Opinion: DeSantis 2024?

[Dill]

(04-06-2023, 11:56 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: A devout Catholic politician is someone who is deeply committed to their Catholic faith and seeks to apply Catholic teachings and values to their decision-making as a politician. They prioritize the common good and seek to promote policies and legislation that align with Catholic social teaching, such as protecting the dignity of human life, promoting social justice, and working towards peace and reconciliation.

On the other hand, a non-devout Catholic politician may still identify as Catholic, but may not actively integrate Catholic teachings and values into their political decisions or may not prioritize the common good. They may prioritize political expediency or the desires of their constituents over Catholic principles.

While both devout and non-devout Catholic politicians may share a common faith and identity, the difference lies in the degree to which they actively seek to live out their faith in their public responsibilities and prioritize the common good over their personal or political interests.

Guess the AI still needs some work.

This definition pre-defines "the common good" in terms of Church Doctrine doesn't it? 

Anything that breaks with Church doctrine is "expediency," "personal or political interests, or merely the "desires of their constituents."

So there can never be a conflict between the common good and the "devout Catholic" applying Church teachings, at least in the devout's own mind.

But unless that "constituency" elected the devout Catholic to represent Catholic Doctrine, regardless of their
desires, there is going to be some conflict here, the kind leading to religious civil war. 

To his/her non-Catholic constituents, the devout Catholic's application of Church teachings may look a lot more like
"personal or political interests" than impartial advancement of any common good as COMMONLY defined.