Jesuit Logic

The radical governor of California–who signed bills legalizing assisted suicide, allowing non-doctors to be abortionists, and forcing pro-life pregnancy counseling centers to notify clients where to access free abortion (now before the Supreme Court)–has brought the Lord into his critique of Donald Trump. From The Hill story: 

 

 

"California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump’s stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the “wrath of God” or have any regard for the “existential consequences” of his environmental policies. “I don’t think President Trump has a fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads one to more humility … this is such a reckless disregard for the truth and for the existential consequences that can be unleashed,” Brown said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which is set to air on Sunday.

 

 Glass houses and stones. Pots and kettles. Pick your idiom. 

 

But hey! He was trained by Jesuits! He is applying Jesuit logic to the situation!

 

In 1955, Brown entered Santa Clara University for a year and left to attend Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit novice house, intent on becoming a Catholic Priest.Brown resided at the novitiate from August 1956 to January 1960 before enrolling at the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1961.