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The public -- especially those connected with an institute of higher learning -- should take notice of a bill introduced by Rep. David Grimes, R-Montgomery, which would regulate the cost of college textbooks.
Grimes bill is in the House Education Appropriations Committee. He expects the committee to take up the measure possibly next week.
According to The Montgomery Advertiser, the bill would create a College Textbook Review Board to work with publishers and college bookstores at public colleges and universities.
The groups duties would include requiring a publisher wanting to introduce a new edition of a textbook into the states colleges and universities to justify why the new edition is needed.
Grimes also is against the practice of the practice of bundling," which requires students to purchase a bundle of supplies that may include, for example, a textbook and computer software.
In many cases only some of the materials are used and students have wasted that money.
Grimes bill asks schools to make policy changes to allow faculty to ask students to purchase bundled material only if the teacher will actually use all of the materials in the bundle.
Grimes is jumping on a popular bandwagon. Anyone who has a child in college knows about the high price of textbooks. But many of his ideas deserve serious consideration.
Other states have also taken notice of high textbook prices.
Last week the Oregon Senate voted 17-11 to require textbook publishers to disclose retail prices and offer cheaper unbundled" classroom materials.
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Textbook prices have become so inflated that they -- as much as laptop computers and electronics -- have become an easy target for thieves who steal the textbooks and sell them to bookstores for quick cash.
Yet care is needed in any bill to regulate the sale of books. The proposed strictures on college texts are good only if teachers are still given plenty of choices choice and if the measure does not limit their decision-making ability when it comes to curriculum and class specifics.
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Tras su estadía en Tampere, Grenoble, Bruselas y la ciudad griega de Volos, la muestra 'European Acoustic Heritage' llega a la Ciudad de la Cultura para su exhibición en el edificio del Centro de Emprendemento Creativo de Galicia.
La exposición, de carácter prioritariamente divulgativo, se articula a través de diferentes materiales y dispositivos interactivos con el objetivo de acercar a los visitantes una cartografía general alrededor de los múltiples mapas sonoros elaborados durante los últimos dos años por los diferentes grupos de trabajo asociados al proyecto; así como de ahondar en otra, más específica, que se centra en los estudios de los sonidos del agua y en la que Galicia ha participado activamente.
Tras la inauguración de la muestra, el Centro de Emprendemento Creativo acogerá el concierto del compositor y etnomusicólogo gallego Carlos Suárez a partir de grabaciones de paisajes sonoros realizadas para esta iniciativa.
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The festivities dedicated to the Apostle, the patron saint of Santiago, of Galicia and of all of Spain, last for about a fortnight. This festival combines religious and official solemnity, tradition and entertainment, which turn the entire city into a large fiesta.
July 24th and 25th are the two main days. On the night of July 24th there is an impressive firework display in honour of the Apostle, which coincides with the burning of a large pyrotechnic castle imitating the Cathedral's Gothic façade.
The exhibition is composed by contributions of the Library of 'Museo do Pobo Galego' the exhibition is divided into numerous display cabinets that show the evolution of the schedule of festivities in Galicia during a century of history, from 1880 until the 80s of the twentieth century.
Every year more than 1,500 people gather to savour the biggest paella made in Galicia with 1,000 kg of rice. The festival started in 2001 and has already been consolidated as an important event in the Municipality of Silleda's festive calendar.
Galician Traditional Costume Day. This activity is included in Apostle Festival 2016.
Humor night by Carlos Blanco and Luis Dávila. This show is included in Apostle Festival 2016.
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Concert by Roi Casal. This concert is included in Apostle Festival 2016.
From 1984 to date, every first weekend in August, the Municipality of Val do Dubra pays tribute to its residents who have emigrated and its visitors.
This is a very popular festival that is well established in the Municipality of Silleda'scalendar. Every year, more than 10,000 people gather together to savour around 2,000 portions of omelette and 1,000 litres of wine free of charge. The festival began to be held in 1989, reaching its 22nd year in 2010.
The "Festa do Galo Piñeiro e Mostra Cabalar," declared a Festival of Galician Tourist Interest in 2010, is held every year on the first weekend in August in the village of Pedrouzo (Arca).
The gastronomy festival par excellence in the municipality of Padrón, held on the first Saturday in August in the parish of Herbón. It started in 1978 and is now classified as a Festival of Galician Tourist Interest.
Festival featuring the promotion and tasting of ham, which is held on August 14 in the parish of Bermés (Lalín) and will reach its 16th year in 2014. Cured and roast ham is served, along with bread and wine.
The local holiday in honour of San Roque that is held in Melide in August.
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San Caralampio is held in Melide on the second Sunday in September. This festival, also known as the Festival of the Drunks, has Bacchus reminiscences and is devoted to wine.
