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Why Newt Gingrich Converted to Catholicism

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:45:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Not one mention of Jesus Christ.

Monday, Aug. 24, 2009

By Amy Sullivan

Gingrich describes the appeal of Catholicism for him in just these terms. "When you have 2,000 years of intellectual depth surrounding you," he told me on a recent summer morning, "it's comforting." There's also cachet in conservative political circles to being Catholic. Until their deaths in the past year, Father Richard John Neuhaus and National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. presided over an intellectual haven for conservatives put off by Evangelicals who rail against experts and élites.

It's not surprising that a man of Gingrich's ambitions would be drawn to the grandeur of worship at the basilica. Incense hangs in the air as the choir's descant reverberates off the highly polished walls of the Greek-style interior. "Isn't it just beautiful?" Gingrich asks. "That's part of what happened to me." (Her husband, Callista says, is an enthusiastic but limited singer: "He makes a joyful noise.")

Tags: newt gringrich, catholicism, apostasy, mother harlot, mystery babylon

The One True Church

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:41:03 GMT

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Clip Source: www.firstthings.com

Before we can get anywhere with this discussion, two stipulations must be firmly in place. The first is that we are not engaged in a rivalry between our side and some other side. Some years ago, when William F. Buckley heard that a prominent Protestant had entered into full communion with the Catholic Church, he exclaimed: “This is great news. It’s like the Yankees stealing the star pitcher from the Red Sox.” That is an understandable tribal response, but it takes us back to the squabbling of boys on the playground. Questions of great theological moment are at stake. In these matters, Catholic and non-Catholic alike should have as their one concern the question of what Christ intended, and still intends, for his one Church—it being understood by all that, in the deepest meaning of the term, there can finally be only one Church, since the Church is the Body of Christ, of which Christ is the head, and there is only one Christ.

The One True Church

by Richard John Neuhaus

Tags: religion, ecumenism, unity, theology, catholic, protestant

In Defense Of Death

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:16:07 GMT

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William D. Eddy was an Episcopal minister in Tarrytown, N.Y., and an admirer of the writer and theologian Richard John Neuhaus. When Rev. Eddy grew gravely ill about 20 years ago, I asked Neuhaus to write him a letter of comfort.

Neuhaus was no stranger to death. As a young minister, he worked in the death ward at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, a giant room with 50 to 100 dying people in it, where he would accompany two or three to their deaths each day. One sufferer noticed an expression on Neuhaus’s face and said, “Oh, oh, don’t be afraid,” and then sagged back and expired.

Much later, Neuhaus endured his own near-death experience.

While most people might use the science of life to demystify death, Neuhaus used death to mystify life.

“We are born to die. Not that death is the purpose of our being born, but we are born toward death, and in each of our lives the work of dying is already under way.

It also made him almost indifferent about when his life would end.

IN DEFENCE OF DEATH

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:52:26 GMT

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In Defense of Death

was shocked when I read it a few weeks later. As I recall, Neuhaus’s message was this: There are comforting things you and I have learned to say in circumstances such as these, but we don’t need those things between ourselves

Neuhaus then went on to talk frankly and extensively about death. Those two men were in a separate fraternity and could talk directly about things the rest avoided.

Tags: death

Scriabin - Etude op. 42 no. 5 C sharp minor - Neuhaus

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:46:48 GMT

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Austin Dacey surprises

Sat, 24 May 2008 18:44:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of the surprised :
the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a Roman Catholic priest and leading neoconservative culture warrior, has welcomed Mr. Dacey’s argument.

Good read: http://www.samharris.org/site/full_text/perceiving-2-fallacies-a-secularist-faults-his-fellows/

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Perceiving 2 Fallacies, a Secularist Faults His Fellows

Austin Dacey is a philosopher by training and an active secularist not only by conviction but by profession as well: He is a representative at the United Nations for the secularist Center for Inquiry.

That he has written a book titled “The Secular Conscience” is not surprising. That his book is subtitled “Why Belief Belongs in Public Life” has lifted quite a few eyebrows — to say nothing of his claim that “secularism has lost its soul” by putting a “gag order on ethics, values and religion in public debate.”

Mr. Dacey argues that secular liberalism has come to hold that because conscience is private or personal, its moral conclusions must be subjective, and because conscience should be free from coercion, its moral conclusions must also be free from public criticism.

Tags: public discourse, put on yer thinking cap :)

Eurarabia or God's Continent?

