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<\/div>\nWhat he actually said is, \u201c\u201cWe do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong.\u201d \u00a0But close enough.<\/div>\n
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The trouble is, this perfectly true statement, in the mouth of countless \u201cfaithful conservative Catholics\u201d typically means \u201cYou people over there need to listen to the Church about your sex lives, but I don\u2019t need to listen to the Church when it is talking about violence or money or anything that sounds liberal because that\u2019s a prudential judgment, which means I can ignore it. \u00a0Will you get a load of that screwy liberal Francis? \u00a0What a disaster!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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News flash: \u201cPrudential judgment\u201d does not mean \u201cFeel free to ignore and battle the Church if it contradicts your pet political dogmas.\u201d Nor does it mean \u201cUse your prudence to decide whether or not to bother listening to the Church\u2019s guidance.\u201d It means \u201cHow can we most prudently obey the Church\u2019s guidance?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So when the Church offers us guidance on, say, our responsibility for creation, or the poor, or the use of the death penalty, or treatment of prisoners, or unjust war, or a host of other matters, it is not prudent to make war on that guidance and declare that we are free to do so as long as we wear a Precious Feet pin. \u00a0It is, in fact, rebellion.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Re-purposing Chesterton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This Chestertonish "quote" is really a paraphrase: What he actually said is, "\u201cWe do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. 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