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Here is a list of fun events coming up this weekend.
FREE: Cleveleys Health Walk, Cleveleys, Saturday, February 4
Enjoy a circular walk around Cleveleys this weekend. This walk is suitable for beginners as it is classed as easy, which is relatively level ground, fields, lanes and tracks.Comfortable footwear advised. These regular walks are designed to help you get fit, stay fit and keep healthy. It is suitable for trampers (please book tramper at least seven days in advance). Meet at Cleveleys Community Centre at 10.30am.
FREE: Ribble Valley Juniors Taster, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Saturday, February 4
This is a family group ride suitable for young independent cyclists aged 5 to15 years and their parents/carers, and is guided by Sky Ride leaders/British Cycling coaches. The route distance and speed will graded to suit participants. Riders will need suitable clothing, a roadworthy bike and an approved helmet. Meet at Walton-le-Dale Primary School, Severn Drive at 9.45am for a 10am start.
PAID: Broadway Bonanza, Preston, Saturday, February 4
Kidz 4 Kidz is a voluntary run community group in Preston who give all their ticket sale profits to local children's charities or a local child in need. This will be their 16th year performing at the Charter Theatre and they are raising awareness of childhood cancer and honouring Kiera, five, who has been bravely fighting this disease. Curtain up is 7.30pm and tickets are just £7.
FREE: Cedar Farmers Market, Ormskirk, Saturday, February 4
A treat for food lovers this weekend as Cedar Farmers Market returns to Cedar Farm Galleries, Back Lane, Mawdesley, near Ormskirk. Local farmers, producers, vintage gatherers, makers and shakers will all be in attendance with something that will surely tickle your tastebuds. The market is open from 10am until 4pm. Admission is free.
PAID: Jade Antique Fair, Lytham St Annes, Saturday, February 4
The Lower Pavilion Theatre on West Beach in Lytham St Annes is playing host to this antique and collectors fair. On the day there will be 60 tables for buyers and enthusiasts to browse. The fair runs from 9.30am until 4pm and admission is £1.50. There is convenient and easy parking in the gardens. For more information please call 01253 794221.
PAID: Fairhaven Photo Trail, Lytham St Annes, Saturday, February 4 until Sunday, February 26
Discover life through a lens with this family photo trail. Follow the clues and complete them to progress. This starts at RSPB Ribble Discovery Centre, Fairhaven Lake in
Lytham St Annes. The centre is open 10am - 3pm for this family event and admission is just £1 per person. Telephone 01253 796292 for more details.
PAID: Introducing Festival!, Preston, Saturday, February 4
Live is a brand new venue based within Preston's Guild Hall and to showcase it properly they are presenting Introducing Festival!
This includes a line-up of North West talent, including The Capital, Saytr Play, 1.21 Gigawatts, The Lost Chord and many, many more.
The new venue has a capacity of 500 and this event is designed to show exactly what the place is capable of!
Tickets are just £4 for this veritable feast of top music. Doors open at 8pm.
To books tickets call 01772 804444.
FREE: The International Festival of Working and Assistance Dogs, Blackpool, Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5
This unique Festival is a celebration of man's best friend, showcasing the fantastic abilities of working and assistance dogs in making a difference to our lives. It takes place in the purpose built Norcalympia Exhibition Centre and offers two days of family-friendly, fully accessible fun for all ages. Open 11am until 4pm both days. Admission is free.
FREE: Blackburn Road Runners - Winter Warmer 10K and Juniors 2K, Blackburn, Sunday, February 5
Blackburn Road Runners are busy preparing for their Winter Warmer event at Witton Park, starting at 11am. And members of the public who fancy a challance and are enjoying Blackburn's love affair with running can now sign up for the town's biggest annual road race.
PAID: Canal Boat Lunch Cruise, Hoghton, Sunday, February 5
Located on the Leeds Liverpool Canal in the heart of the idyllic Lancashire countryside, these lunch cruises can add a touch of class to your weekend.
With ever-changing scenery on your doorstep, you can experience a unique, tranquil and enjoyable time on a narrow boat, whilst enjoyed top notch fayre. Tickets are £39 for adults and £12.50 for children. Children under three are free. Tel: 01254 202967.
PAID: The Colour of Me, Southport, Saturday February 4
With live music and projection, this interactive dance theatre performance at The Atkinson, Southport, promises to delight, tickle and inspire young audiences. There are performances at 12.30pm and 2.30pm on Saturday, February 4. The 12.30pm show is a relaxed performance - specifically designe d to welcome people who will benefit from a more relaxed environment, including those with an Autism Spectrum Condition, sensory and communication disorders, or a learning disability. For ages three to seven and their grown ups. Tickets are £8 & £6 for children. Tel: 01704 533333.
PAID: Wildlife Explorers Club, Leighton Moss, Saturday February 4
RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve is holding this children's event on Saturday, February 4. It's for those aged between eight and 12, and is a great way to discover more about wildlife and help save nature, as well as meet new friends. It's on from 10am - 12pm and admission is £2. For more information contact email@example.com
FREE: Revealing exhibition, Lancaster, Saturday February 4
Catch the last few days of the exhibition - Left Behind: Capturing the Moor Hospital at Lancaster City Museum. It is by Nick Dagger Photography, and showcases Lancaster's abandoned 19th Century psychiatric hospital, the first asylum in Lancashire. This project sets the scene of what was left behind after closing its doors in 2000. Alongside the haunting and powerful images, the exhibition will also display historical artifacts from the Moor Hospital. The museum is open from 10am until 5pm and admission is free.
PAID: Get crafty, Brockholes, Saturday and Sunday February 4 and 5
Get crafty on Saturday, February 4 and Sunday, February 5 with one of Brockhole Nature Reserve's most popular drop-in events - Crafy Creative. You will have the chance to make your own Withy Lantern from flexible willow to light those dark winter evenings. It is suitable for all ages, and no booking is required, just drop-in between 10am and 12pm or 1 to 3pm. Admission is £3 per person on the day.
PAID: Chinese New Year, Live puppet theatre, Preston, Friday February 3
Try MONKEY!, a PuppetCraft production following the adventures of a comical superhero, inspired by 'Journey to the West' at Preston's Harris Library. It features live music, snappy raps, and witty words written by award-winning poet Michael Rosen. It starts at 6pm. Get your tickets, £5 for adults and £4 for children, at http://www.chineseartsfestival.co.uk


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This recipe is another classic that I enjoyed immensely at any time of day with homemade chutney or sauce. Substitute brown rice flour for the unbleached white flour if you want a gluten-free version of these pancakes.
|Savory Black-Eyed Pea Pancakes (Poora)
|Recipe by Lisa Turner
Adapted from Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking
Cuisine: Indian
Published on May 5, 2012
Simple, savory spiced Indian pancakes make a great breakfast, lunch or snack served with chutney or yogurt
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More Indian flatbreads you are sure to enjoy from Lisa's Vegetarian Kitchen:
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Rice Flour Pancakes
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(EDGE) The 2015 Supreme Court ruling legalizing marriage equality has paved the way for more LGBT home purchases, according to the 2017 National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP) Homeownership Survey. NAGLREP, which has 1500 members, celebrates its 10th anniversary during June's LGBT Pride Month.
The online survey of more than 325 NAGLREP members found that 47% of those surveyed believe more LGBT married couples are buying homes than prior to the decision, while 46% believe the entirety of the LGBT community is more interested in homeownership than prior to the Supreme Court's Obergefell vs. Hodges ruling.
