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Imperiled salvation?
Over on the "Backlash?" thread Robert Reid posed this question when one of the respondents suggested non-Christian young people had imperiled their salvation:
"Do you actually, truly, in your heart of hearts believe that anyone's "salvation" is imperiled simply by not being a Christian? In other words, that God actually does divide the world into Christians and non-Christians, with the Christians truly getting a better deal based on their beliefs?"
I was curious about why Robert asked the question, and in a pleasant offline exchange, he said he found the view "unexpected," since he saw the Commonweal blog as "liberal, possibly even universalistic."
Anyhow, rather than clutter up the "Backlash?" thread with off-topic comments, I've set up this thread, so you can here offer your opinions, unexpected or otherwise, about the conditions for salvation.
(For the record, I hope salvation is not imperiled by not being a Christian, since I lost two infants to miscarriage. However, I believe Christianity is requisite to MY salvation. While this might sound wishy-washy, the Church, to my knowledge, has never taught that any individual is actually in Hell, so I don't feel compelled to condemn where the Church has not. Liberal? Universalistic? You decide.)
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Jean, I hope this query does not hijack your thread, but by coincidence (Providence?) I just got off the phone with my devoutly Evangelical mother (I love putting "devout" in front of non-Catholic religious labels) who said her Bible study is discussing the topic of "Eternal Security," which they ascribe to, and she wanted the Catholic taje on it. I fumbled around somewhat, saying we don't buy into it (I thought), but of course a Catholic (esp me) trying to explain complexity (not to mention Purgatory) to one's born again mother doesn't work very well. It all sounds mushy. Then again, even the perseverance of the saints can sound mushy, and that's Calvinism, I believe.In any case, this question is about whether Christians, and specifically Catholics, can imperil their eternal salvation. If it's too off-lede, delete the responses. But it does freak out the non-Catholics to hear the late Cardinal O'Connor cheerily saying he doesn't know if he'll be going to heaven or not. What kind of faith is that? they ask. I'll greatly appreciate profound but pithy answers from the site's brain trust.
Too often, salvation is defined negatively to mean "not damned." Thus, to believe that one is saved is to believe that one is not damned. This idea gives rise to bad theology and bad religion. It defines the religious life in terms of fear, but not fear of the LORD, rather, fear for one's fate. This latter fear is one of the single greatest obstacles to the love of God and neighbor.Alternatively, salvation is defined in terms of eternal bliss with God, the beatific vision, and one is saved if one has this state of affairs in one's future. It think this is a Greek, and mistaken notion of salvation. It appeals to our sense of pride, to be like God. It causes us to forget our place as creatures before God.Wedded to this notion of salvation is a kind of gatekeeper mentality that seeks to define what is necessary to achieve this eternal state of affairs. This too leads to bad religion, and turns God into a bad parent.Salvation as I understand it, and as I think most Jews understood it (and therefore as Jesus understood it) is the opportunity to love God with all of one's heart, soul, mind, and strength, and therefore, to love one's neighbor as one's self. This opportunity is a gift, and this gift is salvation. Thus, salvation is entirely a matter for this life, not life after death. If there is a final judgment, it will simply be an accounting of what one has done in this life with one's gift, so, same difference.When my student's ask if I am saved, I say "Beats me." This seems to unnerve them a bit.
Let me clarify something from the previous post (kids are distracting me!) I think salvation is not the opportunity to love God and neighbor (which we all have), but the actual loving of God and neighbor. Salvation is not the reward for loving God and neighbor, but the actual loving of God and neigbor. To imperil salvation is to thus to fail to love God and neighbor, or perhaps to love them less than one can.
David,I excuse myself from membership in anything with the word brain in it. Can only think of the cartoon guy with the enormous head.But my sense is that this is an insuperable difference that is basically semantics, regarding theology. Until there is serious sin, which the Evangelical theology can't handle very well.Scenario 1:Catholic: We believe that since God is the one who keeps those safe who hope in Him, then, since God is trustworthy, He intends to bring us to heaven. Evangelical: But you're not SURE, are you? What kind of faith is that?Catholic: It's possible that, later on, I could change my heart or my life in such a way that I rebel against God and put my eternal salvation in danger. And then what if I never repent?Evangelical: Then you're not saved!!***Scenario 2:Evangelical: It turns out Sylvia wasn't saved, after all.Catholic: What are you talking about? I went to her baptism.Evangelical: Yes, I know, she SEEMED saved. She testified! But she is starting up with those men again, and the drugs. Catholic: Well, we all sin. If it were me I could go to confession.Evangelical: If she can't stop sinning, she wasn't really saved.R. Catholic hope is so close to the Calvinist perseverance of the saints that it's practically the same thing. But I think we take a more realistic view of time. Salvation, for us, doesn't happen all at once.In my experience, though, there is nothing you can say that will shake an evangelical's faith in irresistible grace, and I wouldn't try. This need for security--that's how we lost Luther. So might as well sing "Blessed Assurance" with my fingers crossed.
For an armchair theologian like me having done just enough scattered reading and reflection to be dangerous (hopefully, to myself only), salvation is a daunting topic.For my own economy of thought, I think of the issue on a timeline, with Church pronouncements pre-Vatican II almost entirely exclusivist (i.e., the Catholic Church is the ONLY game in town when it comes to salvation), and post-Vatican II, when Church pronouncements took a more inclusivist turn, as in this passage from Lumen Gentium:"The Catholic Church professes that it is the one, holy catholic and apostolic Church of Christ; this it does not and could not deny. But in its Constitution the Church now solemnly acknowledges that the Holy Ghost is truly active in the churches and communities separated from itself. To these other Christian Churches the Catholic Church is bound in many ways: through reverence for God's word in the Scriptures; through the fact of baptism; through other sacraments which they recognize. The non-Christian may not be blamed for his ignorance of Christ and his Church; salvation is open to him also, if he seeks God sincerely and if he follows the commands of his conscience, for through this means the Holy Ghost acts upon all men; this divine action is not confined within the limited boundaries of the visible Church." That is quite a profound statement, to my way of thinking. "If he seeks God sincerely" would seem to exclude some atheists, perhaps, but non-Catholic denominations would appear to be included in the scope of salvation. (Much of the second paragraph above has been incorporated into section 847 of the CCC.)In Vatican II's Unitatis Reditegratio (the Decree on Ecumenism), the following caveat was added:"Nevertheless, our separated brethren, whether considered as individuals or as Communities and Churches, are not blessed with that unity which Jesus Christ wished to bestow on all those who through Him were born again into one body, and with Him quickened to newness of life- that unity which the Holy Scriptures and the ancient Tradition of the Church proclaim. For it is only through Christ's Catholic Church, which is 'the all-embracing means of salvation,' that they can benefit fully from the means of salvation. We believe that Our Lord entrusted all the blessings of the New Covenant to the apostolic college alone, of which Peter is the head, in order to establish the one Body of Christ on earth to which all should be fully incorporated who belong in any way to the people of God." I think the key phrase in this passage is that only through the Catholic Church can people "benefit fully from the means of salvation." Catholics benefit fully; non-Catholics get a lesser degree of benefit, but they are not precluded from salvation.Dominus Iesus raised something of a firestorm in 2000 when then-Cardinal Ratzinger released this CDF document that seems to denigrate non-Catholic relifions: "With the coming of the Saviour Jesus Christ, God has willed that the Church founded by him be the instrument for the salvation of all humanity (cf. Acts 17:30-31). This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that one religion is as good as another'. If it is true that the followers of other religions can receive divine grace, it is also certain that objectively speaking they are in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the Church, have the fullness of the means of salvation. However, 'all the children of the Church should nevertheless remember that their exalted condition results, not from their own merits, but from the grace of Christ. If they fail to respond in thought, word, and deed to that grace, not only shall they not be saved, but they shall be more severely judged.' One understands then that, following the Lord's command (cf. Mt 28:19-20) and as a requirement of her love for all people, the Church 'proclaims and is in duty bound to proclaim without fail, Christ who is the way, the truth, and the life' (Jn 14:6). In him, in whom God reconciled all things to himself (cf. 2 Cor 5:18-19), men find the fullness of their religious life." Though Dominus Iesus retains the full- means-of-salvation language from the Decree on Ecumenism, the addition of language that other religions are in a "gravely deficient situation" would seem to indicate, to me at least, that the pendulum is swinging back to some degree to an exclusivist position by the Church on the issue of salvation.