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:04:19 GMT

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Clip Source: www.firstthings.com

Europeans want Muslims to assimilate, but assimilate to what? A Muslim feminist declares: “Someone once asked me if Germany was my homeland. I could only say that not even Germans consider Germany their homeland. How are we supposed to integrate in a place like that?” Immigrants come to America to be part of “the American dream.” As a French writer in Liberation puts it, “There is no French, Dutch, or other European dream. You emigrate here to escape poverty, and nothing more.”

In the United States, a person who advocates undemocratic or intolerant views is condemned as un-American and violating the principles of the Constitution to which all swear allegiance. . . . Europe offers nothing comparable and shows no sign of doing so. . . . Arguably, if a ‘mainstream’ set of values can be deduced from the last 150 years or so of European history, they would be authoritarian, military, and hyper-nationalistic, rather than pluralist and liberal.”

Tags: neuhaus, first things, jenkins, book, review, europe, christianity, islam

Bearing Witness in a Time of War

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:58:46 GMT

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Until that day, the history of the world is marked by what St. Augustine calls libido dominandi—the lust for glory and power. We describe wars as just and wars as unjust, and it is necessary that we make such distinctions for clarity of mind and security of conscience. But, short of the coming Kingdom, all is provisional and approximate; all is riddled through with ambiguity, contradiction, and tragedy.

Meanwhile, we bear witness to what is to be, and, for those who believe, already is. The Church—her ministers and her members—is the people ahead of time.

Again, St. Augustine: “Peace must be your aim; war should be a matter of necessity. . . . One does not pursue peace in order to wage war; one wages war to achieve peace.” And then he adds, “If peace is such a desirable dimension of our temporal happiness, how much sweeter is the divine peace that belongs to the eternal happiness of the angels.”

Tags: neuhaus, first things, catholicism, christianity, war, apologetics, evangelism, culture

MysticPoets

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:15:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Welcome to MysticPoets. Here you will find the work of living poets that have been affected directly and deeply by the teachings and experience of non-duality in its infinite expressions.

Beyond this shared background, there is great individuality, both in how the poets lead their lives and in how they express themselves. Some have become teachers in the non-dual tradition, while others pursue traditional (or non-traditional) occupations and roles in the everyday world.

Each poet is represented by a selection of his or her work and by a brief biographical sketch. Contact information and links to publications or website are given at the bottom of each page.

In addition, a new poem will be featured each month on this page - the Poem of the Month.

The poems featured on this site are the choice of the editors, Walter Hettich and Tony Kendrew. They invite you to share your reactions to the poems and to the website by email, and to visit the websites listed on the left.

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MysticPoets

Welcome to MysticPoets. Here you will find the work of living poets that have been affected directly and deeply by the teachings and experience of non-duality in its infinite expressions.

Each poet is represented by a selection of his or her work and by a brief biographical sketch. Contact information and links to publications or website are given at the bottom of each page.

Clip Source: www.mysticpoets.us

The Poets

Alan Jacobs
Annette
Chaitanya Neuhaus
Dorothy Hunt
Jeannie Zandi
John
Maurice Horn
Nirmala
Pamela Wilson
Paul Chubbuck
Prartho Sereno
Rashid Maxwell
Tony Kendrew
Walter Hettich

Tags: poetry

Worldview through webcams

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:55:42 GMT

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Take a little trip with me - travelling via webcam views through the world.

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Venice, ITALY

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LOS Angeles, USA

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PHOENIX, USA

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Mount Rushmore, USA

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The Pyramids, EGYPT

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Niesen, SWITZERLAND

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Stechelberg, SWITZERLAND
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Neuhaus, SWITZERLAND
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Schloss Neuschwanstein, GERMANY
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Tags: web cam, travel, world, switzerland, egypt

Evangelical Leader Returns To Catholicism

Sat, 12 May 2007 16:04:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Move Reflects Narrowing Gap Between Denominations

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The president of the Evangelical Theological Society, an association of 4,300 Protestant theologians, resigned this month because he has joined the Roman Catholic Church.

The May 5 announcement by Francis J. Beckwith, a tenured associate professor at Baptist-affiliated Baylor University in Waco, Tex., has left colleagues gasping for breath and commentators grasping for analogies.

Beckwith is not the first, or even the most prominent, evangelical to switch to Catholicism in recent years. Others include Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), theologian Scott Hahn and the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, editor of the journal First Things. On the other side of the equation, the Catholic Church has been losing droves of ordinary worshipers to the Pentecostal form of evangelicalism, particularly in Latin America.