"We firmly believe that when Jim Obergefell won his Supreme Court case, it was the start of a paradigm shift for the LGBT community," said NAGLREP founder Jeff Berger. "The confidence we gained, coupled with society's continued acceptance of the community, is having an impact. Marriage will likely bring more wonderful life events including children, homeownership and a potential increase in suburban living."
Berger cited that 57% of those surveyed reported that LGBTs with children has increased since the marriage equality decision. Interestingly, 29% of the real estate agents felt a sizable number of their LGBT clients would move from urban settings to the suburbs at a higher rate in the coming year compared to the reverse (24%).
Berger also shared that discrimination against the LGBT community remains a concern with 44% of those who responded indicating a sizable number of their LGBT clients would experience the same or worse discrimination than in years past.
"We still have a long way to go to eradicate housing discrimination against our community," Berger said. "NAGLREP fully supported the Equality Act, which was supported by the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, the Human Rights Campaign and 92 major U.S. corporations, when it was unveiled in May. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) also joined us in supporting Congressman Scott Taylor's (R-VA) proposed bill, the Fair and Equal Housing Act, to eliminate housing discrimination against the LGBT community. NAR has shared that they will also support the Equality Act."
Other notable findings include:
- 50% believe a sizeable number of their LGBT clients will become homeowners in the coming year while "move up" buyers (49%) will dwarf downsizers (18%).
- LGBT homeowners may go on a spending spree with 55% of surveyed agents expecting a sizeable number of their clients will spend more of their discretionary income on their home in the coming year, including new furniture (51%) and smart home technology (50%).
- 34% of surveyed agents indicated that a sizeable number of their LGBT clients will purchase a second home in the next 12 months.
- 70% of agents believe the same amount or more of their LGBT clients will look for a new job in the coming year compared to previous years.
The NAGLREP study also showed that LGBT homebuyers face similar concerns to their non-LGBT counterparts. Those surveyed indicated their LGBT clients are very or extremely concerned with affordability (60%), competition from other buyers (57%) and safety in their new neighborhood (53%). Credit history (31%), likelihood of loan approval (29%) and legal and title ramifications (21%) were of least concern.
"The higher prices in today's real estate market are largely the result of a lack of supply and increased competition amongst buyers, and clearly the LGBT buyer is aware of this," Berger said. "I do believe the LGBT community should be more aware of the legal and title issues because unmarried couples do not automatically share their same protections."
NAGLREP fielded the survey in May via Survey Monkey and distributed its members.


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Well now we've finally seen the two-part Drama 'The Sinking of the Laconia'. If you haven't already seen it, you can catch it on BBC iplayer here.
My impressions? I found it very gripping and very moving. I don't mind admitting that I was choked in a few places. Historically, it seems to have captured the essence of the story and with no major embellishments or historical licence. From what I can tell, the writers used real events quite well, albeit changing some names and circumstances slightly. Perhaps there was a little too much time given to romance and flirting, but hey that's just TV I guess. I'm not althogether sure that the character of Hilda Smith existed, perhaps someone can enlighten me.
I have a feeling that the actions of the American B-24 Liberator crew may come in for criticism now. The drama's portrayal of them was as hapless, inexperienced trigger-happy young men. I have to say that from what I know, their actions were irresponsible and sadly added to the loss of life and suffering from the sinking. But on the other hand, they were by no means the only men in wartime to make a bad call in a difficult situation. It would be nice to think that it was simply a mistake.
Overall I'm glad that such a heart-rendering story of humanity amongst war has finally got the recognition that it deserved. For too long the Laconia has been virtually forgotten in the annals of history, quite why is hard to explain. Hopefully that will change now.
Thank you to everyone who has visited here in the past few days, visits to my blog have gone through the roof. My record for daily visits was smashed by three times the old record, and today's total will be even more too.
Finally, to anyone who was on the Laconia, or has a family story connected with it, please keep in touch, I will try and write about the story from time to time here. I've really enjoyed all of your contributions. There is also a Laconia group on Facebook that is a great way to keep in touch and exchange news and stories. Let's make sure that the story of the Laconia is remembered.
Related Articles
- TV review: The Sinking of the Laconia and Martin Clunes: Man to Mantas (guardian.co.uk)
- The Sinking of the Laconia, BBC Two, preview (telegraph.co.uk)
- The Sinking of the Laconia – BBC2, 9pm (mirror.co.uk)
- TV ratings – 6 January: Alan Bleasdale drama sinks Chris Evans stunt show (guardian.co.uk)
- Michael Gove: the Coalition's Werner Hartenstein (blogs.telegraph.co.uk)
- Tonight's TV highlights: The Sinking Of The Laconia | Martin Clunes: Man To Manta | Not Going Out | High – How Drugs Work | The Brain: A Secret History | The Cleveland Show (guardian.co.uk)
- Alan Bleasdale: TV bosses interfere too much (telegraph.co.uk)


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Monday, December 31, 2012
Top 12 of 2012
I thought I'd join in on the whole "12 in '12" thing that many bloggers seem to be doing. So without further ado:
12. Glow-in-the-Dark Fireflies
11. Painting with Marshmallows
10. Handprint Palm Tree
9. Wagon Wheel Pasta Prints
8. Horton Hears a Who Craft
7. Bubble-Print Fish
6. Paper Plate Clowns
5. Hickory Dickory Dock Mice
4. Snowy Owls
3. Pretzel-Stick Trees
2. Blubber Experiment
1. Killer Whale Craft
And the Young-at-Heart post with the most views was
Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
YAH: Baby Shower Ideas
While I was with my family over the holidays, they threw me and my husband a baby shower.
It was very casual but we had a lot of fun so I thought I'd share some of the things we did with you. My sister Suzie made the bathtub/shower cake.
She made the cake in a bread pan and the shower head is the top of a small plastic champagne glass glued to a straw. The water is ribbon. It even had "claw" feet, which I didn't get a picture of. She made those with golf ball rings. And it tasted great -- pink lemonade! I also got my own cloth diaper cake (which I showed you how to make
) and baby booties (which I shared with you
My sister Sarah made hot chocolate sticks with marshmallows and snowman Peeps!
They were so cute! And my sister Suzie made us some onesie cupcakes!
They were onesies rolled up with a sock in the middle and they were in cupcake liners. Adorable!
We also played a few games. For the first one, everyone had to blow up a balloon to the size they thought my belly was, then put it under their shirt to compare it with mine. The kids loved this.
But the adults had fun with it, too.
My mom won that game. Another game involved cutting a piece of ribbon to the size they thought my belly was. Then everyone wrapped the ribbon around me to see if they were right. I didn't get any pictures of that because I was busy getting wrapped up! My 3-year-old niece won. She was right on. My husband, however, cut his ribbon way too long. It was almost able to go around me twice! Hmm....
The third game I want to share with you is a drinking game. But not that kind! Little plastic babies were put into lemonade ice cubes. When we had punch, each person got an ice cube for their glass.
The first person whose ice melted so the baby floated freely yelled, "My water broke!' My brother Peter got the prize for that game!
And there was one last surprise that caught me off-guard. My family sang us a song. We have a tradition of singing songs as a "gift" either for a wedding or a 40th birthday celebration. So I was not expecting one at the baby shower! It was sung to the tune of "Teach Your Children" by Crosby, Stills & Nash, but the words were changed to fit our situation. It was written mostly by my sisters Kate and Sarah and my brother-in-law Kurt played the guitar.
And of course I ended up crying through the whole thing, even though there were some funny lines.