Kathy's Catholic-Protestant scenarios are right on target. I've left family gatherings early because I didn't want to be embroiled in discussions about fire insurance.If we have seen the Truth of the Church, I think we are under an obligation to do our best to struggle after it. Some do better than others. I'm a straggling struggler.On the other hand, I believe that God's Love covers in some way those who have never heard of the Church, did not live long enough to know the Church, or whom people within the Church have driven away.But I don't pretend to be sure about any of it.
Okay, here's the thing. The Catechism teaches us that "Baptism is necessary for salvation." (CCC 1257) The same paragraph states that "the Church does not know of any means other than Baptism that assures entry into eternal beatitude." Given that there are well over 1 billion baptized Christians living, that's actually a pretty generous proffering of salvation.Istm that that's the kernel. The church has qualified it thusly: "Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who have had the possibility of asking for this sacrament" (CCC 1257).The principle is also extended to various others:* Catechumens who die before baptism;* Martyrs in faith who are killed before baptism;* "Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity." (CCC 1260).What about infants who die before baptism, as Jean brought up? The funeral rites suggest that we may hope for their salvation as well. What about those who have been baptized but then fall away or deny Christ in some way? Surely that is the situation of many of the respondents to the Barna survey. The parable of the Prodigal Son suggests that, if the prodigal repents, the Father will run out to meet him with joy.
To speak of salvation being imperiled means we need to know what we mean by salvation. Is everyone so far assuming salvation is an either/or matter? Heaven or Hell?Isn't also important to ask what it means to be saved? William's texts speak of being united in the Body of Christ. What does that mean if not "To love God and neighbor with all one has"? If it means membership in the Church, what does the Church have beyond the teachings, sacraments, liturgy, that enable one to love God and neighbor with all one has?Doesn't a heaven/hell emphasis on salvation make this world seem kind of secondary in importance?Maybe I am too Eastern here, thinking in terms of the process of salvation, whereas most others think of salvation as a matter of status.
Let's kick it up a notch, as Emeril would say. If the Catholic Church teaches that there is nothing you can do to earn salvation, what could you possibly do to lose it? To me it sounds like it is not all about us.
(I promise I'll behave right after this.)To the tune of Love and Marriage:Grace and merit, grace and merit,God's so great that He can't wait to share it--'Specially with His Mother!You can't have one without the other.Grace and merit, grace and merit,The Cross is heavy but you'll have to bear it.Listen, sister, brother,You can't have one without the other.Try, try, try to separate them,It's an illusion.Try, try, try and you will only addTo the confusion.Grace and merit, grace and merit,It's a legacy we can inherit,With and through His Mother.You can't have one without the other.
However one slices it the encounter with Jesus has to be the great gift of God since he showed the way to God. This is why practically everyone speaks well of Jesus because there is nothing bad anyone can see about him and we know the fullness of God is in him.Unfortunately, too many followers insisted on speaking in the name of God taking such words as "whose sins you shall forgive " etc as given to them instead of the Body of Christ. Jesus said s/he who is not against you is for you. Yet, because we have done such a bad job of proclaiming the gospel, the abundant life that Jesus brought is not properly proclaimed to others. (Witness the American Indian who refused baptism before being killed by Christians saying he would not want to be baptized by a God of such evil men.)Augustine taught mediocrity and he got worse. Because the flame must alway burn it cannot stay in the middle. Jesus insisted that the lukewarm would be vomited out of his mouth. Do we want the church of dogma or the church of the Spirit?
<< Let me clarify something from the previous post (kids are distracting me!) I think salvation is not the opportunity to love God and neighbor (which we all have), but the actual loving of God and neighbor. Salvation is not the reward for loving God and neighbor, but the actual loving of God and neigbor. To imperil salvation is to thus to fail to love God and neighbor, or perhaps to love them less than one can. >>Hi, Joe, perhaps I'm not understanding, but it sounds like you see it as a here-and-now, in-this-world kind of thing. What happens after the believer dies?
Jim: The parable of the Prodigal Son suggests that, if the prodigal repents, the Father will run out to meet him with joy. Jean: We had a huge talk about this parable in RCIA, and kept going back to it several times in the course of the program. All I can say is that there are an awful lot of people, including good and pious Catholics who run RCIA programs, who really hate that parable because they think the good son (who is like them) got the shaft and the bad son (who reminds them of a wayward sibling) didn't suffer enough.Which is why it's good God is in charge of salvation instead of the popular acclaim of our families, I guess.
Jean : "All I can say is that there are an awful lot of people, including good and pious Catholics who run RCIA programs, who really hate that parable because they think the good son (who is like them) got the shaft and the bad son (who reminds them of a wayward sibling) didn't suffer enough."Yes, I used to think so too, along with the parable of the labourers in the vineyard (Mathew 20:1-16) where lot of people feel it is unfair that those who did less work also gets the same wages as those worked the whole day. Then it dawned on me that I am more in the position of the prodigal son / the labourer who worked least and suddenly the parable seems wonderful.
Jim: Thanks for asking. I was wondering if anyone was going to notice what you notice (and then, if they did, think it worth commenting on).In short, yes, salvation, as I understand it, is a this worldly kind of thing. The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. My salvation comes from my ability to return to God again, and again, and again. My soul glories in the Lord. My salvation comes from knowing that my Redeemer lives.Now, as for life after death. The resurrection gives us reason to hope that something is up here. However, I think that connecting life after death with salvation was a BIG mistake of the early churches one that we live with to this day. The mistake, I think, was made very understandable given the very shortened understanding of history that many of the early churches had, and, I would wager, that even Jesus and Paul had. Thus, one could connect the idea of salvation in this world with salvation in the next world much more directly. One needed to repent now because there was thought to be not much time left.Of course, we did get more time. But instead of returning to a Jewish notion of repentance and of the life of the people before God, the churches focused in a very Greek way on the status of the soul after death. They also decided that they were the final arbiters of this status, and that they alone had what was necessary for the soul to have the proper status. It was a gigantic power grab, and very unfaithful, IMHO.
<< Let's kick it up a notch, as Emeril would say. If the Catholic Church teaches that there is nothing you can do to earn salvation, what could you possibly do to lose it? To me it sounds like it is not all about us. >>Hi, Alan,I suppose the from-the-manual Catholic answer would be, we're free to make the bad decision of refusing the gift that is given so lovingly and undeservedly.
Hi, Joe, those are very interesting / provocative views, and I appreciate your providing the basis for them.Perhaps along the same lines: I do think you're right (if I understand you) that many folks posit a kind of false dichotomy, i.e. our current life = no kingdom; life after death = entry to the kingdom for the good or lucky ones.To the contrary: Jesus has inaugurated the Kingdom already, and did so when he was on earth with us. The promise was fulfilled in the hearing of those at the synagogue 2,000 years ago. The kingdom is certainly here, now, and we believers are blessed to be citizens. That's the basis, I would think, for all of the sharp political and social analysis in Commonweal - we're citizens of God's kingdom, critiquing earthly realms. I would add, in my conventional way, that God's kingdom here on earth is not complete, it is in a process of becoming, and will not reach its culmination until God deems the time to be ripe.
The prodigal son parable is a great lesson all around. It shows that the son who stayed home was not very generous and attributed his goodness to himself rather than the grace of God. He was more into what he did not have (the external celebration) rather than what he had, everything--"Everything I have is yours."Those who come in the first or the eleventh hour are there because of the gift of God. Those who objected to those coming later forget what joy it was to be there already.
