Every position they stake out will take something critical from someone else, whether it is life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. Take their proclamation for women’s reproductive ‘health.’ This phrase is code for human abortion and contraception. Human abortion takes away something precious from someone else, their life. Some Democrats bluster that although they personally would never have an…
Where in the heck did Catholics come up with purgatory?
As a convert to Catholicism, I once embraced a Protestant theology that suggested a ‘once-for-all atonement.’ I certainly am no theologian, but my understanding of Catholic teaching on purgatory is, in fact, based on sacred scripture, which I will touch on momentarily.
“If there was no purgatory, man would invent it”
By Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI “I would go so far as to say that if there was no purgatory, then we would have to invent it, for who would dare say of himself that he was able to stand directly before God. And, yet we don’t want to be, to use an image from Scripture, ‘a pot that turned out wrong,’ that has to be thrown away; we want to…
Redemptive suffering
Why does God allow suffering?
This is the question men of faith and faithless men have asked down through the ages. A Quiner’s Diner reader wrote and told me she is going through the Catholic Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).
She was trying to come to grips with this question. Some non-Catholic Christian evangelists promote a philosophy that financial well-being is the will of God for man. This is known as the prosperity gospel.
Catholic thinking, on the other hand, embraces the notion that suffering can be redemptive, that it is even sometimes necessary for the salvation of souls…
Stay-at-home moms are un-American
By Tom Quiner The president and his party are very clear about what they think about stay-at-home moms: “Sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result. And that’s not a choice we want Americans to make.” The message: women, it is imperative to put your kids last. Put…
Pope Francis’ shocking view on abortion
Here’s what the Pope said, and the world is stunned:
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