I think part of it was the surprise and being the center of attention (I'm not very comfortable with that), but also part of it was that I honestly never thought I'd make it this far in my pregnancy. I just kept thinking of everything we've been through to get to this point and I couldn't stop the tears. But it was wonderful and I feel truly blessed to have such an amazing family!
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Friday, December 21, 2012
YAH: Homemade Caramel Corn
My mom has made caramel corn for Christmas for as long as I can remember. It's been a favorite holiday treat in our family. A few years ago I made it with her and realized how easy it was. Ever since then, I've been the one in charge of bringing the caramel corn to our family christmas get-togethers. I've made several batches already this week and so I decided I might as well take some pictures along the way and share the recipe with you!
Baked Caramel Corn
5 quarts popped popcorn
1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Paper grocery bags (I always stock up this time of year)
Pop corn first.
Pour the popcorn into a paper bag. I make sure not to dump the whole thing in there because I want to avoid the seeds at the bottom of the bowl. I also cut the tops off the paper bags to make it easier when I have to stir in the caramel.
In a sauce pan, melt butter over low heat.
Then add brown sugar, salt and corn syrup. Turn heat up to medium and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Boil 5 minutes without stirring.
While you are waiting, get your vanilla and baking soda ready. When the 5 minutes are up, remove the pan from the heat and quickly stir while you slowly add in the vanilla and soda. If you are going to burn it, this is when it usually happens. Make sure you are stirring when you add the vanilla! If my husband is around, I have him pour it in while I am stirring. It will puff up fairly quickly.
Pour the caramel over the popcorn in the paper bag and stir.
Be careful! Caramel will be very, very hot!!
Don't worry about it being completely coated at first. Close the bag and put it in the microwave for 1 minute. Make sure the bag is spinning in the microwave and doesn't get stuck.
Give the bag a little shake, open it up and stir again. Fold it back up and put it in the microwave
upside down
for another minute.
Give it another shake and stir some more. If it's still not coated you can put it in again for another minute, but in all the years I've been making this I've never had to do it a third time. Dump out the caramel corn into a roasting pan or cake pans to cool.
Use a spoon or your hands to break up the clumps as it cools. And feel free to taste it while it's warm! When cooled, store in an air-tight container,
or give away to friends and neighbors!
Some tips:
*Always use a clean bag for each batch to prevent caramel from burning.
*I rinse or wash out the pan between batches.
*Pop all your corn first, no matter how many batches you're making. It gets pretty crazy if you have popcorn popping, caramel boiling, and caramel popcorn spinning in the microwave all at the same time!
If you want all the directions in a nice paragraph, here you go:
Pop corn first. Pour into large paper bag. In sauce pan, melt butter over low heat. Stir in brown sugar, corn syrup and salt. Turn up the heat to medium and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil 5 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat and quickly stir while you slowly add vanilla and baking soda. Pour over popcorn in bag and stir. Close bag and microwave for 1 minute. Shake up and stir caramel corn. Close bag and return to microwave with bag upside down for 1 more minute. Shake and stir again and pour caramel corn into pans to cool. Continue stirring or breaking up clumps with fingers until completely cooled.
So there you have it! Trust me, everyone will love it!
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!
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Painting with Candy Canes
Schools were closed again today due to snow, so I thought I'd share a project we did earlier in the week. It doesn't really need an explanation, other than:
swap out those paint brushes for some candy canes!
I kept the wrapper on one end so the kids wouldn't get their fingers sticky. And I told them to be gentle with them so they wouldn't break.
Most kids just had fun putting paint on their paper,
but there were a couple kids who painted pictures.
Because I have another day off, I'm going to make even more caramel corn! I will be back tonight to share the delicious recipe with you!
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Cute-as-a-Button Wreaths
I wanted to share what my kids made as a holiday gift for their parents. I don't have any step-by-step pictures (it was a crazy day!), but it's pretty easy. I cut the middle out of small paper plates and the kids painted the rims green. When the paint was dry, they glued on some festive buttons. These were the same buttons we used for our
Glittery Snowmen
craft. I put a picture of the kids in the middle of the wreath and added a paper bow. It's a coloring sheet of a bow that I printed really small on red and green paper. And after seeing the cute-as-a-button idea that
Little Illuminations
did, I knew I had to add that saying to our wreaths. So I used
to add the words to the bow.
These wreaths are very similar to ones we made
last year
, except we used beads to decorate them. And those were turned into ornaments. So this year I decided to put magnets on the back instead. They turned out really cute!
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You are again making declarations about "All true Christians" though avoiding the other thread where you were asked to give support that your opinion is correct so that other people should accept it. It has been unlocked since Wednesday so that you could reply. Why should you be blindly accepted as any kind of authority on the beliefs and history of the RC more then on any of the other topics which you made declarations on?You seem to expect that others will simply take your words as law and when they are not, you refuse to actually engage in discussion but resort to perjoratives and unsupported statements. Why should you be accepted as an authority on any of the subjects that you think others should bow to your interpretations? How does name-calling and sneering help your cause?You are a Human Being posting, but all we see here are words, and unconvincing words at that. Those who read your words are also Human Beings. Would you speak to us face to face as you have disdainfully written here?Ebor
UNAM SANCTAM (Promulgated November 18 1302 by Pope Boniface VIII) ...Therefore, of the one and only Church there is one body and one head, not two heads like a monster; that is, Christ and the Vicar of Christ, Peter and the successor of Peter, since the Lord speaking to Peter Himself said: 'Feed my sheep' [Jn 21:17], meaning, my sheep in general, not these, nor those in particular, whence we understand that He entrusted all to him [Peter]. Therefore, if the Greeks or others should say that they are not confided to Peter and to his successors, they must confess not being the sheep of Christ, since Our Lord says in John 'there is one sheepfold and one shepherd.' We are informed by the texts of the gospels that in this Church and in its power are two swords; namely, the spiritual and the temporal. For when the Apostles say: 'Behold, here are two swords' [Lk 22:38] that is to say, in the Church, since the Apostles were speaking, the Lord did not reply that there were too many, but sufficient. Certainly the one who denies that the temporal sword is in the power of Peter has not listened well to the word of the Lord commanding: 'Put up thy sword into thy scabbard' [Mt 26:52]. Both, therefore, are in the power of the Church, that is to say, the spiritual and the material sword, but the former is to be administered for the Church but the latter by the Church; the former in the hands of the priest; the latter by the hands of kings and soldiers, but at the will and sufferance of the priest. However, one sword ought to be subordinated to the other and temporal authority, subjected to spiritual power. For since the Apostle said: 'There is no power except from God and the things that are, are ordained of God' [Rom 13:1-2], but they would not be ordained if one sword were not subordinated to the other and if the inferior one, as it were, were not led upwards by the other. For, according to the Blessed Dionysius, it is a law of the divinity that the lowest things reach the highest place by intermediaries. Then, according to the order of the universe, all things are not led back to order equally and immediately, but the lowest by the intermediary, and the inferior by the superior. Hence we must recognize the more clearly that spiritual power surpasses in dignity and in nobility any temporal power whatever, as spiritual things surpass the temporal. This we see very clearly also by the payment, benediction, and consecration of the tithes, but the acceptance of power itself and by the government even of things. For with truth as our witness, it belongs to spiritual power to establish the terrestrial power and to pass judgement if it has not been good. Thus is accomplished the prophecy of Jeremias concerning the Church and the ecclesiastical power: 'Behold to-day I have placed you over nations, and over kingdoms' and the rest. Therefore, if the terrestrial power err, it will be judged by the spiritual power; but if a minor spiritual power err, it will be judged by a superior spiritual power; but if the highest power of all err, it can be judged only by God, and not by man, according to the testimony of the Apostle: 'The spiritual man judgeth of all things and he himself is judged by no man' [1 Cor 2:15]. This authority, however, (though it has been given to man and is exercised by man), is not human but rather divine, granted to Peter by a divine word and reaffirmed to him (Peter) and his successors by the One Whom Peter confessed, the Lord saying to Peter himself, 'Whatsoever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound also in Heaven' etc., [Mt 16:19]. Therefore whoever resists this power thus ordained by God, resists the ordinance of God [Rom 13:2], unless he invent like Manicheus two beginnings, which is false and judged by us heretical, since according to the testimony of Moses, it is not in the beginnings but in the beginning that God created heaven and earth [Gen 1:1]. Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.