Joe,You asked: "Doesn't a heaven/hell emphasis on salvation make this world seem kind of secondary in importance?"Yes, but I was always taught (grade school and high school) that it was SUPPOSED to. Was this wrong?Isn't the notion of absolution through the sacrament of Penence for persons with "imperfect contrition" an indication that the whole system is set up to get people into heaven and keep them from going to hell?From the Catechism1453 The contrition called "imperfect" (or "attrition") is also a gift of God, a prompting of the Holy Spirit. It is born of the consideration of sin's ugliness or the fear of eternal damnation and the other penalties threatening the sinner (contrition of fear). Such a stirring of conscience can initiate an interior process which, under the prompting of grace, will be brought to completion by sacramental absolution. By itself however, imperfect contrition cannot obtain the forgiveness of grave sins, but it disposes one to obtain forgiveness in the sacrament of Penance.Life is a kind of test. If you die in the state of grace, you pass the test and go to heaven. If you die and you are not in the state of grace, even if you have been a good person all your life, commit one serious sin, and get killed in a car crash on the way to confession, you go to hell and suffer eternal torment. I always got the impression that heaven and hell were what Catholicism were ultimately all about. Here's a great quote: "The blessed in the kingdom of heaven will see the punishments of the damned, in order that their bliss be more delightful for them" (Summa Theo III, Supplementum Q 94, Art. 1).
I'd like to ask this very simple question, since I am getting confused.Does everybody believe (and does Catholicism teach) that there is a place (or state), usually referred to as Heaven, where good people will go after they die (ultimately, since there may be a stop in Purgatory), and they will be happy in Heaven for all eternity? And also, does everybody believe (and does Catholicism teach) that there is a place (or state), usually referred to as Hell, where bad people will go after they die, and they will suffer some kind of real torment for all eternity? And ultimately, everyone winds up in either Heaven or Hell?
David,At first glance, my position is the radical one, and yours is the orthodox one. What you have been taught is standard. However, being the humble person that I am, I dare to say that this entire tradition is mistaken, yeah, I say unto you, even an abomination (insert smile thingy here)! For it mocks the mercy of God and creates a state of fear rather than openness in those who truly seek God. This fear actually succeeds in closing them off from God and neighbor.However, I also believe that there is much in the tradition worth retrieving, especially the idea of contrition. I would read this as returning again and again to God. It also asks the believer to be mindful of her or his relation to God and neighbor, and so to be mindful of her or his failures. Also worth retrieving is the idea of justice as the order willed by God for human life and community. Thus, we sin against the will of God when we fail to pursue justice. Remember Micah 6:8 "He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" That, as I see it, is what it means to be saved.If heaven and hell are what Catholicism is about, then, from my perspective, that is a good reason not to be Catholic.Jim: Yes, the Kingdom is incomplete. I am not sure that it will ever be ripe. But that does not concern me, so long as I can live within it and help to build it.Finally, it is worth keeping in mind that we may simply never be as separated from God as we think. Salvation is to know this.
If life is a test, it is not a gift. Tests are taken, gifts are given. Share a test and you are a cheater, share a gift and you are blessed.
Many thanks for all the thoughts; Kathy and Jean have clearly emerged from evangelical experiences that I have had, as well. Couple of quick thoughts: I always like the notion, used periodically in good homilies, that eternal life begins when we are born. Whatever the function of this world in the economy of salvation, his notion seems to bridge this world and the world to come.Also, re David Nickol's "simple question" (I understand the impulse, David): Heaven and Hell certainly exist. But John Paul II, channeling Balthasar (and his possibly heretical ideas) expressed the hope that Hell was empty. Doesn't that get us more or less to the same point--that Hell doesn't exist as a punishment, but as some kind of yardstick or a way to get our bearings?For my own simple question, then: Catholics can gain and THEN lose salvation?
My best friend in college was the daughter of a Baptist preacher. There were some subjects we learned to avoid.The answer is yes. But, there isn't any conclusive proof that it's ever happened.
David: As you may know, Origen was one of the first to suggest the possibility of universal salvation. This, and other things, got him condemned. In order to make universal salvation work however, Origen needed to postulate the reincarnation of the soul, so that over time, all souls would eventually be drawn to God, but first they would have to experience the fruits of their choices, what the Buddhists would call the fruits of their karma.Some time back I had an aha moment. I had been reading lots of writings within Buddhism at the time (still do) and I found myself reflecting on the Catholic notion of purgatory. I then found myself wondering if the Buddhists are correct about many lives and the possibility of achieving Enlightenment, and the Catholics were right about purgatory. If so, I concluded, we are living in purgatory. I have not entirely let go of this musing. One of the things it helps with, along with knowing traditions like that of Origen, is the almost absurdity of getting it right in one lifetime, and the even greater absurdity of dying before one is born. I have found that in the history of world religions, Christianity and Islam are rather alone in denying reincarnation. There is something genuinely comforting in the realization that one will be back it one day, even if one does not remember anything. And it also helps one take responsibility for getting one's act together, realizing that how we live today may make our future efforts either easier, or much more difficult.
Sorry if I am boring folks, but I just came across this passage in a text we are reading in my Philosophy of Religion class, and it seems relevant to this thread:"Human action is not the beginning. At the the beginning is God's eternal expectation. There is an eternal cry in the world: God is beseeching man to answer, to return, to fulfill. Something is asked of man, of all men, at all times. In every act we either answer or defy, we either return or move away, we either fulfill or miss the goal. Life consists of endless opportunities to sanctify the profane, opportunities to redeem the power of God from the chain of potentialities, opportunities to serve spiritual ends." Abraham Joshua Heschel
A note on the parable of the Prodigal Son. It is a recurring motif in Augustine's used by Augustine to describe himself as lost and bereft in a "far country." By extension, it refers to all of us who turn and attempt to come home again to a welcoming and forgiving father. I think the real jolt of the parable (when not allegorized) is that the hearers of Jesus must have thought that the father was crazy in the first place in giving all that money to a young man. The point of Jesus is this: the love of God is like the father who lavishes upon his children and is always ready to return more. We ought to identify with the son who stayed behind and became, like us all too often, a whiner despite what a loving father has and will give him.On the larger issue of who gets saved, I trust in the words of Paul that God wills (note the Greek WILLS; not mere velleity) the salvation of all. That text inspired Balthasar's book .
Not boring at all, Joe. All good food for thought, and for the soul--wherever mine may be...David
Fr. Neuhaus over at First Things took up the matter of whether we might hope for universal salvation a few years ago. He thought we might, though apparently some of his readers took strong objection to this view. In any case, his modest piece brings together many of the common arguments, pro and con and includes a helpful list of relevant NT texts. He ends by citing Pauls comments in Romans 11:33-36 praising the unimaginable wisdom and mercy of God:For God has consigned all to disobedience, that He may have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been His counselor? Or who has given a gift to Him that he might be repaid? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen. http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=2216(As I recall, Fr. Joseph Fitzmeyer had a memorably pithy aside on that same Romans text in his Anchor commentary to the effect that Gods goodness is not a payment for services rendered.)
Joe Pettit wrote,"I have found that in the history of world religions, Christianity and Islam are rather alone in denying reincarnation. There is something genuinely comforting in the realization that one will be back it one day, even if one does not remember anything. And it also helps one take responsibility for getting one's act together, realizing that how we live today may make our future efforts either easier, or much more difficult."I don't understand this Joe. Sounds like you are accepting everything. Why not just go new wave and throw everything out. This kind of thinking gives material to the doctrinalists that thinking is dangerous.One of the beliefs that seems central to Christianity is that we begin to live the divine life within us (no way do we become like God) in that we abide in God and s/he in us. We begin in this life especially when we learn to take the lowest seat and not lord it over others. This is the peace that surpasses all understanding and the core of who we are as Christians. This life continues after our death and we are still the same person. Thanks be to God forever for so great a gift. What is the point of coming back as a dog or lion (if I had to choose, a gentle one that is)?
