Perspectives of a Wanderer

This is a brief follow up on the post “Rejecting The World”.
WorldNetDaily has an article titled: Record 259 corporations honored for ‘gay’ support.  In it there was a link to the companies that made the list.
Part of rejecting the world is to avoid (if possible) those who knowingly support and advance the perversions of the [...]

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Consider the title to the following news story:
Nebraska Safe-Haven Law Permits Parents to Abandon Teens
Is our society finally come to the point where anything or anyone can be discarded just because they are an inconvenience.
There have been stories recently of people just walking away from their homes due to the rising mortgage costs. Some [...]

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With the rise in fuel prices, the overemphasis on materialism that this Relativistic society covet has come back to haunt many people. Those who drive those oversized SUV’s are now having to make a decision on whether to trade their status symbols in for something more practical, go without other “necessities” like Starbucks, or [...]

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With all the news these days about governments (both here and in Canada) ruling against various religious activities and speech, I am just wondering if today’s governments can be considered “just” in their rule. Looking through the Catechism, the following leaps out:
1902 Authority does not derive its moral legitimacy from itself. It must [...]

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I wonder how careful we are in how we donate our monies to charities.  Do we first research before we give or to we give without thinking.
It seem that there is articles almost weekly that brings scandal on a charity due to how they distributes funds or who it is associated with it.  Most recently, [...]

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Another telltale sign of the implosion of society caused by the Secular Relativist occurred today. Today, the California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban.
On the subject of homosexuality, the Catholic Church is explicitly clear. The Catechism States as follows:
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant [...]

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When I say “habit, I mean our addition to oil and the enemies are the Radical Islamic Terrorists.
The answer is probably yes. Much of the oil money sent to the Middle East ends up in the hands of groups like Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the likes.
How? It is mainly through governments like Iran [...]

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Awhile back I asked the question whether speculation in the commodity markets is immoral. Since then I have kept tabs on the commodity markets and am convinced more than ever that the commodity market have indeed become immortal.
Oil and food prices are rising on the mere hint of trouble (real or imagined) in those [...]

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This was the jist of a question asked on a forum of which I am a member.  Although Socialism seems to have many redeeming aspects, I would have to say, in its current form, no.
Consider this. Liberation Theology which combined Marxism (the ultimate form of Socialism) and Christianity was condemned by the Church. Socialism (especially [...]

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Charity?  What does that word mean.  For most of us, it would probably be giving money and that would be it.  In today’s society, it seems everything boils down to money.
Saying that, charity does not end at the money.  We are to do a lot more.  In fact, our lives are meant to be one [...]

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