...Religions, however, that are bound up with an advanced culture have struggled to answer the same questions by means of more refined concepts and a more developed language. Thus in Hinduism, men contemplate the divine mystery and express it through an inexhaustible abundance of myths and through searching philosophical inquiry. They seek freedom from the anguish of our human condition either through ascetical practices or profound meditation or a flight to God with love and trust. Again, Buddhism, in its various forms, realizes the radical insufficiency of this changeable world; it teaches a way by which men, in a devout and confident spirit, may be able either to acquire the state of perfect liberation, or attain, by their own efforts or through higher help, supreme illumination. Likewise, other religions found everywhere try to counter the restlessness of the human heart, each in its own manner, by proposing "ways," comprising teachings, rules of life, and sacred rites. The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men. Indeed, she proclaims, and ever must proclaim Christ "the way, the truth, and the life", in whom men may find the fullness of religious life, in whom God has reconciled all things to Himself...The Church regards with esteem also the Moslems. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all- powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. ...Although the Church is the new people of God, the Jews should not be presented as rejected or accursed by God, as if this followed from the Holy Scriptures.
I need to say that I don't think anyone is a Satan's man. No such a man exist. All and each one of us is God's one.
I would absolutely tell you to face to face that the pope of rome, as well as his minions in scarlet, are antichrists. I tell people this in person very often. Anyways for what I said about the pope read this: In regards to all religions leading to God, see Nostra Aetate, a document from the Second Vatican Council: Happy?? Is that the wicked apostate religion you want to belong to? I guarantee you that anyone who holds to these beliefs has absolutely nothing at all, I mean absolutely nothing, to do with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.To moderators, I am sorry to divert from the topic of this thread, but Ebor was trying to villainize me for not giving long pointless quotes like I gave here.
I would absolutely tell you to face to face that the pope of rome, as well as his minions in scarlet, are antichrists. I tell people this in person very often.
Happy?? Is that the wicked apostate religion you want to belong to? I guarantee you that anyone who holds to these beliefs has absolutely nothing at all, I mean absolutely nothing, to do with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To moderators, I am sorry to divert from the topic of this thread, but Ebor was trying to villainize me for not giving long pointless quotes like I gave here.
I would absolutely tell you to face to face that the pope of rome, as well as his minions in scarlet, are antichrists. I tell people this in person very often.
Well, since the first passage is from several hundred years ago and is not, as far as I know, the way things are though of now, it doesn't apply to the present.
Indeed, Unam Sanctam is not infallible by any means.(and neither is Apostolicae Curae---hat tip to my Anglican friends Ebor and Keble)
Wow. Ex Catholic?
What is the mechanism that makes a proclamation infallible?
"I'm never infallible. A Pope is only infallible when he speaks ex cathedra, and I never speak ex cathedra." Pope Blessed John XXIII
did John XXIII really say that? God Bless Him!
I can't confirm it. I'd have to look it up in something more reputable than Wikipedia. But it sounds like something he'd say. If he said it, he had a very good point---that instances of infallibility are an extremely rare occurrence, that popes are to preserve and safeguard the deposit of faith, not add to it.
pathofsolitude, when was the last time you had fun? Went out lately? ...with some nice friends? Orthodox or other...
Well, it can't be made infallible; it can only be recognized to be so. The theory is that when certain processes are followed, the resulting theology can be so recognized.AC wasn't strictly done according to the processes, so there was considerable RC doubt as to its infallibility. It's rather an odd thing anyway, because it basically consists of a nitpick about the consecration of Matthew Parker, upon whom all subsequent Anglican succession depended (at least to the 1880s). The Anglican response attacked this nitpick as applying to RC consecrations of a long period as well. What really muddled the whole issue was that after AC Old Catholic bishops participated heavily in Anglican consecrations, to the point where there were bishops whose succession no longer depended crucially upon Matthew Parker. thus mooting the issue.
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
And so what? Why should anyone care whom you claim to be an antichrist? You're nothing but a pack of cards!
Keble, you are Anglican right? [Forgive me if I'm wrong as I don't mean to insult you in that way.] Nearly every Anglican writer from the late sixteenth century to the late seventeenth century - a period of about a hundred years - believed that the Pope of Rome was "THE" Antichrist prophesied by St Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians. The literature on the topic is immense. Does that change your perspective?
Nearly every Anglican writer from the late sixteenth century to the late seventeenth century - a period of about a hundred years - believed that the Pope of Rome was "THE" Antichrist prophesied by St Paul in his letter to the Thessalonians. The literature on the topic is immense. Does that change your perspective?
And something else you should change is your evasive attacks when you are put to the point of producing some authority for all your ex cathedra pronouncements. You appeal to scripture as would any radical Protestant, completely in violation of the Orthodox principle that the Church must interpret scripture.
in claiming to speak for the spirit, you are in peril of being condemned as a false prophet.
the Orthodox principle that the Church must interpret scripture.
http://www.vatican.va/special/assisi-participants_20020118_en.htmlDAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE WORLDIN ASSISI (24 JANUARY 2002)LIST OF PARTICIPANTSORTHODOX CHURCHESEcumenical Patriarchate- His Holiness Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch - His Em. Gennadios, Archbishop, Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox in Italy, Exarch of Southern Europe - His Em. Emmanuel, Bishop of Reghion, Director of the Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Community - Deacon Stefanos, Patriarchal Deacon - Mr Basilios KaraghiorghisGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa - H.E. George Vladimirou, Bishop of Nilopolis, Patriarchal Vicar in AlexandriaGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East - H.B. Ignace IV Hazim, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East H.E. Lukas El Khoury, Auxiliary Bishop of the Patriarchate - H.E. Gabriel Saliby, Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe - Mr Dimitri Yamanoglu, Secretary to Metropolitan SalibyGreek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem - Rev. Archimandrite Nikolaos Nikodimos Farmakis - Rev. Fr Rafaele Apostolos AnagnostakisOrthodox Patriarchate of Moscow - H.E. Innokentij, Bishop of Korsun for Russian Orthodox faithful in FranceOrthodox Patriarchate of Serbia - H.E. Jovan, Metropolitan of Zagreb and LjubljanaOrthodox Patriarchate of Romania - H.E. Ioan Salagean, Bishop of Harghita and CovasnaOrthodox Church of Finland - H.E. Ambrosius, Metropolitan elect of HelsinkiOrthodox Patriarchate of Bulgaria - Rev. Archpriest Ivan Petkin, Episcopal Vicar for Central and Western EuropeOrthodox Church of Cyprus - H.E. Vasilios, Bishop of Trimithus, Vicar of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and All Cyprus - Prof. Christos EconomouOrthodox Church of Poland - Rev. Archimandrite Jerzy (Pankowki)Orthodox Church of Albania - H.B. Anastas, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and of All Albania - Rev. Fr Jani Trebicka, General Secretary of the Holy SynodANCIENT CHURCHES OF THE EASTSyrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch - H.E. Mor Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, Metropolitan of AleppoArmenian Apostolic Church - H.E. Khajak Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the United States of AmericaArmenian Catholicosate of Cilicia - H.E. Oshagan Choloyan, Archbishop, Prelate of the Eastern Coast of the United States of America and CanadaOrthodox Church of Ethiopia - Rev. Fr Abba G. Egziabher G. Selassie, Rector of the Ethiopian Community of Rome - Dr Tarekegne Taka, President of the Ethiopian Community in ItalySyrian Orthodox Malankara Church, India - Rev. Dr Mathew BabyAssyrian Church of the East - His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East - H.E. Mar Bawai Ashur Soro, Assyrian Bishop of Seattle, General Secretary of the Interecclesial Commission for Ecumenical Relations
I would like to ask Keble which "orthodox church" he is talking about. I know its not your Episcopalian prancing priests in purple. Could it be whats called "world orthodoxy" headed by His All Holiness Bartholomew? Ah. Well I dont follow that religion either. This is why:No institutional state church tells me what to do, okay? I follow the Lord Jesus Christ by his Holy Spirit. If there are no legitimate bishops left on earth I will still follow what I know is right.
