{"id":15252,"date":"2013-04-10T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T01:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=15252"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:20:20","slug":"fr-robert-barron-on-how-lame-popular-opinion-polls-are-at-identifying-moral-truths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/04\/fr-robert-barron-on-how-lame-popular-opinion-polls-are-at-identifying-moral-truths.html","title":{"rendered":"Fr. Robert Barron on How Lame Popular Opinion Polls Are At Identifying Moral Truths…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The bottomline? It\u2019s all about the timing of the questions. And questions asked in the present rarely identify timeless moral truths.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll let him argue the point in light of the current cri de coeur<\/em><\/a> surrounding a certain hot-button issue.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>I never became a Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2010\/10\/because-of-opinion-polls-not.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">because of opinion polls<\/a>. I don\u2019t intend to stay a Catholic because of them either.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, did you see what the Church of England decided about marriage? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/04\/church-of-england-goes-thumbs-down-on-blessing-gay-marriages\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s between one man, and one woman<\/a>. They must not have paid attention to the public opinion polls either.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bottomline? It\u2019s all about the timing of the questions. And questions asked in the present rarely identify timeless moral truths. 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