Bill,I did not explicitly accept reincarnation. I advanced it as a thought experiment. I am not worried about doctrinalists. If they have a problem with reincarnation, I will just refer them Matthew 16:14.Just for the record, those who affirm reincarnation affirm that it is always the same consciousness. Also, as for the point of coming back as a dog or lion, I refer you to the many morality tales of the Buddha as an animal before, as Gautama, he reached enlightenment. They are some of the most popular stories about the Buddha within heavily Buddhist countries.Once again, I am not definitively affirming reincarnation. I am pointing out the status of the belief relative to non-Christian traditions. I also meant to point out how there is a certain logic to the belief, a logic that is defied in the "one shot is all ya got" version of our lives in traditional Christianity. Frankly, if that were the case, I often feel that I would rather love God and neighbor with all I had and then just died. That makes sense to me. Judgment after one go around really seems quite arbitrary. Eternal life is not a prerequisite for the Great Commandment.
. . . . the almost absurdity of getting it right in one lifetime, and the even greater absurdity of dying before one is born . . . .Joe,I take it you are referring to an issue I am always bringing up, which is that if life (personhood) begins at conception, perhaps about 50 to 80 percent of human beings never even make it to implantation, let alone gestation, birth, and a life in this world. Reincarnation neatly solves the problem of where they all go, and what could possibly be the point of a life being created only to die before the "person" develops a heart and a brain. Likewise it solves the problem of what happens when babies are lost because of miscarriage. They all just move on to their next incarnation. Even if one rejects the idea that everyone is reincarnated again and again, I don't see any reason to rule out the possibility that those who die in the first few hours, days, or even months after conception get another opportunity (and another, and another, if necessary) so they can at least be born.It also solves another problem regarding all the lost embryos: What happens at the time of the resurrection of the body if the "person" in question never really HAD a body? On the other hand, for souls that are reincarnated multiple times, when the "last day" arrives, what body gets resurrected?
-Catholics can gain and THEN lose salvation?- I think that part of the covenant, though, of Baptism is that God intends to sustain the ones He saves. Baptism is the gift that keeps on giving, in terms of grace, and there is constant grace throughout the Christian life. Christ makes a covenant with his sheep, to keep them safe. Then there's Hopkins:I say that we are woundwith mercy round and roundas if with air
Embarrassing as it was at the time, looking back at Clinton splitting semantic hairs over sex in the Oval Office now looks like the good old days - wholesome, innocent and so forth. . .I would think the pious group we have at the top today wouldn't want to help make the case for this sort of "moral relativism," but it's hard not to make the comparison.Paul - originalfaith.com


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I believe I'm looking for some kind of preference algorithm.
Imagine we have three lists. List 1 is appetizers, List 2 is main courses, and List 3 is deserts. Lets assume each list has 50 options in it. I want to randomly present the user with a combination of three items, one from List 1, one from List 2, and one from List 3. The user will give a thumbs up or down to the combo, and over time I'd like the to be able to "learn" the user's preferences, so a
chicken fingers > fried chicken > fried ice cream combo that gets a thumbs down the first time should never be suggested again. However, a combo consisting of
chicken fingers > fried chicken > sorbet would still be valid.
That all seems pretty simple: I could just maintain a list of rejected combos. However, I'd like the algorithm to have some sense that
chicken fingers > friend chicken might be a problem, regardless of what desert it is paired with. This "sense" of those two being a bad combo would get stronger if the
chicken fingers > fried chicken > sorbet option was rejected as well.
Are there any types of algorithms that are used for this sort of thing?

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Old Friends
I created illustrations for these books in the 1960's before I had started making books for children. These "gift" books were done as work-for-hire and in linoleum cuts. I still appreciate these older works for their simple design.
11 comments:
- ChoxBox said...
Was at a book fair here in Bangalore recently and saw many of your books incl. Aesop's Fables, picked some for my kids :)
- July 20, 2010 at 2:40 PM
- Vanessa said...
I have aesops fables, my girls love it & the lino cuts pictures are beautiful.
- July 21, 2010 at 6:38 AM
- Butterfly Kisses said...
Thanks for showing us these simple yet artful pieces from your past. Blessings--Dianne :)
- July 21, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- Kristy said...
How wonderful!!!
- July 21, 2010 at 8:44 PM
- vanessa @ silly eagle books said...
These are beautiful--I especially love the Aesop's fable cover.
- July 21, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Edleen said...
Thank You for the Inspiration :)
- July 28, 2010 at 1:10 AM
- Rebecca said...
Just watched Mister Rogers with my 3 1/2 year old - she loved watching you on it and we talked about our favorites - The Very Busy Spider, of course The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear Brown Bear. We have so many of your books and they are her favorite choices at bedtime. Thank you for work - what a wonderful lasting legacy you have left future generations.
- July 31, 2010 at 8:34 AM
- Lauren said...
Thank you again Mr. Carle for sharing bits of your life with us! This has become a valuable resource for inspiration. In the middle of my life I've gone back to school to become an art teacher.
- August 10, 2010 at 1:37 PM
- Corey Ann Villicana said...
Hello! On the advice of a friend I decided that I would love to share the following link with you.
This is a Very Hungry Caterpillar Party that I designed and threw for my son last October. It has been featured numerous times throughout this year on different blogs and websites and I thought that Mr. Carle might enjoy it himself. Thank you for your time and inspiration. Corey Villicana
P.S. I really enjoy your blog. :)
- August 11, 2010 at 2:25 AM
- Amy said...
they are gorgeous
- September 3, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- http://karenmatias.blogspot.com/ said...
Congratulations for your work!
I'm a new illustrator and I love to know people who draw good things!
(Sorry for my english... I'm brazilian)
- September 12, 2010 at 10:26 AM


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2070 U.S. Hwy. 278, SE, Social Circle, GA 30025
As if needing a reason to fish was necessary, anglers in Dodge and surrounding counties do have a new reason to visit Dodge County Public Fishing Area (PFA) - a recently completed fishing pier.
This new pier, funded by timber harvest revenue, is located within casting distance of prime feeding areas of catfish, crappie, bream and bass and is sure to be a great addition to this popular PFA.
Dodge County PFA is located on 444 acres and has a 104-acre lake. The area features mixed pine/hardwood stands, longleaf pine/wiregrass communities, planted pines and a mature hardwood bottom. The lake is characterized by coves, points, shallow creek channels, a small island and standing timber and submerged structures to attract fish. The peaceful surroundings prove an excellent setting for fishing and enjoying the outdoors with family or on your own.
In addition to the new pier, facilities available at Dodge County PFA include concrete boat ramps, primitive camping, restrooms, picnic tables, nature trail, archery range and most facilities on the property are accessible to persons with disabilities. The PFA is open Wednesday through Sunday, sunrise to sunset. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division manages PFAs in the state.
If fishing on a PFA, you need to have a fishing license. Annual license holders also will need a WMA license or a Georgia Outdoor Recreation Pass (GORP). The following licenses meet both fishing and PFA access: a 3-day Hunt/Fish Combo license, GORP Plus, Sportsman's license, Honorary license and Lifetime license. Where can you get these? Buy it online or find a list of retail license vendors at www.georgiawildlife.com/recreational-licenses [1] or buy it by phone at 1.800.366.2661.
Timber harvest on state-owned lands is conducted based on wildlife habitat needs. DNR foresters work with game management biologists, nongame biologists, and cultural resources staff members to ensure that the activities conducted will meet the overall goal of creating an area that provides the most benefit to the wildlife species that inhabit that tract. The money generated from a timber harvest is reinvested into the management of state-owned lands. Examples of how funding can be used include a pier for public use, the reforestation of harvested areas, the purchase of seed for dove fields or the purchase of equipment needed to manage a PFA or WMA.