Tags: religionn, evangelical, catholic

Fauchon

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:51:13 GMT

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天性浪漫的巴黎人，也跟台北一樣，很早之前就開始促銷情人節的商品。我目前沒有情人，不過到了歐洲不但不會觸景傷情，反而還流連於各家商店的情人節檔期的花樣櫥窗前。

位於巴黎瑪德蓮廣場旁的法國老字號 Fauchon 商店，光兩家店面就有四、五個大型櫥窗，每個櫥窗都精心布置，以紅色及粉紅色的經典愛情色調，就是要給巴黎人一個最純粹的羅曼蒂克。

Fauchon 也有情人節強打商品，包括從茶葉及果醬，都有一系列的新產品，都是以紅色的漿果類為主要原料，就是要賦予愛情那種酸中帶甜的絕妙滋味。

而比利時最著名的特產之一就是巧克力了，同樣是2月14日傳情達意不可錯過的禮物。位於布魯塞爾大廣場旁的兩家巧克力大廠 Godiva 及 neuhaus 兩家也都各出奇招地，不過仍不脫俗套地以紅色與粉紅、紫紅色布置櫥窗。

▲ Godiva 的櫥窗 ▼neuhaus的櫥窗

我在Brugge 的 neuhaus 曾經試吃過她們今年推出的情人節巧克力。她們今年以中國的「陰 Ying」與「陽Yang」為主題，白巧克力為「陰」，黑巧克力為「陽」，推出一款「陰陽調和」的巧克力禮盒。櫥窗海報上的的「♀ + ♂」為的就是符合這個概念。相形之下，隔壁的 Godiva似乎就顯的沒什麼創意了。XD

我也喜歡這一招照片的景像。女孩打扮與櫥窗非常相襯，自在地聽著音樂讀著書，我想像著她是在等候情人的到來（其實她是在察看旅遊導覽書上的地圖 =.=）。這是比利時巧克力的另一家精品名店 Pierre Marcolini的櫥窗。

Marcolini今年推出兩款情人節巧克力。上面櫥窗裡的組合成花朵的心形巧克力禮盒，象徵愛情的花瓣。「他（她）愛我，他（她）不愛我」總是戀愛初期玩的心理遊戲。另外，給已經定情的愛侶們，還有一款非常簡單但是搶眼的單顆紅心，外頭是覆盆子口味，裡面則是巧克力甘納許。所附上的禮盒簡直與珠寶首飾同等級的高級。不想買一整盒的話，也有單顆紅心的禮盒，名為 L'Unique（「獨一」），真的就像一枚定情戒指般的質感呢！

看膩了豔情紅色，換換口味回到巴黎的Mariage Freres茶室。Mariage Freres反其道而行，以優雅的天藍色為底色，以白色及銀色作為花紋圖飾。我覺得這不落俗套的設計也非常吸引人。

Jeff de Bruges是一家連鎖巧克力店。她們打出巧克力是催情春藥（Aphrodisiaque）的口號，同時推出個人化的情人節商品。

<看看關於 aphrodisiac 這個字的單字解析吧！^^>

我仔細一看，櫥窗裡有張卡片，裡面標注了多國「我愛你」的文字。其中的中文，真是超級爆笑！「純棉綿」？是誰跟這家巧克力店說「我愛你」中文寫成「純棉綿」的？我還真是傻了眼。

我目前沒有情人，不過我是一直相信愛情的。這種愛情不僅僅是男女之間的親密關係，也應該是給家人給朋友，那種用了真心的愛與情。祝大家情人節快樂！：）

▲巴黎杜樂麗花園的一對愛侶。按右鍵另存新檔歡迎轉寄作為賀卡。（我還真不要臉XD）

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Probleme von Jugendlichen mit ADHS 3

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:16:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.info-adhs.de

Quellen

Krause, Dr. med. Johanna: Behandlungsansätze bei Erwachsenen mit ADS, Elterninitiative zur Förderung hyperaktiver Kinder e. V., Postfach 60, 91291 Forchheim, 1997
Neuhaus, Cordula: Hyperaktive Jugendliche und ihre Probleme, Urania-Ravensburger Verlag, 2000
Skrodzki, Dr. Klaus: Das Hyperkinetische Syndrom, Bundesverband Aufmerksamkeitsstörung/Hyperaktivität e. V., Postfach 60, 91291 Forchheim, 1996