No institutional state church tells me what to do, okay? I follow the Lord Jesus Christ by his Holy Spirit. If there are no legitimate bishops left on earth I will still follow what I know is right.
How in Mor's good nameone hundred fifty four postsNo Rachel Weisz picSelam
Please dont accuse me of trying to use the apostolic memoirs "as would any radical Protestant." You should know good and well that I avoided quoting anything as long as possible until people demanded that I break out the socalled "Bible." I dont believe what I believe because some piece of paper told me. I know by experience.
Good thing I'm not wrong! And for the record, a prophet is someone who speaks direct messages from God, which I never claimed to do. I am only telling my faith. Genuine Christians are taught all things inwardly by the Holy Spirit.
As to "socalled "Bible"" there is nothing alleged, doubtful or suspect about the collected OT, NT and Apocrapha being the "Bible" nor is the book that "in name only, but not in reality" which is what "so-called" means. You say that you know by "experience". May one ask just what your experience was please. When you had them did you test them to see if they were really from God? Since you have shown some familiarity with the first letter of John what of this passage:"1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. " (NIV)"1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. " (KJV)I give two translations because you have not replied about which translation of the Bible you prefer.
I know its not your Episcopalian prancing priests in purple.
Just in case he doesn't like either:Αγαπητοί, μή παντί πνεύματι πιστεύετε αλλά δοκιμάζετε τά πνεύματα ει εκ τού θεού εστιν, ότι πολλοί ψευδοπροφήται εξεληλύθασιν εις τόν κόσμον. (Nestle-Aland 27th Edition)
All things? Then why is evangalism commanded by Our Lord? Why did St. Paul and thousands upon thousands of people through 2 thousand years translate the scriptures into many languages, teach and guide multitudes to Christianity? What of the Creeds to lay out and clarify the points of Christianity?
First of all, can moderator cleveland please put edit brackets around the word "ALL" that he added into my post, because it looks like I wrote that.
I certainly do not believe Mr Bartholomew or any man on earth, much less simply by their office[!], is "All Holy." Even my Lord Jesus questioned calling a man "good." Mark 10:18.
Mr./Ms./Whatever. pathofsolitude, what you seem to entirely lack are two things:You utterly fail to apply the slightest introspection to yourself.You utterly fail to consider that there are myriad others like you who claim the same authority and who disagree both with each other and with you.I've had plenty of people claim to have a direct line to the Holy Spirit besides you, and they don't agree with each other, much less with your teachings. And that isn't a minor point, because here you teach us that we do not need anyone to teach us. There comes a point in any faintly coherent picture of Christianity where the centrality of teaching as an activity has to be conceded-- by doing it, if not by outright admission. And historical transmission of teaching is one of the key functions of the church. The patent oxymoron of your insistence on revelation alone is your version of that concession; it resolves either to ignoring your teaching (as you teach) or taking you as the only valid teacher-- well, you and anyone else who happens to agree with you.
Essentially I am saying the same thing as Gregory Palamas.
In regards to patristics- [bgcolor=#fff500]READ THE DESERT FATHERS [/bgcolor] Pretty much everything I have to say is found in their writings. They are my inspiration. And they were much more spiritual than the bishops of the Empire who were actually functioning as politicians and servants of the Emperor. If anyone knows what society is all about its the Fathers of the desert.
This is heresy!! Orthodox theologians teach that ...
This is what Orthodoxy teaches. If they would broaden their spectrum a bit they would see that I am simply repeating the position of historical Orthodoxy.
Excerpts from the Homily on the Dormitionhttp://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/dormition.html
Yet, the only quote of any Father or theologian I've ever seen from you was this commentary on a homily you attributed to Gregory Palamas in one of your earliest posts here
Anyways- if you are "scholars" [as you call yourselves] on Palamas you should know exactly what I am talking about in regards to his epistemology. I cant quote him right now because I dont own any of his books. I read them at the library.
I am starting to see that its basically pointless for me to try to convince people about it by computer. You just have to see for yourselves.
No patristic citations will help you if you guys reject what Hesychast St John says.
The Hesychasts know that souls must arrive at Truth by union of the human and divine hypostaseis which produces the true experience.
I am starting to see that its basically pointless for me to try to convince people about it by computer.
What? My Lord says:Matt 13:38 "and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one "John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil , and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies."1 John 3:8 "the one who practices sin is of the devil "1 John 3:10 "This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother."So then you are preaching a false religion. And if what you say is true, then children of the devil are your brothers, which would make the devil like your step-father or something. Apostasy!
I'm just speaking from my own experience as an academic who has written his share of research papers and made his share of public presentations to classmates. I was never allowed to just tell my audience, "many people hold my opinion; read them for yourselves," for that's considered the depth of intellectual laziness. I was always required to tell my audience specifically whom I was quoting and where my citation could be found (think footnotes and a bibliography).
(BTW, you're the only person I've ever met who actually refers to the Beloved Disciple as the Hesychast St. John.)
I am starting to think that the difference between you and I is quite reminiscent of the difference between Barlaam and Palamas.
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BOILING SPRINGS � To say the 2013 Gardner-Webb University baseball squad is cautiously optimistic, well, to the rest of the Big South Conference, that would be sand-baggin� just a bit.
That�s because coach Rusty Stroupe�s current Runnin� Bulldog squad � with seven regular starters and a slew of pitchers back � is picked second in the South Division in the league and returns plenty of veterans from last season�s 32-28 roster.
�I�m always careful to never predict,� said Stroupe, the Cherryville native entering his 11th season at the �Dogs helm. �I�ve been burnt before. I will say we�ve got some guys trying to step up and fill the shoes. We lost four good players and we�ve got a lot of young guys back. We�re also facing the toughest schedule we�ve ever had and hope that prepares us for a stretch run.�
One definite positive sign is that GWU features talent in most basic areas of the game. Whether hitting, hitting with power, speed, pitching or defense � the Bulldogs feel confident they can compete with most opponents.
�Every coach wants that balance between hitting, pitching, fielding and baserunning,� Stroupe said. �What I�ve been most pleased with in practice is we play really good defense. We�ve got a lot of speed there that helps you get to more balls, which makes it more comfortable for pitchers to throw strikes.
