LA-Gov: Jindal's views of non-Catholics

Published: August 21, 2007, 6:05 pm

Tags: bobby jindal, la gov, louisiana, governor, 2007

This old Free Republic post contains the text of Jindal's "How Catholicism is Different" article, which is now the focus of a Democratic Party attack ad against him. It won't likely be up long, as the magazine is aggressively seeking to expunge versions of the piece from the web to protect Jindal. Aside from the fact that it's written like a legal brief, apparently to make it seem "authoritative", it really is a slap across the face of all non-Catholic Christians. Some choice quotes: Just as C.S. Lewis removed any room for comfortable opposition to Jesus by identifying Him as either "Lord, liar, or lunatic," so the Catholic Church leaves little room for complacent opposition to her doctrines. Summary: Catholics are right, everyone else is wrong. It is nearly impossible to derive the orthodox understanding of the Trinity, and other teachings which were disputed in the early Christian community, from Scripture alone without recourse to Church teachings. Sincerely motivated

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