tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post6138901738663930543..comments2020-07-20T02:52:06.783-05:00Comments on Reading in Exile: The Strange Case of St. Joan of Arc: Thoughts on Providence for Election SeasonMark K. Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08283753483254749770noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-7848154059563909732016-08-19T18:28:05.545-05:002016-08-19T18:28:05.545-05:00Personally, I tend to think that the purpose of th...Personally, I tend to think that the purpose of this election in which the major parties have both chosen dreadful candidates is to push people to look at the alternatives. I would never have discovered the American Solidarity Party if I could willingly have voted for either of the big 2 candidates. Sue Korlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10085018999615208568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-18753995120877034802016-08-19T08:10:03.999-05:002016-08-19T08:10:03.999-05:00I have often thought recently that the triumvirate...I have often thought recently that the triumvirate of Pope St. John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and Margaret Thatcher was an instance of providence operating to bring an end to the Soviet empire. Only the Pope was a saint, but the three together helped to do God's work in this instance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-85090817430820469242016-08-18T15:36:27.450-05:002016-08-18T15:36:27.450-05:00Understandable!
I was pleased to see someone refu...Understandable!<br /><br />I was pleased to see someone refute Chaput's statement that it would be blasphemous to think that God is on one side or the other in any election (though I have nothing but love and respect for the Archbishop!). Perhaps he was also carried away while trying to stress his disappointment with both of the presidential candidates.Helias de Nappohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418841466049418364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-47567899059959135852016-08-18T10:48:41.212-05:002016-08-18T10:48:41.212-05:00That was just a throwaway line indicating my own d...That was just a throwaway line indicating my own displeasure with both sides :) You're of course absolutely right that nothing I say here entails that God is on neither side. Had I lived at Joan's time, I probably would have said that God was on neither side of the Hundred Years War. But I would have been wrong. I may well be wrong now. But I hope not!Mark K. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283753483254749770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824571417982044594.post-78420965088559866632016-08-18T09:27:26.361-05:002016-08-18T09:27:26.361-05:00I'm not sure why we should conclude that God i...I'm not sure why we should conclude that God is on neither major party's side in this year's election if He took France's side against England when, as you say, neither side was particularly virtuous.Helias de Nappohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418841466049418364noreply@blogger.com