�That helps keep you in low-scoring games. We�re not like we were in 2009-10 when we were winning games 10-9.�
The day-to-day grind of a 60-game schedule, both mental and physical, is a challenge for all collegiate teams.
�It�s like what we see with the Division I basketball teams � you see teams get a big win and jump to No. 1, then get knocked off,� Stroupe said. �You can�t get too high after a win or too low after a loss.
�The big wins are exciting, and the tough losses hurt, but you only have overnight to dwell on it because the next day you have to be ready to play again. It�s all in how you handle it.�
Stroupe likes what he sees in practice.
�This group, they are energetic,� said Stroupe. �Most people think a team gets its energy from the coach, but I�m different, I get it from the players. I see them attacking things in practice and having a positive attitude. The energy level I�ve seen is what I want to see on the field in games.�
The tough Big South Conference awaits as well as the non-conference schedule that includes such powers as South Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina, plus Wake Forest and Western Carolina.
�It�s very tough league, you look at the guys you have to knock off,� Stroupe said. �Coastal is the elephant in the room. Campbell shocked everyone finishing second and they have everyone back. It�s like basketball � you never get a night off, it�s a dogfight every time.�
GWU Baseball 2013
Head Coach: Rusty Stroupe
Assistant coaches: Kent Cox, Ray Greene, Kyle Sprague
2012 record: 32-28
Returning starters: SS Ryan Hodge (all-conf.), C John Harris (all-conf.), 1B/3B Brad Collins, OF Benji Jackson, OF Scott Coleman; 2B Scott Johnson, 3B Henry Rundio
Starting pitchers (returning): Beau Hilton (LHP), Matt Fraudin, Andrew Barnett, Conner Scarborough, Brock Wilson. Erik Heiligenstadt (LHP), a 2011 starter, also returns.
Bullpen: 2012 freshman All-American Mitch Warner (LHP, So.) and closer Jeff Howell (Kings Mountain)
Dates to Remember
Feb. 15 � Season & home opener vs. Dayton, 4 p.m.
March 12 � at UNC (6 p.m.) where �Dogs pulled upset last year
March 13 � vs. Wake Forest (6 p.m.) at Shelby High
March 15 � Campbell (6 p.m.), Big South opener
March 22 � at Coastal Carolina (6 p.m.), at Pelicans Stadium
April 3 � at Clemson (6:30 p.m.)
April 23 � South Carolina (6 p.m.) at Shelby High
May 21-25 � Big South Conference Tournament at Liberty


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Religion and Disease
Deadly epidemics can have a profound impact on people's choice of religion.
Aug 25, 2011
Cristina Luiggi
Religion and disease have always been intimately entwined. Deadly epidemics that swept through ancient populations millennia ago played an intimate role in the rise of modern religions, ScienceNOW reports. Conversely, differences in the way religions deal with disease and the caring of the sick have shaped the course of epidemics over time. Of main interest to Penn State evolutionary biologist David Hughes is why some religions, in particular Christianity, emphasize the importance of caring for the diseased, even at the risk of one's own death.
In an attempt to study this in a modern setting, Hughes and colleagues surveyed religious attitudes among the people of Malawi, where AIDS has become the leading cause of death among adults. They found that 30 percent of people who described themselves as Christians visited the sick, in contrast to 7 percent of Muslims They also found that in the last 5 years, about 400 of the 3000 respondents changed religions, mostly to Christianity, "where the promise of receiving care is greater and the stigma of having AIDS is less," Hughes explained to ScienceNOW. The researchers presented their data at the 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology earlier this week.


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Son of Man
Of all the Maher Shalal Hash Baz related projects I've heard, this CD is still my favourite. Quiet, rickety, and beautiful. (If any of the involved parties would like me to remove the audio, please let me know.)
Error in performance dominates MSHB cassette,which is like our imperfect life. If perfect music is only heard through imperfection, at this state of things, MSHB, the king of error, could barely be heard. -Tori Kudo from the liner notes of From A Summer to Another Summer by Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Geographic, 2000


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As a senior member of a successful SEO company I'm always on the lookout for ways to make my job easier. Usually my job consist of defining an SEO strategy that will help our clients achieve high rankings in the search engines. High Rankings are supported by high-quality links, so how do we find high-quality links without doing a lot of work?
Hello, Google Alerts.
Google Alerts is a nifty tool that will monitor Google results with predefined search terms and then email you those results. They will send the email to you once a day, as it happens or once a week. You can insert any topic or query that you wish to keep tabs on.
For example, you can type in a competitor's business name and/or his web address as an search term alert. Every time Google finds the search term they will send an email detailing where it was found in an email. It is like having a paid researcher always on call for free.
How best to use this for SEO you ask? Easy, here are just a few ideas. Let's assume you have written an article or press release. You submit it through your normal channels but then you set up Google Alerts to notify you every time it finds the exact title of your article. Be sure to put the search term in quotes so it looks for an exact match ("My Article Title"). Now you can track in real-time where you article gets picked up and then contact any of the sites that have placed your article or press release and contact them directly about a partnership. Maybe the next article you write can be given more prominence on their site or you can provide the webmaster original content with embedded links to your site.
Or you can track competitors by their name and URL find websites where that information has been posted and follow the same strategy by offering original content of your own. If you find a blog that has posted about you or your industry maybe you can become a contributor.
You can track a product name or service you want to sell or any word or phrase that will help you market your site to the search engines. And since Google is providing the information, you have a good shot at Google finding your link the next time they visit the site you have partnered with.
As with most SEO strategies you need to be creative with this idea and strike while the iron is hot. Constant alerts can keep you motivated and attentive to the market within your industry as well helping you keep a vigilant eye on your competition.
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What do we say when we want to revisit a long-standing policy or scheme that no longer seems to be serving us or has ceased to produce useful results? We begin by saying tentatively, "Well, it's not exactly written in stone." (Sometimes this comes out as "not set in stone.")
By that, people mean that it's not one of the immutable Tablets of the Law. Thus, more recent fetishes such as the gold standard, or the supposedly holy laws of the free market, can be discarded as not being incised on granite or marble. But what if it is the original stone version that badly needs a re-write? Who will take up the revisionist chisel?
There is in fact a good biblical precedent for doing just that, since the giving of the divine Law by Moses appears in three or four wildly different scriptural versions. (When you hear people demanding that the Ten Commandments be displayed in courtrooms and schoolrooms, always be sure to ask which set. It works every time.) The first and most famous set comes in Exodus 20 but ends with Moses himself smashing the supposedly most sacred artifacts ever known to man: the original, God-dictated panels of Holy Writ. The second edition occurs in Exodus 34, where new but completely different tablets are presented after some heavenly re-write session and are for the first time called "the ten commandments." In the fifth chapter of Deuteronomy, Moses once more calls his audience together and recites the original Sinai speech with one highly significant alteration (the Sabbath commandment's justifications in each differ greatly). But plainly discontented with the effect of this, he musters the flock again 22 chapters further on, as the river Jordan is coming into view, and gives an additional set of orders—chiefly terse curses—which are also to be inscribed in stone. As with the gold plates on which Joseph Smith found the Book of Mormon in upstate New York, no trace of any of these original yet conflicting tablets survives.
