On 4/14/05, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Turning to the positive side of these issues, I greatly appreciate the > >Catholic Church's statements on having a consistent ethic of life, which > >presumes heavily against any action that takes away life. > > > >Pope John Paul II: "Where life is involved, the service of charity must be > >profoundly consistent. It cannot tolerate bias and discrimination, for > human > >life is sacred and inviolable at every stage and in every situation; it is > an > >indivisible good." > > > >That sacredness and inviolability of life seems to me to make war > >intrinsically evil. > > What is the Catholic policy on self-defense? Its called the Doctorine of Double Effect and it basically says yeah, go for it.
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