BAR wrote:


My uncle was in the seminary but decided that he wanted to do more with
his life. He went to USMC OCS and became a fighter pilot and when to
Vietnam and flew F4's.

Our family is very Catholic, very conservative and very generous to
charities.

Of course when you explain the economics of liberalism vs. conservatism
to children who start earning their own money it opens their eyes.

No offense to your uncle, but just how did he do "more with his life" by
being a fighter pilot in Vietnam? Is killing people a higher calling
than saving them?

There's more to being a good Catholic, I've been told, than being
"generous to charities," especially as it relates to other people.
Charity is great, don't get me wrong, but the papal encyclicals demand
more of good Catholics than charity.

As for your last sentence, I think it is hogwash.