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. . .\u00a0 (or at least some highly secularized, extreme versions of it)<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\"RandAyn\"<\/a><\/div>\n
Ayn Rand (1905-1982), a pro-abortion atheist, was a big influence on libertarianism.<\/span> [Flickr<\/a> \/ CC BY 2.0<\/a> license]\n

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(11-20-13)<\/p>\n

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[from a Facebook thread <\/a>on my page]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I\u2019ve been saying for years that libertarianism \u2014 at least in its extreme forms \u2014 has more difficulties being consistent with Christianity than even left-wing political views do. Mark Shea commented on this same article<\/a>: \u201d Libertarianism is a heresy. It focuses on subsidiarity while ignoring solidarity. It\u2019s a philosophy for people with no children.\u201d I agree.<\/span><\/p>\n

A libertarianism that entails legal drugs, moral \/ social neutrality regarding same-sex \u201cmarriage\u201d or things like cohabitation, etc. (all quite fashionable among many young people, even Catholics and other Christians and\/or \u201clibertarians\u201d), it falls short of Catholic social teaching and biblical teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsidiarity in libertarianism is not what Catholics object to, because it\u2019s a Catholic principle. It\u2019s the extreme emphasis of it to the exclusion of solidarity (as Mark Shea noted) which is the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think government can or should do anything about cohabitation: but Christians certainly should. I was referring above mainly to the positions of those who are libertarians: it\u2019s this mentality of \u201cif it doesn\u2019t harm<\/i> anyone, let folks do as they wish<\/i>.\u201d That\u2019s the fundamental lie: sin does<\/b> harm society<\/i> because it harms families and relationships<\/i>, which are the basis and foundation of society. To not understand this is to miss a very basic aspect of Christianity: the communitarian one (\u201cwe are our brothers\u2019 keepers,\u201d etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n

Libertarianism is a very mixed bag: many types, and sometimes people aren\u2019t even aware of the larger philosophical \/ social issues that lie behind a lot of this stuff. They just take in the philosophy from friends, etc.: which is the human tendency.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marijuana kills brain cells and memory. That\u2019s hardly good for society.<\/span><\/p>\n

Human laws ought to reflect natural laws. The law is supposed to sanction what is good and right, because that is best for society. Same-sex marriage will destroy society insofar as it is a perversion of the basic building-block of it and is also mortal sin in Catholic thinking. That\u2019s why it was unthinkable as a legality until very recently.\u00a0<\/span> Sodomy ought to be illegal (and usually has been in most societies), and that is because it\u2019s against natural law, which good human law ought to reflect and mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contraception was illegal until 1965 in the US, though obviously not enforced. The Griswold v. Connecticut<\/a> case dealt with that and brought in the notorious \u201cright to privacy\u201d thing that was the groundwork for legal abortion. So philosophically and ethically, this sort of libertarian or \u201clet everyone do as they please\u201d thinking lies directly behind the abortion holocaust.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

The churches have to teach on the wrongness of fornication and masturbation. But few do at all, and those that do at all often do it in a dumb and insubstantial way. Thankfully, there is a growing and thriving abstinence movement now where young people can hear intelligent talks about these issues, so they can make sensible choices in their lives and avoid much misery and heartbreak that come from any sin. <\/span><\/p>\n

Homosexuality (i.e., male sexual acts) is so unhealthy because certain body parts weren\u2019t meant to be associated with certain other body parts (without getting graphic). So people get sick and die at a younger age as a result. The Bible makes the argument that it\u2019s against natural law (largely in St. Paul).<\/span>The whole notion that government couldn\u2019t say anything about contraception gave us abortion. That\u2019s the fruit. Now we\u2019re gonna get societally sanctioned homosexual \u201cmarriage\u201d leading to a perversion of the basis of society: the family.<\/span><\/p>\n

If people want to foolishly think like this, let them ponder the actual results<\/i> of it. The government says lots of things about lots of private stuff: you can\u2019t rape in private, or abuse a child, or even kill yourself. The only dispute is over which things are moral or not, so it goes back to ethics and religion to make that determination.<\/p>\n

Thus, as society becomes more secularized, it becomes more immoral, to everyone\u2019s detriment. We see that tragically playing out now, all over the world.<\/p>\n

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