Jugendliche mit ADHS sind häufig stimmungslabil. Depressive Verstimmungen treten ohne erkennbare Gründe auf und können bis zur Selbstmordgefährdung reichen ⁽³⁾. Mit heftigen Gefühlen reagieren sie, wenn sie verliebt sind. Es besteht ein starkes Bedürfnis nach Harmonie, es mangelt aber an der Fähigkeit, sich in andere einzufühlen und auf deren Bedürfnisse einzugehen. Der Partner wird häufig aus Eifersucht überkontrolliert und in Beschlag genommen, was nicht selten mit unkontrollierten Wutausbrüchen verbunden ist. Der eigene Anteil am Verhalten der Mitmenschen wird jedoch nicht erkannt. Eine gleichberechtigte Beziehung fällt ihnen daher schwer. Aus Angst vor Negativreaktionen ziehen sich die Jugendlichen oft völlig zurück. Häufig besteht eine ausgeprägte Angst vor dem Verlassenwerden. Eine Trennung wird mit heftigen Gefühlen erlebt ⁽²⁾.

Auswirkungen auf die Psyche

Die Jugendlichen sind häufig auf der Suche nach Extremen und wollen alles ausprobieren. Aus gemachten Fehlern lernen sie meist nicht. Sie leben im Hier und Jetzt. Für sie ist vieles immer wieder neu. Die Fähigkeit abzuwägen, zu vergleichen, zu relativieren, Einsichten zu entwickeln, auch abwarten zu können und einen realistischen Überblick über die Situation zu erhalten, bleibt Jugendlichen mit ADHS lange verwehrt. Daher sind sie leicht zu beeinflussen. Zwar ist der Wunsch nach Unabhängigkeit meist sehr ausgeprägt, Jugendliche mit ADHS neigen aber dazu, sich immer wieder von anderen Personen abhängig zu machen und sich viel zu früh an einen Partner zu binden. Oft werden sie auch viel zu früh Eltern ⁽²⁾.

Tags: ads, adhd, adolescents

Secular America under Siege - Interview with Damon Linker

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:38:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting interview with Damon Linker, author of the book "Theocons: Secular America under Siege".

Clip Source: hnn.us

History News Network Because the Past is the Present, and the Future too.

Interview with Damon Linker: Secular America Under Siege

11-27-06

By Rick Shenkman

Damon Linker is the author of the recently published book, Theocons: Secular America Under Seige (Doubleday), HNN's November Book of the Month. He earned an MA in European history from New York University and a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.

What accounts for the birth of the theocon movement?

Back in the late 1960s, founding theocons Neuhaus and Novak were on the far left, toying with revolution in the name of civil rights and ending the Vietnam War. But unlike most of the protesters at the time, both men saw their political commitments as flowing from deep piety. They both wanted religion to play a much greater role in American life. But with the decline of the protest movement and growing secularization of the left, both men became convinced that a religious revival in the United States would likely come from elsewhere on the political spectrum. This began a rapid ideological shift to the right, which was largely completed by 1980. At first, Neuhaus placed his hopes for a populist religious revival in Jimmy Carter, but Carter soon disappointed him. The emergence of the Moral Majority in the late 70s, and its decision to abandon Carter and embrace Reagan, persuaded Neuhaus and Novak that the Republican Party was the natural home for devout religious believers.

Tags: damon linker, linker, religion, atheism, secularity, secular, interview, book, theocon, neocon, paleocon, conservative, politics, neuhaus, novak, weigel, george, us, usa, america

How Jesus Endorsed Bush's Invasion of Iraq

Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:22:49 GMT

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How Jesus Endorsed Bush's Invasion of Iraq

In the lead up to the invasion of Iraq, Bush needed the approval of religious leaders to shore up his religious base and a group of Catholic theoconservatives were happy to help him do just that.

The following is an excerpt from Damon Linker's new book The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege (Doubleday, 2006).

For much of the past 25 years, a small group of Catholic intellectuals has worked to inject its radical religious ideas into the nation's politics. The leader of this theoconservative movement is Father Richard John Neuhaus. In the pages of his monthly magazine First Things, Neuhaus and his ideological allies set the theocon agenda on a range of policies. Michael Novak of the American Enterprise Institute argues that the American founders were orthodox religious believers who thought of the United States as a Christian nation -- and that American-style capitalism perfectly conforms to Catholic social teaching. Robert P. George of Princeton University insists that abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage (and perhaps even contraception and masturbation) should be outlawed. And George Weigel of Washington's Ethics and Public Policy Center uses Catholic just-war reasoning to justify neoconservative foreign policy. As the U.S. began to prepare for war in Iraq in 2002, the theocons set out to provide theological justification for the coming conflagration.

Tags: jesus, iraq, iraq war, politics, christian, bush, bush administration, catholic, conservatives, book, america