To get to Dodge County PFA (from Eastman), go south on US Hwy. 23/341 for three miles. Turn left on County Road 49/Dodge Lake Road and go 0.6 miles to the lake.
For more information on Dodge County PFA, visit http://georgiawildlife.com/node/301 [2] or call 478.374.6765. For more on fishing in Georgia, visit www.georgiawildlife.com [3].
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When reading Programmers at Work (by Susan Lammers), they often refer to code as "listings". Why is that?
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It was more common when we read code on paper - long lists of code from a line printer.
Remember the green ruled paper ... arghh the nostalgia!
The term dates back to a time when programs were stored on eighty-column Hollerith-encoded punch cards. I am old enough to remember those days. All of my early programs where entered via a keypunch machine and debugged via printed compiler output "listings."
As an aside: early terminals were eighty columns wide because that line size mapped well to "card image" data. Most of the early on-line systems were merely data collection and presentation subsystems for card-image batch systems. This information processing model was known as "deferred batch."
It refers to printed out code.
Actually, in a food manufacturer that I've been to in the last few years, they still print out all code from their PLC's and keep them in hanging files. Part of the procedure for updating a program always involves updating the paper copies.
Maintenance people regularly come in and pull a binder to look at it. In some ways it's handy, especially when you can look at it on big plots (it's a graphical programming language) rather than on a tiny screen.
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Music City, Nashville Tennessee, the city where struggling country music singers dream of making it big and two good old Kentucky boys are living that dream.
Montgomery Gentry's Eddie Montgomery says, "I am very, very, very proud to be from Kentucky, the Bluegrass State. It is my home and it always will be."
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, better known as Montgomery Gentry, are one of country music's hottest duos.
Thursday, February 19, they will be honored by the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame with the prestigious "Entertainer of the Year" award. They credit their Kentucky roots to their success.
Montgomery Gentry's Troy Gentry says, "Kentucky means a lot as far as country music roots, musical roots in Kentucky, not only in country music, but Appalachian music and folk, as well as a little bit of rock. Music was a big part of my life growing up in Kentucky, and Kentucky will always be a part of me, regardless of where I am or where I'm traveling."
Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are also making quite an impression on Nashville. The country music duo is showing their tried and true Kentucky roots are proving their way all over the country
Montgomery Gentry fan says, "Eddie and Troy come in to Tootsies quite often. They're very nice. They're always pretty-they're very down to Earth, and they always get up and sing a couple of songs and drink a couple of shots of Jim Beam, of course!"
They say their new celebrity status isn't affecting them.
Troy Gentry says, "I don't think we've ever left our roots since we've achieved the success we've had as far as Montgomery Gentry. We still put our pants on the same way. We still shop at the local Wal-Marts. Like to get out and have a good time with our friends and family."
Eddie Montgomery says, "Country boy from Kentucky. You got it. What you see is what you get."
And for two country boys from Kentucky, Montgomery Gentry are seeing all their dreams come true. Their new video called "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" is being released February 18. Their new CD "Do Your Thing" comes out May 18.


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I have several floating panels opened once together .The problem is that after they are opened, code opens one more panel and its zIndex is less than one of first opened panels. I understood from reading some posts that its better not to display several floating panels at once, but in my case I have no choice. Also I tried to put a hardcoded zIndex on all panels, but it created problems in other places like showing message...
Can you suggest? May be sencha has some function that brings to front my panel??
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Should I use a wort chiller, and what are the advantages of doing so?
You should if you can. The advantages are a faster brew-day, a shorter window of potential wort contamination, and a better cold break. (Depending on the method, you might also get improved clarity due to whirlpooling trub and break material that you would then not siphon in the primary fermenter.
It's basically coiled copper tubing you run cold water through to help cool your wort faster. I built the one I use. Anybody that's run an old musclecar would have recognized it as something akin to a "cool can". I have brass fittings at each end of the coil that attach to hoses. One I affix to my tap, the other drains into the sink.
You prepare your wort as usual, then at the final few minutes of boiling, drop the coil in. This helps sanitize it, but obviously it should be cleaned beforehand. When you've turned off the heat, you start running the water which goes through the coils and down the drain. The reasons/benefits were summed up nicely in jsled's post.
The advantages of chilling your wort is to be able to pitch your yeast more quickly, thus shortening your brew day. Also, your wort is susceptible to bacterial infection if there is no competing yeast. There are many people, especially those down under, that have no problem letting wort cool in it's own sweet time, but it seems that most brewers here are interested in chilling quickly.
There are two kinds of chiller:
Immersion chillers are the simplest type of chiller. These will be much more effective if they are agitated during chilling (this prevents a layer of cool wort from staying next to the coil).
The heat exchangers can be used in a single pass, where the wort goes through once, and into the fermentation vessel, or can be used in a recirculating mode (needs a food-grade pump) where the wort is returned to the boil kettle. In the single pass configuration, the cold break ends-up in the fermentation vessel, but has the advantage of not requiring a lot of attention (no agitation), and no pump (if your burner is up high enough for gravity to allow the kettle to drain into the fermentation vessel.
A wort chiller is something you use to cool your hot wort to pitching temperature. A copper coil submersion chiller is a pretty common type of wort chiller for home brewers. In addition to what jsled mentioned for reasons of using one, it can also help reduce DMS buildup in your wort since it is still being produced at hot temperatures even though it's no escaping through steam.


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NFL Draft: Seahawks need depth in the trenches
Seattle could pick offensive and defensive linemen in draft
Chancellor's new contract was also, however, a reminder that the Seahawks have a lot of young, talented players who are looking to get paid in the coming years.
And while Chancellor's presence will help Seattle's secondary for years to come, his contract, as well as those that could be coming to free safety Earl Thomas and cornerback Richard Sherman next offseason, are reasons why the Seahawks need to draft well in other areas this week. The Seahawks can afford to pay their young defensive backs, and later down the road, quarterback Russell Wilson, only if they are saving money in other areas.
It's all fine and good to spend big on pass-catchers and linemen, which Seattle is now, when the quarterback and All-Pro corner are on rookie deals. But if the Seahawks are going to pay those young players to keep them around, they'll need to find bargains at other positions soon.
And in this year's draft, some of the best bargains could come in the trenches, particularly at offensive tackle and throughout the defensive line. Left tackle Russell Okung is a player the Seahawks hope to keep around. But if there was a rookie out there, say someone like Arkansas Pine-Bluff's Terron Armstead, capable of replacing right tackle Breno Giacomini at a fraction of the cost, Seattle would have to consider that type of move. The Seahawks wouldn't replace Giacomini because they're unhappy with his play, but if they could avoid paying him $3.5 million this year while paying a rookie a few hundred thousand, that might make good business sense.
When asked about how he builds a draft board, Seahawks general manager John Schneider said, "It's impacted based on the depth at each position and how we think people compete at certain positions with the guys that are currently on our roster or the guys that we project may not be on the roster in 2014."
So it isn't just a matter of taking the best guy available, but rather addressing depth, and as mentioned above, the Seahawks need to develop depth in the trenches more than anywhere. Giacomini is a free agent after this season, and on the defensive line, players like Brandon Mebane, Chris Clemons, Red Bryant and Cliff Avril all are taking up a lot of cap space.
If the Seahawks are looking for offensive line depth in the middle rounds, a possibility mentioned by CBSSports.com draft guru Rob Rang is Alabama's Barrett Jones. Jones, who is listed as a center, has the versatility to play just about anywhere on the line, which could make him an ideal backup who might develop into a starter.
"He's actually not a very good athlete, but he's so tough and so smart that I could see them being intrigued by a player like him," Rang said.
What might make more sense in the second round for Seattle is to draft a defensive lineman, especially if that player is a starting-caliber tackle. Two-year starter Alan Branch is gone, and while the Seahawks have options on the roster to fill that spot, including the recently-added Tony McDaniel and second-year players Jaye Howard and Greg Scruggs, none of them are a lock to win the starting job.