Thus we are fully entitled to consider them as a work in progress. May there not be some old commandments that could be retired, as well as some new ones that might be adopted? Taking the most celebrated Top 10 in order, we find (I am using the King James, or "Authorized," version of the text):
I. and II.
These commandments are in fact a mixture of related injunctions. I am the lord thy God.… Thou shalt have no other gods before me. This use of capitalization and upper- and lowercase carries the intriguing implication that there perhaps are some other gods but not equally deserving of respect or awe. (Scholars differ about the epoch during which the Jewish people decided on monotheism.) Then comes the prohibition of "graven images" or indeed "any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." This appears to forbid representational art, just as some Muslims interpret the Koran to forbid the depiction of any human form, let alone any sacred one. (It certainly seems to discourage Christian iconography, with its crucifixes, and statues of virgins and saints.) But the ban is obviously intended as a very emphatic one, since it comes with a reminder that I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. The collective punishment of future children, for the sin of lèse-majesté, may not strike everyone as an especially moral promise.
Thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy God in vain, for the lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. A slightly querulous and repetitive note is struck here, as if of injured vanity. Nobody knows how to obey this commandment, or how to avoid blasphemy or profanity. For example, I say "God alone knows" when I sincerely intend to say "Nobody knows." Is this ontologically dangerous? Ought not unalterable laws to be plain and unambiguous?
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. This ostensibly brief commandment goes on for a long time—for four verses in fact—and stresses the importance of a day dedicated to the lord, during which neither one's children nor one's servants or animals should be allowed to perform any tasks. (Query: Why is it specifically addressed to people who are assumed to have staff?)
Nobody is opposed to a day of rest. The international Communist movement got its start by proclaiming a strike for an eight-hour day on May 1, 1886, against Christian employers who used child labor seven days a week. But in Exodus 20:8–11, the reason given for the day off is that "in six days the lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day." Yet in Deuteronomy 5:15 a different reason for the Sabbath observance is offered: "Remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day." Preferable though this may be, with its reminder of previous servitude, we again find mixed signals here. Why can't rest be recommended for its own sake? Also, why can't the infallible and omniscient and omnipotent one make up his mind what the real reason is?
Honor thy father and thy mother. Innocuous as this may seem, it is the only commandment that comes with an inducement instead of an implied threat. Both the Exodus and Deuteronomy versions urge it for the same reason: "that thy days may be long upon the land which the lord thy God giveth thee." This perhaps has the slight suggestion of being respectful to Father and Mother in order to come into an inheritance—the Israelites have already been promised the Canaanite territory that is currently occupied by other people, so the prospective legacy pickings are rather rich. Again, why not propose filial piety as a nice thing in itself?
Thou shalt not kill. This very celebrated commandment quite obviously cannot mean what it seems to say in English translation. In the original Hebrew it comes across as something more equivalent to "Thou shalt do no murder." We can be fairly sure that the "original intent" is not in any way pacifistic, because immediately after he breaks the original tablets in a fit of rage, Moses summons his Levite faction and says (Exodus 32:27–28):
Thus saith the lord God of Israel, put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
With its seven-word preface, that order, too, obviously constituted a "commandment" of some sort. The whole book of Exodus is a commandment-rich environment, littered with other fierce orders to slay people for numberless minor offenses (including violations of the Sabbath) and also includes the sinister, ominous verse "Thou shalt not suffer [permit] a witch to live," which was taken as a divine instruction by Christians until relatively recently in human history. Some work is obviously needed here: what is first-degree or third-degree killing and what isn't? Distinguishing killing from murder is not a job easily left to mortals: what are we to do if God himself can't tell the difference?
Thou shalt not commit adultery. For some reason, "the seventh" is the only one of the commandments that is still widely known by its actual number. Extramarital carnal knowledge was probably more of a threat to society when families and tribes were closer-knit, and more bound by stern codes of honor. Having provided the raw material for most of the plays and novels ever published in non–Middle Eastern languages, adultery continues to be a great source of misery and joy and fascination. Most criminal codes have long given up the attempt to make it a punishable offense in law: its rewards and punishments are carefully administered by its practitioners and victims. It perhaps does not deserve to be classed with murder or theft or perjury, which brings us to:
Thou shalt not steal. Not much to query here. Those who have worked hard to acquire a bit of property are entitled to resent those who would rather steal than work, and when society evolves to the point where there is wealth that belongs to nobody—public or social property—those who plunder it for private gain are rightly regarded with hatred and contempt. Admittedly, the prosperity of some families and some states is also founded on original theft, but in that case the same principle of disapproval can apply.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. This is possibly the most sophisticated ruling in the whole Decalogue. Human society is inconceivable unless words are to some extent bonds, and in legal disputes we righteously demand the swearing of oaths that entail severe penalties for perjury. Until recently, much testimony before Congress was taken without witnesses being "sworn": this allowed a great deal of official lying. Nothing focuses the attention more than a reminder that one is speaking on oath. The word "witness" expresses one of our noblest concepts. "Bearing witness" is a high moral responsibility.
Note, also, how relatively flexible this commandment is. Its fulcrum is the word "against." If you are quite sure of somebody's innocence and you shade the truth a little in the witness-box, you are no doubt technically guilty of perjury and may be privately troubled. But if you consciously lie in order to indict someone who is not guilty, you have done something irretrievably foul.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. There are several details that make this perhaps the most questionable of the commandments. Leaving aside the many jokes about whether or not it's O.K. or kosher to covet thy neighbor's wife's ass, you are bound to notice once again that, like the Sabbath order, it's addressed to the servant-owning and property-owning class. Moreover, it lumps the wife in with the rest of the chattel (and in that epoch could have been rendered as "thy neighbor's wives," to boot).
Notice also that no specific act is being pronounced as either compulsory (the Sabbath) or forbidden (perjury). Instead, this is the first but not the last introduction in the Bible of the totalitarian concept of "thought crime." You are being told, in effect, not even to think about it. (Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament takes this a step further, announcing that those with lust in their heart have already committed the sin of adultery. In that case, you might as well be hung—or stoned—for a sheep as for a lamb, or for an ox or an ass if it cometh to that.) Wise lawmakers know that it is a mistake to promulgate legislation that is impossible to obey.
There are further objections to be made. From the "left" point of view, how is it moral to prohibit people from regarding the gains of the rich as ill-gotten, or from demanding a fairer distribution of wealth? From the "right" point of view, why is it wicked to be ambitious and acquisitive? And is not envy a great spur to emulation and competition? I once had a debate on these points with Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of that consoling text When Bad Things Happen to Good People, and he told me that there is a scholarly Talmudic argument, or midrash, maintaining that "neighbor" in this context really does mean immediate next-door neighbor. For that matter, there is persuasive textual argument that "neighbor" in much of the Bible means only "fellow Jew." But it seems rather a waste of a commandment to confine it to either the Joneses or the Semites.
What emerges from the first review is this: the Ten Commandments were derived from situational ethics. They show every symptom of having been man-made and improvised under pressure. They are addressed to a nomadic tribe whose main economy is primitive agriculture and whose wealth is sometimes counted in people as well as animals. They are also addressed to a group that has been promised the land and flocks of other people: the Amalekites and Midianites and others whom God orders them to kill, rape, enslave, or exterminate. And this, too, is important because at every step of their arduous journey the Israelites are reminded to keep to the laws, not because they are right but just because they will lead them to become conquerors (of, as it happens, almost the only part of the Middle East that has no oil).
So, then: how to prune and how to amend? Numbers One through Three can simply go, since they have nothing to do with morality and are no more than a long, rasping throat clearing by an admittedly touchy dictator. Mere fear of unseen authority is not a sound basis for ethics. The associated ban on sculpture and pictorial art should also be lifted. Number Four can possibly stay, though rest periods are not exactly an ethical imperative and are mandated by practicality as much as by heaven. At least, if shorn of its first and third and fourth redundant verses (none of which can possibly apply to non-Jews), Number Four does imply that there are rights as well as duties. For millions of people for thousands of years, the Sabbath was made a dreary burden of obligation and strict observance instead of a day of leisure or recreation. It also led to absurd hypocrisies that seem to treat God as a fool: He won't notice if we make the elevators stop on every floor so that no pious Jew needs to press a button. This is unwholesome and over-strenuous.
