5658, to be precise. Including helping facilitate the operation of a brutal crime ring.\u00a0 But it was all for the Greater Good. So the Church is wrong when she teaches:<\/p>\n
1789 Some rules apply in every case:
\n\u2013 One may never do evil so that good may result from it;<\/p>\n
\u2013 the Golden Rule: \u201cWhatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 charity always proceeds by way of respect for one\u2019s neighbor and his conscience: \u201cThus sinning against your brethren and wounding their conscience . . . you sin against Christ.\u201d Therefore \u201cit is right not to . . . do anything that makes your brother stumble.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It turns out that, in the New Faithful Conservative Catholic moral theology, doing evil that good may come of it is often fantastic: \u201cwise as a serpent\u201d and all that. And the Golden Rule does not apply to political opponents. And making your brother stumble so you can really nail him in a sin and expose him is actually what God wills and the Church is totally wrong about that.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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