This year's draft is deep on the defensive line, so when the Seahawks are on the clock Friday, they should have good options available if they do in fact want to bolster the D-line.
"I personally think defensive line is the more likely scenario for them, and there should be a number of defensive lineman available at 56 (the 56th overall pick in the draft) who could complement what they're doing," Rang said. "They could go for an interior player like Brandon Williams, a small school kid from Missouri Southern. Then some of the pass rushers on the outside, Alex Okafor from Texas, Sam Montgomery from LSU, those are guys who use their hands well, they're stronger at the point of attack that Bruce Irvin, so they'd complement him rather than be a player with the same skill set."
Adding another defensive end might seem strange when you just look at the 2013 season alone, but for a team that has playoff-caliber talent before adding anyone this week, picking an end who could replace an expensive veteran in a year or two could prove vital if the Seahawks are to maintain a high level of play for years to come.
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2013 NFL Draft Position Breakdown
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Today: Offensive and defensive line
Wednesday: Quarterbacks and
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Player rankings via CBSSports.com
Offensive tackle
1. Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
2. Eric Fisher, Central Michigan
3. Lane Johnson, Oklahoma
1. Chance Warmack, Alabama
2. Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina
3. Larry Warford, Kentucky
Seahawks prospectus: With Russell Okung coming off of a Pro Bowl season, left tackle is certainly not a need, and Breno Giacomini is a solid option at RT, but finding depth at tackle is definitely a possibility. And for a team trying to re-sign so many young core players in the next couple of years, finding an inexpensive rookie to replace Giacomini, perhaps somebody like Arkansas Pine-Bluff's Terron Armstead, could be an option the Seahawks are considering.
Guard is also a question mark, if not an obvious hole on Seattle's roster. Former first-round pick James Carpenter projects as the starting left guard if healthy, but good health is hardly a given for Carpenter, who has ended up on injured reserve the past two seasons. And neither John Moffitt nor J.R. Sweezy was able to solidify a starting position, so it's possible a rookie could push for a job at guard, at least for depth if not to compete for a starting spot. If Seattle does draft a lineman, expect it to be a player with the versatility to play at least two positions on the line.
Defensive end
1. Ezikiel Ansah, BYU
2. Bjoern Werner, Florida
3. Datone Jones, UCLA
Defensive tackle
1. Sharrif Floyd, Florida
2. Star Lotulelei, Utah
3. Sheldon Richardson, Missouri
Seahawks prospectus: The Seahawks just signed Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett to go with ends Chris Clemons and Bruce Irvin, so it seems like pass rush is the least of their needs. But on the other hand, Seattle is nearly impossible to predict when it comes to the draft, and as loaded as the Seahawks appear to be at that position, head coach Pete Carroll loves to say that you can't have enough pass rushers, so if a good one is available, they'd probably be willing to pull the trigger.
Using an early pick on a defensive tackle, on the other hand, makes a lot of sense for Seattle. Alan Branch, a two-year starter, left in free agency, and while newly-signed Tony McDaniel could end up starting , he hardly has the job wrapped up. And with Brandon Mebane making pretty good money, this is another position where it would behoove Seattle to develop some starting-caliber talent through the draft to free up money to be spent on other positions.
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I noticed that on the new dual socket 1366 server type motherboards there are two banks of RAM. Does this mean that if I have 72GB of RAM installed that Windows will only allow 36GB per processor or will one processor have access to all 72GB?
A Dual socket board will be configured with two CPU systems that includes memory slots associated to each socket. If there are two memory banks each will be wired to a CPU slot. The memory bank will not be directly available for the other slot.
That implies a motherboard with 72GB capacity has 36GB per CPU SLOT capacity.
If you are referring to a Nehalem based 1366 board, you will get a setup of 3 memory slots per CPU slot. You will populate 3xDDR3 DIMMs to get your per-cpu memory.
Nehalem architecture does better access of memory from the other slot bank using Non Uniform Memory Architecture (NUMA).
When you are not using Nehalem NUMA, the older scheme works differently, a quick difference is visually shown in this ArsTechnica article page. Basically, you have the worst case access time for everything (multi-socket memory access with the full cost of multiway access).
The NUMA technique allows better access times across banks. The final result is better memory throughput, particularly when each processor slot has its data localized in its bank.
I am not yet confident about all points of this answer and invite other opinions.
From the logical operating system view, full ram is accessible to each core.
From a performance standpoint, there are differences depending on the memory location and the physical layout of the chips. Memory accesses will be routed through the necessary pathing, probably costing performance, depending on the location.
Looking at Nehalem type Boards, packs of 3 RAM slots (ore multiples thereof) are attached to individual CPU chips. The Quickpath interconnect allows other CPUs to access that memory.
So there will be some numactl trickery involved to get the optimum performance. For instance, shared memory for some task may be at one place in memory, where the different threads have different access speeds.
The number of RAM slots has little to do with this.
Intel has great documentation, if you want to get into it, see http://www.intel.com/technology/quickpath/index.htm and so on
FOr a definitive answer you should be consulting the motherboard documentation, or the manufacturer if the documentation doesn't make it clear. Knowing how it works for other motherboards is of no value whatsoever.
Speaking from experience with the motherboards we've gotten from Supermicro, you indeed only see 36GB from each slot. This could, of course, vary from board to board though.


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Political science faculty member Rotimi Suberu presented a paper on "Prebendal Politics and Federal Governance in Nigeria" at an international conference on Nigerian politics last month.
Prebendalism, a longstanding problem in Nigeria, refers to a culture of corruption involving the use of public resources for individual or organizational gain. A leading scholar on the subject, Suberu said the aim of his paper was "to highlight prebendalism's permeation, degradation, and emasculation of the formal institutions and informal practices of contemporary Nigerian federalism; to analyze the largely shallow and weak effects on this institutional distortion of ongoing efforts and struggles to reform the country's federalism; and to evaluate the prospects for a genuinely reformed federal governance in the country."
The conference was held in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Richard Joseph's landmark study of Nigerian politics, Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria: The Rise and Fall of the Second Republic.
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The 5 Most Horrific Ways People Have Tried to Discourage Sex
#2. Publicly Outing Virgins and Sinners
When wanting to either stop someone from engaging in a shameful activity, or encourage "correct" behavior, an effective method is public acknowledgment and/or humiliation. Shame motivates almost as well as the promise of free tacos. Imagine if you had to always wear a shirt that displayed on it a tic-mark for every time you have masturbated; you'd either stop masturbating or, more likely, just never go outside again. At least not without a team of guys to help you drag around a shirt the size of one of those advertising banners they tie to airplanes.
Who Did It (and What in God's Name was Wrong with Them)?
The Scarlet Letter, though fictional, does detail the real Puritanical practice of sewing an "A" on the breast of women that fornicated outside of wedlock or, as the Puritans called it, "fucking like badgers. Outside of wedlock." In fact, this punishment became law in Puritan society in 1694 as a measure of leniency, since the punishment up to that point was either public whipping or death.
These days, where massive public shame is slightly less tolerated, abstinence rings have taken over as the unnecessarily and voluntary public method of displaying one's sexual predilections, narrowly beating out Abercrombie and Fitch's "I enjoy fisting" shirts. Generally worn on the ring finger in place of a wedding ring, abstinence rings let the world know you plan on humping absolutely no one until you're married. The world, in turn, continues to not give a shit.
"So you're not getting married OR fucking anyone? Hey what an interesting way to waste my time, you asshole."
While this appears fairly innocuous at first, it seems obvious that the goal is to make wearing of the rings so universal that not displaying one becomes the scarlet letter of slutdom.
It also seems rather questionable that you have teenagers publicly broadcasting the status of their respective dongs and vaginas when the only people apt to care are the sort that you probably don't want knowing about your teen's sex life.
