A Mitch Hedberg Tribute. S Voter Guide - vote. A Brief Catechism for Catholic Voters Fr. Stephen F. Torraco, PhD 1. Isn’t conscience the same as my own opinions and feelings? Conscience is NOT the same as your opinions or feelings. 2. This would depend on the positions held by the candidates of a single party. 3. If a political candidate supported abortion, or any other moral evil, such as assisted suicide and euthanasia, for that matter, it would not be morally permissible for you to vote for that person. 4. As explained in question 1 above, neither your feelings nor your opinions are identical with your conscience. 5. It is not correct to think of abortion and capital punishment as the very same kind of moral issue. 6. Serving the poor is not only admirable, but also obligatory for Catholics as an exercise of solidarity. 7.
A candidate for office who says that he is personally opposed to abortion but actually votes in favor of it is either fooling himself or trying to fool you. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. COPYRIGHT © 2002 Stephen F. 20 Obsolete English Words that Should Make a Comeback. Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected. DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language.
New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. The following words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but it’s easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation. Words are from Erin McKean’s two-volume series: Weird and Wonderful Words and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. 1. Verb trans. – “To confuse, jumble” – First of all this word is just fun to say in its various forms. 2. 3. Verb trans. – “To scrape together; to gather together from various sources” – I’m sure this wasn’t the original meaning of the word, but when I read the definition I immediately thought of copy-pasting. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 20 Awesomely Untranslatable Words from Around the World.
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