Michael Moore Almost Became a Catholic Priest

The teachings of the Catholic Church confound both the left and the right; they are whole and seamless. The Church offers a strong critique of capitalism, and argues for what G.K. Chesterton called distributism instead. The Church says any society can and should be evaluated by how it helps the poorest, last and least. The Church opposes the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and calls the very fact of nuclear weapons (let alone their use) an "intrinsic evil." The Church asks for a living wage for all workers and says the right to immigrate is a human right. Michael Moore well represents Catholic Social Teaching. Read the encyclicals; it's all quite clear.

Dora of CA 11:23AM October 08, 2009

is is a man who makes a living at what he does, He knows what people want to hear and he might even believe every thing he says. He does do some good but so do snake oil sales people, like Michael Moore snake oil sales people gives hope. Which is more than people who complain then does nothing about it does. I would be more impressed with Michael Moore if he could father grassroots think tanks around America So “We The People” would know how to be a part of our own Government Again. City counsel is not always boring, Sometimes you can hear some crazy things when a counsel member is doing a constituent a favor and does not research the subject. Of course A grassroots group is even more fun than city counsel because when they first get started nobody knows what to do and things are very informal and people bring snacks and sometimes they even have a baby sitter. And everybody gets to know there neighborhoods and there Government, Sometimes local as well as federal. I know I have learned a lot by reading these articles and mostly the posts when they are not negative.

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Don D. Brock of AZ 6:16PM September 27, 2009

Moore says most Americans want gun control-(less damage from bullets) Most are liberated, liberal, don't want wars or a draft. Most support unions & defend workers' rights. They don't trust corporations. Remember Enron & need for bailouts. Remember corporate demands for de-regulation & for privatization of public agencies, etc. Most Americans want equal rights for women. Most oppose any attempt by the government or religious groups that would seek to control their reproductive organs. Moore doesn't go as far as I do. I say Pro-Life exists to preserve the dollar value of the 10% lifetime tithe. It's $160,000 if a person pays 40 years on a steady yearly income of $40,000. Moore knows the Code of Canon Law. It calls abortion a "crime" & a SIN, punished by excommunication. That means no access to a priest to hear confession, prescribe penitence & grant forgiveness. Unforgiven sinners go to Hell, to torture by fire!! Terrified Catholics fearfully obey that Section of Canon Law. Until l973 (Roe) U.S. civil government enforced Canon Law that bans abortion and suicide. Patriotically, Moore seems to ask us to give first allegiance to the Constitution, not to laws made by churches.

auradawn veirs of CA 7:15PM September 25, 2009

He makes millions by bashing capitialism, and the awe inspired liberals see no issue with this. Michael Moore is an obese,undisciplined, radical demogogue who repulses 95% of the people in this country, myself included.

smittty of KS 11:40AM September 25, 2009