#1. Castration
When all else fails, remove the testicles. And not in a metaphorical Guy Ritchie-way. Like literally taking the balls off. Which may have actually happened to Guy Ritchie, come to think of it.
Who Did It (and What in God's Name was Wrong with Them)?
Sometimes monks did it voluntarily to stay celibate, sometimes it was done as punishment for crimes and sometimes it was done over the course of an entire day with knives and pliers to torture dudes who really pissed someone off. However, when wanting to read the most metal story about castration you need to look no farther than Boston Corbett.
Boston Corbett was a hatter in the 1850s. After becoming a born-again Christian, Corbett felt conflicted about his past life which included a deep rooted love of whores. Moving away from a major city, exercising will-power and vigorous fapping were all ideas that never occurred to Corbett, who decided the solution was to remove his own balls. With scissors.
Like this, but worse in every way possible.
After giving the twins the closest shave ever, Corbett did what any batshit crazy and newly balless man would do and headed out to prayer group, perhaps to send his nuts off to the great beyond with a kind word. Then, since self-castration works up an appetite, he had dinner. Then he took a walk to enjoy the breeze on his gaping crotch hole. By now it had been a few hours since the castration and it finally struck Corbett that maybe he should have a doctor take a look at the massive scissor wound that now existed where his scrotum used to connect to his body. We assume the session consisted of the long silences interrupted by the doctor shaking his head and saying, "Dude... " every five minutes or so.
Corbett went on to join the Union army as soon as the Civil War started and re-enlist three times as the Milky Way in an army full of Snickers. Eventually, he became a part of the squad assigned to find John Wilkes Booth and was the one to put a bullet in his spine, ending the life of Lincoln's assassin.
You know, it's not easy for us to say this, but it totally looks like it was his balls that were holding him back.
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Many old Iranians were Sunni Muslims. Even many of top Sunni scholars like Bukhari were Iranians. Also, most Arabs are Sunni Muslims.
What was the historical effects(s) that caused Iranians to convert to Shia Islam?
According to Wikipedia it was the Alvids who started it:
According to this Wikipedia link Safavids were the ones who imposed it:
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One of the recurring themes in history I find fascinating is the spread of sects. You'll often find that when a group wants to separate itself from a foreign power structure, it will embrace a fashionable herecy. For this reason, the old views generally are kept toward the religous culture's central seat of secular power, and the new ones become popular further away (but still relatively near). Further out than that, there's no danger of external authority intruding, so the new sect doesn't have as much appeal.
For example, when German tribes started taking over Roman territory during the early middle ages, they often made their countries officially Arian Christian (Arianisim embraced a slightly different view of the concept of the Trinity). This allowed them to eschew the Pope's authority, as well as Rome's.
A similar thing happened in the Muslim world with Shia. There the seat of secular/religious power was in Baghdad. Nearby Iran though is Persian (Indo-European), rather than Arab. When indigenous rulers wanted to separate themselves from Baghdad's (and by extension, Arab) authority, Shia Islam became much more attractive. Shia was also for a time the official religion in the western part of North Africa, when that area wanted to break away from Egypt.
The Safavid dynasty, which continuously ruled Iran from 1501 to 1722, made Shi'a Islam the official state religion. Over this period most Iranians converted to Shi'a Islam.
Ismail I, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, made conversion mandatory.
The answer below is from a book of history, which I currently don't possess nor exactly know the name of (AFAIR, Imam Hussain and Iran, not sure though). I will try to cite relevant excerpt from it ASAP.
The Persians (before it was Iran) actually had developed an affinity towards Ali(as), that is one of the reason that the current Iran has high population of shiites.
Why the affinity?
It was more of a personal and self-respect thing.
How's that?
When Umar attacked Persia and brought back prisoners of war, which included the daughter(s) of the back then king of Persia (Yazdigar III, if I am not wrong), they were brought to Mosque of Nabavi where Ali(as) was present too. There Umar ordered that the prisoners of the war, including the the daughter(s) of the king, be sold out as slaves. Ali(as) objected to it and said that this is against the rules/traditions of the Arabs and war. That is, the female household of the defeated king should be treated with due respect and be married to those of the same social status and class. Upon hearing this Umar had to recede his order.
News of such an happening reached the prisoners because of which they developed a liking towards Ali(as) as it was because of his objection they were saved from being sold out as slaves. And later, if I am not mistakened, the daughter(s) were asked to choose whoever they wished to marry amongst the Arab men, so Umme-Rubab(as), daughter of the king, choose to marry Hussain ibn Ali(as), which made him the son-in-law of the king of persian and hence the affinity and one of the plausible reasons of the high shiite influence and population.


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RIDE Antigua offers kitesurfers of all abilities the opportunity to improve their skills in some of the best kitesurfing waters of the Caribbean. The event is organised and run jointly by Nonsuch Bay Resort and 40 Knots Kitesurfing.
Choice of three dates comprising a 5 day kitesurfing programme running Monday to Friday combined with 7 nights accommodation and meal plan.
The 2 square miles of Nonsuch Bay are behind a barrier reef on the windward side of Antigua. It's an outstanding kitesurfing location, one of the very best in the Caribbean. With a launch site from a sandy beach on the windward side of the bay, riders enjoy a huge and safe sailing area.
Nonsuch Bay Resort is Antigua's best 4/5 star resort for watersports. The resort comprises apartments and villas from 1 to 5 bedrooms, offering fully furnished luxury accommodation with large verandas, sea views, plunge pools and free wifi. In addition to kitesurfing the resort has a secluded sandy beach, 3 swimming pools, restaurant, fleet of sailboats, sailing school, SUPs, Kayaks and Spa treatments.
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- Children's activities, daytime childcare and baby sitting
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Arrival and departures on Saturdays or Sundays (other days of the week on request).
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The following package rates are quoted per person and include 7 nights accommodation, breakfast and picnic lunch for 7 days and the 5 day kitesurfing programme.
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Kitesurfing lessons are centered around the picturesque beach on Green Island on the windward side of the bay giving kitesurfers access to the full scope of the bay. This windward position, white sand and crystal clear blue water are a perfect launching and landing area for kites.
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In the times of the Bais Hamikdash, were judges appointed by the king, or were they elected by the people? And was the system different based on which size court (i.e., courts comprised of 3, 23, or 71 judges)?
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From Rambam, Hilchos Sanhedrin Ch. 2 (Chabad.org) it appears that, for the most part, the appointment of judges was the responsibility of the Supreme Sanhedrin:
It seems that judges could also be appointed by kings, and afterward, exilarchs. Ch.3
Chapter 5 (Halacha 1) implies that the king's power of appointment was limited to courts of 3:
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Workflow TV - Troubleshooting WF4 Workflow Services with Microsoft.Activities.UnitTesting
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I recently received an email from an endpoint.tv viewer asking a question about why his Workflow Service didn't work properly. He sent me a repro and I could see that it wasn't working right but it was difficult to know why.
In this episode I'm going to show you how you can use Microsoft.Activities.UnitTesting to understand what is going on under the covers by using tracking to learn why this application didn't work as expected.
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Why are these Demo App's blowing out on the call to host.Tracking.Trace() ?
Test method TestProject1.ServiceTest.ShouldInvokeService1 threw exception:
System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.Activities.Statements.Tracking.StateMachineStateRecord' from assembly 'System.Activities, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.
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TORONTO - City school district board members learned of the district's acquisition of a $50,000 grant for stadium lighting during Thursday's board meeting.
The grant will help fund a substantial portion of the newly renovated stadium's lighting system, according to Fred Burns, district superintendent.
"We received a $50,000 grant from the Pugliese Charitable Foundation to help pay for the stadium lighting at Clarke Hinkle Field," said Burns. "There are many activities (at the stadium) besides just school functions."
Burns said Maureen Taggart, high school principal and district communications coordinator, wrote the grant proposal.