As for Number Five, by all means respect for the elders, but why is there nothing to forbid child abuse? (Insolence on the part of children is punishable by death, according to Leviticus 20:9, only a few verses before the stipulation of the death penalty for male homosexuals.) A cruel or rude child is a ghastly thing, but a cruel or brutal parent can do infinitely more harm. Yet even in a long and exhaustive list of prohibitions, parental sadism or neglect is never once condemned. Memo to Sinai: rectify this omission.
Number Six: Note that mere human systems have done better subsequently in distinguishing different moral scales of homicide. Memo to Sinai: Are you morally absolute or aren't you? If so, what about the poor massacred Midianites?
Number Seven: Fair enough if you must, but is polygamy adultery? Also, could not permanent monogamy have been made slightly more consonant with human nature? Why create people with lust in their hearts? Then again, what about rape? It seems to be very strongly recommended, along with genocide, slavery, and infanticide, in Numbers 31:1–18, and surely constitutes a rather extreme version of sex outside marriage.
Numbers Eight and Nine: Admirable. Also brief and to the point, with one rather useful nuance in the keyword "against."
Number Ten: Does wrong to women by making them property and also necessitates continual celestial wiretapping of private thoughts. Sinister and despotic in that it cannot be obeyed and thus makes sinners even of quite thoughtful people.
I am trying my best not to view things through a smug later prism. Only the Almighty can scan matters sub specie aeternitatis: from the viewpoint of eternity. One must also avoid cultural and historical relativism: there's no point in retroactively ordering the Children of Israel to develop a germ theory of disease (so as to avoid mistaking plagues for divine punishments) or to understand astronomy (so as not to make foolish predictions and boasts based on the planets and stars). Still, if we think of the evils that afflict humanity today and that are man-made and not inflicted by nature, we would be morally numb if we did not feel strongly about genocide, slavery, rape, child abuse, sexual repression, white-collar crime, the wanton destruction of the natural world, and people who yak on cell phones in restaurants. (Also, people who commit simultaneous suicide and murder while screaming "God is great": is that taking the Lord's name in vain or is it not?)
It's difficult to take oneself with sufficient seriousness to begin any sentence with the words "Thou shalt not." But who cannot summon the confidence to say: Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or color. Do not ever use people as private property. Despise those who use violence or the threat of it in sexual relations. Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child. Do not condemn people for their inborn nature—why would God create so many homosexuals only in order to torture and destroy them? Be aware that you too are an animal and dependent on the web of nature, and think and act accordingly. Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife. Turn off that fucking cell phone—you have no idea how unimportant your call is to us. Denounce all jihadists and crusaders for what they are: psychopathic criminals with ugly delusions. Be willing to renounce any god or any religion if any holy commandments should contradict any of the above. In short: Do not swallow your moral code in tablet form.


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About 90 family members — from 1 month old to over 90 and extending out to fourth-cousins — gathered over this past July Fourth holiday weekend at Elite Resorts RV and Cottage Resort for what family members marked as the 100th reunion anniversary.
SALT SPRINGS — "There's my mother, Margaret Flanagan, at about age 3," said Theresa (Flanagan) Robinson, 80, pointing to a Flanagan family reunion picture taken on July 4 — 1916.
About 90 family members — from 1 month old to over 90 and extending out to fourth-cousins — gathered over this past July Fourth holiday weekend at Elite Resorts RV and Cottage Resort for what family members marked as the 100th reunion anniversary.
The event included a luncheon, bingo, cake walk — and lots of chatting.
According to Guinness World Records (www.guinnessworldrecords.com) "the largest family reunion of 2,585 … was achieved by the Lily Family at Flat Top, W.Va., on Aug. 9, 2009."
Reunions magazine (www.reunionsmag.com) reports the Burton family, descendants of John Pleasant and Susannah Stamper Burton, "celebrated their 125th anniversary reunion" this year in Mitchell, Ind.
Most family members at the Flanagan reunion trace their lineage back to the 10 children of Margaret and Tom "Pup" Flanagan, who uprooted and moved from Pennsylvania to Eureka, Fla., in 1929 and operated a general store and post office.
Siblings Margaret, Tommy, Hazel, Jimmy, Steve, Doris, Marie, Helen, Theresa and Jane were the Flanagan children raised in Eureka and known by family members as "the original 10."
Five of the 10 brothers and sisters are still living.
"Original 10" siblings Theresa (Flanagan) Robinson; Steve Flanagan, 88; Tommy Flanagan, 79; and Doris (Flanagan) Bustelo, 91, joined the luncheon on Saturday, July 6.
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According to family historian Steve Flanagan, the roots of the Flanagan family in America go back to Irish immigrants escaping the potato famine in Ireland in the 1850s.
"My father, Tom Flanagan, was born in 1889, in Brady Bend, Pa. He and his wife, my mother, Margaret Flanagan, moved the family to Eureka by train in 1929 when I was 4," Steve Flanagan said.
Michael Flanagan, 67, whose father was Jimmy Flanagan, and his wife, Mary, residents of Atlanta, helped organize this year's event and kept family members connected with emails and phone calls.
Ben and Jo Ann Parramore, of Ocala, attended the Saturday events.
"My mother was Hazel (Flanagan)," said Ben Parramore, 73, who operated the Parramore Music Stores in Ocala with his wife.
The reunion was a "chance to get a hug" instead of contact by computer, Jo Ann Parramore said.
Jimmy Flanagan's daughter, Joyce McKee, of Ocala, came to the reunion with her husband, Dick.
"These reunions are a chance to catch up on births, weddings and funerals," Joyce McKee said.
"The old wooden Flanagan house, general store and post office in Eureka were still standing until a few years ago," said McKee, operator of Hill Realty in Ocala.
Joyce McKee's son, Paul Howes, 55, of Ocala, also joined the reunion.
"It seems you meet someone different every year. Now (my) children are hanging out here," Howes said.
Tim Flanagan, 44, of Jacksonville — Michael and Mary Flanagan's son — is a widower with four sons: Patrick, 11, Brian, 9, Sean, 6 and Kevin, 4. They all came with Tim Flanagan's fiance, Melissa Cirsmaru, and her children, Tristan, 8, and Sarah, 10.
"The lunch was fun and I've seen people with new wrinkles this year," Patrick said. He indicated he would bring his children to a Flanagan reunion some day.
And Sean? He liked "the bingo."
Carol Laxton, 79, daughter of "original 10" sibling Margaret Flanagan, was joined at the event by her daughter, Claudia Snook, 56; Snook's daughter, Stephanie Nottke, 27; and Nottke's children Taylor, 2, and Jacob, 4 weeks — the youngest attendee.
Steve Flanagan's daughter, Celesta Flanagan Shannon, attended with her husband, Michael.
"I went to Ireland and traced our family ancestry," Celesta Flanagan Shannon said. Her husband, a native of Wexford, Ireland, joked that "this is a good clan to get into (but) I'm the only true Irishman in the group."
Joyce McKee said the reunions will continue.
"We're dedicated and family-oriented. In the mid-1980s we kept getting together because we were concerned it might be the last year for an elderly member, but now we just keep coming," she said.
Mary Flanagan said the 2014 reunion will be held in Salt Springs or Palatka.