The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Perhaps if she had directly referred to the members of the church being divided I could buy that, but when you say "the church doesn't know" I interpret that as meaing the official doctrine of the church.

If I said, "America doesn't know where it stands on abortion," is that equally inaccurate. Afterall, we have very specific laws and a Supreme Court ruling that make pretty clear what the country's official stance is. As an American I should know that, there's no way I should imply that America doesn't know where it stands.

"The Church" is the people. Without its members, there is no church, there is no church leadership, there is no Pope. Yes, it is obvious what the official stance of chruch doctrine is. So obvious in fact, that it should equally obvious that there's no way Pelosi meant anything OTHER than "the whole of the Catholic people". You're either accusing her of being so stupid that she doesn't actually know what the official Catholic stance is, or you're purposely being obtuse to try to shine a bad light on her.