"The (grant proposal) was accepted, and we already have a check," he added. "We haven't had a chance to move on with the stadium lighting, but this grant will allow us to finish."
The total project cost to provide new lighting and light poles will cost about $85,000, Burns said, and "this will be $50,000 of that $85,000 right there. We've already finished the wiring for the lighting system when we renovated the stadium, but we haven't put up the poles or the lights."
In other business:
Burns said educator Lynda Glenn updated the board on upcoming teacher-required guidelines by the federal and state governments and the district's progress on its academic plan to meet those standards.
"Lynda Glenn gave us a report on the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System," said Burns, adding the state and federal governments are establishing academic benchmarks for teachers. "It has to do with changes on how teachers will be evaluated by the district and the state."
The government is requiring each school district to devise its own plan for improving academic performance, Burns said, adding the district has elected to participate in the federal government's Race to the Top program, which provides dollars for professional development.
"Fifty percent of the evaluation has to do with goals teachers have written and (test results) from actual state testing (by pupils and students). We have to develop guidelines that have to be approved by the federal government."
The board also accepted a donation from a Toronto High School alumni for new iPads for pupils and students, Burns said.
"Jon Rogers, a graduate of Toronto High School, gave us 20 iPads to be used by the special needs classes at the high school," said Burns, adding the donation amounted to $13,139.
Burns said board members were grateful for the donation.
The board voted Thursday to allow successful pupils and students participating in band, cheering or athletics a waiver to skip physical education classes as long as they take another academic class instead of physical education, said Burns.
"They can't just skip phys ed," he said, adding students and pupils wishing to do so must follow the waiver guidelines. "They can only apply for the waiver if they are taking another academic class."
Burns said the board accepted the retirement of Ed Woolums, district psychologist, during the meeting.
"He's been with us for for 10 or 12 years," said Burns. "The entire district loves him. He will be missed."
The district successfully passed a state food inspection conducted on Nov. 29 with an excellent rating, according to Burns.
There will be a special board meeting at 5 p.m. on Jan. 22 at Karaffa Elementary School to consider the district's strategic academic plan.


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I am looking for a link or reference to the four decrees from Diocletian in 303 re the Roman Persecution?
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As far as I am aware, we do not have the original texts of any of the Diocletian edicts. The course of events is recorded, however, by Eusebius in his Church History (c.323-324) and Martyrs of Palestine (after 311), and by Lactantius in his Deaths of the Persecutors (c. 316-321). Our knowledge of the "four edicts" is compiled out of these sources.
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For further context, the story of the Diocletian persecution is told in Church History chapter 8, and in Lactantius chapters 7-19. See also Wikipedia on Diocletianic Persecution for many other accounts and references.


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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves and first baseman Freddie Freeman have agreed to terms on a new eight-year contract.
The pact aims to keep the 24-year-old with the franchise through the 2021 season.
No financial terms were disclosed by the club, but the Journal Constitution reported Tuesday that it is worth $135 million — the largest in club history.
Freeman participated in 147 games last season for the NL East champions, hitting .a career-best .319 while tying a career best with 23 home runs and setting a new personal high of 109 RBI.
A second-round pick by Atlanta in the 2007 amateur draft, Freeman has accumulated 68 homers, 93 doubles, 250 runs scored and knocked in 280 runs while batting .285 over 471 career appearances for the franchise over the last four seasons.


text: Before I get into some of the other stuff I have for you all, I wanted to make and submit one last holiday lesson that I know folks will love. Here is "how to draw a Christmas puppy", step by step. Thousands of people will be getting a puppy for Christmas so because of that here is one you can draw as well. The puppy in the tutorial is a German Shepherd, but you can draw a Christmas Lab or whatever breed you prefer. Anyways, this will be a simple task to tackle so don't worry about taking too long to try out one more drawing. I will return soon with more tuts for you all. Merry Christmas everyone.


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Spartanburg County deputies asking for help finding stolen trailer
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The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding a stolen trailer.
The trailer was stolen Thursday from a home on Ridings Road in Chesnee.
A witness reported seeing a man in an older model, gold Cadillac or Lincoln pull the trailer from the incident location, according to a written statement from the sheriff's office. The car hauling the stolen trailer was followed by a 1970's model white Camaro, which had been wrecked in the front, according to the statement.
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From Stephen M. Nipper at rethink(ip) comes a nice helpful tip for dealing with RSS overload.
Most aggregators allow you to create "groups" for your blogs. I have groups for "blawgs," "bored," "technology," etc. (see a picture below). The most important group of all is called "Probation." Into the Probation group goes every new blog I add to my aggregator.
This is a great way to "taste test" any new information that's coming in. You've got your new feeds in a place where you can get to them, yet they're not fully part of your main info-steam. Nice.


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Boys basketball: Pomperaug prevails in opener
Junior guard Cooper Mooney hit two 3-pointers in the closing minutes, including one that tied the game, to help the Pomperaug boys basketball team win its season opener, 54-53 over New Fairfield, at Southbury.
Lucien Fortier had a team-hgih 19 points for Pomperaug. Mooney had three 3-pointers in the game for nine points.
Anthony Camaroto scored a game-high 29 points for New Fairfield (1-2).
Torrington 78, Seymour 38: David Canny scored a game-high 22 points for the Red Raiders' first win in a Naugauck Valley League game in Seymour Thursday night.
John McCarthy added 17 points and Anthony Davis chipped in with13 points for the Red Raiders (1-3).
Tyler Strevens had 19 pionts for Seymour (0-4) and Mike Tuscano chippedni with 10.
Wolcott 59, Ansonia 52: Mike Bozzuto scored 19 points, hitting seven of seven at the free throw line in the fourth quarter, to lead the Eagles to the win at home.
As a team, Wolcott (3-1) converted 14 of 15 from the foul line in the fourth period to seal the win and was 18-of-21 for the game. Nicholas Japs scored a game-high 20 points, while Matt Cyr grabbed 13 rebounds for the Eagles.
Rashawn Pender scored 16 points for Ansonia (2-2) and Kejuan Gordon added 13.
Woodland 54, Derby 41: Dave Uhl drained three of his four 3-pointers in the second period as the Hawks built a 31-16 halftime lead en route to their fourth win in as many games.
Uhl finished with a team-high 20 points while Kirk Chamenko added 13 and Ramhi Rountree added eight for Woodland, which rallied after trailing by one at the end of the first period. The Hawks outscored the home team, 19-3, in the second quarter.
For Derby (1-3), Dillon McMahon had 16 points and seven assists and Ferris Korenic had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
Gilbert 74, Shepaug 57: Luis Cordova recorded 23 points and six assists for Gilbert as it defeated Shepaug in Winsted.
Robert Skinner had 22 points and six assists, and Yoharkey Sarmiento added 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Yellowjackets (3-0). Alex Brunoli scored 11 points, while Mark Collins chipped in with three points and eight rebounds.
Dylan McAward had 16 points and Lucas Guliano 14 for the Spartans (1-2). Kellen Rikhoff also tallied 11 points.
O'Brien Tech 59, Ellis Tech 42: Nabil Tavares scored a team-high 12 points for the Condors in Ansonia.
Shaquan Jackson added 11 points and Chris Elley chipped in with nine for O'Brien (3-0).
Joel Barlow 66, Oxford 42: Phil Moriber netted a game-high 23 points for visiting Joel Barlow as it defeated Oxford in an SWC Patriot Division contest. Kieran Geyer added 14 points for the Falcons (2-0).
The Wolverines (0-2) were led by Jason Mraz with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Kyle Chudoba with nine points and five assists. Marcus Esteves chipped in with eight points.
Amity 59, Cheshire 52: Zack Campbell scored 17 points for Amity as it won the SCC Housatonic contest. Gardner Broderick added 16 points for the Spartans (2-2), while David Ryan had 15.
Collin Jordan led the Rams (2-2) with 22 points, and Eric Dietrich tallied 13.
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