Lalín's feast day is held on the first Sunday after September 18th in honour of Our Lady of Sorrows. The festivities last for 5 days, since Monday and Tuesday are local holidays.
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Defense: Pilots who arrived a year ago to train on the fighter of the future are still waiting as safety concerns, cost overruns and questions about the whole program's feasibility mount.
The F-35 is meant to be America's next-generation fighter, the heir to the Air Force's F-15 Eagle and the Navy's and Marines' F/A-18 Hornet. Those two aircraft have fulfilled their air superiority and ground-attack roles well, yet many are well beyond their expected life expectancy.
The F-35 would fill America's defense needs in an age of budget constraints, we were told. So far it has not been a smooth takeoff.
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Part of the problem is that the F-35 is a one-size-fits-all aircraft designed to fit roles from taking off a carrier's deck to hovering and landing in a confined space on a foreign battlefield. It's meant to be a ground-attack and air-superiority fighter. The question is whether it can adequately be both.
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My point in saying "C-5" at all was to say effectively "a really big cargo plane." Your analogy of "flying aircraft carrier" was exactly it, with the fighter planes being drones with folding wings. Imagine the fighting range of such a system! It might take on a small air force in a matter of hours. I don't know how much heavier a seaplane version would be, but one could then refuel the "aircraft carrier" from a ship tanker, making it a mobile air force that could be sustained for weeks to months. Want stealth with soft armor? Make the tanker a shallow sub. With fuel inside to moderate the pressure difference, the tank might possibly be a towable bag. Tow it with a submarine tug?
Fun stuff.
Yes, fun stuff indeed. Wouldn't you love to be involved with a think thank that came up with these ideas, presented them, and saw them come to fruition? I would.
BTW, your additional ideas were interesting too.
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The association of age at first start with career length in the Australian Thoroughbred racehorse population
Version of Record online: 26 SEP 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00651.x
© 2012 EVJ Ltd
Equine Veterinary Journal
Volume 45, Issue 4, pages 410–413, July 2013
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How to Cite
Velie, B. D., Knight, P. K., Thomson, P. C., Wade, C. M. and Hamilton, N. A. (2013), The association of age at first start with career length in the Australian Thoroughbred racehorse population. Equine Veterinary Journal, 45: 410–413. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00651.x
Publication History
- Issue online: 6 JUN 2013
- Version of Record online: 26 SEP 2012
- Accepted manuscript online: 28 AUG 2012 12:05AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 AUG 2012
- Manuscript Received: 30 MAR 2012
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Studies of Thoroughbred racing populations have provided evidence of a positive effect on racing careers for horses that commence racing as 2-year-olds. Currently, research investigating the presence of this effect in the Australian Thoroughbred racing population is limited.
To investigate the association between age at first start and career length in the Australian Thoroughbred population and estimate the risk of racing retirement for horses racing in Australia based on age at first start, career earnings, number of starts as a 2-year-old and distance raced.
Data were collected for Thoroughbreds, born on or after 1 January 1998, that had raced between 1 August 2000 and 22 February 2011 in Australia. A Kaplan–Meier survival curve, stratified by age group, was produced for career length. A Cox proportional hazard model was fitted to assess factors influencing the risk of retirement from racing. The model included sex, age at first start, career earnings, number of starts as a 2-year-old, distance raced and appropriate interaction terms.
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Francesca Fremantle, who many years ago helped produce a translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, has now taken it upon herself to unravel its complexities. Fortunately, she begins with the basic tenets of Buddhism, including karma and reincarnation, then gradually moves out to more complicated notions such as bardo (in-between state), the nonmaterial side of the elements, the ego, and psychological imprisonment. Before we even get to the text itself, we understand that as much as The Tibetan Book of the Dead is about the death experience, it also symbolizes the processes of life. Only while living can we prepare for death. In the final third of Luminous Emptiness, Fremantle begins to follow the step-by-step processes of the after-death experience, explaining difficult notions and adding background information. Anyone serious about using The Tibetan Book of the Dead will find Luminous Emptiness the next best thing to having one's own personal guru. --Brian Bruya --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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In 1975, Shambhala published The Tibetan Book of the Dead, whose actual name is less catchy: The Great Liberation through Hearing during the Immediate State. (This misnomer originated with W.Y. Evans-Wentz's initial English translation in 1927, piggy-backing on The Egyptian Book of the Dead's popularity at that time.) The 1975 version of Padmasambhava's original eighth-century text, translated by Fremantle and Chegyam Trungpa, strengthened a bridge between Tibetan Buddhism and the West, and it stills sells briskly. To pay tribute to her teacher Trungpa, Fremantle offers this commentary to expound upon and clarify the spiritual classic. Her solo work here is a blend of high intellectualism, readability and spiritual gifts that successfully enhance the understanding of the bardos, or stages, between life and death. The commentary's first part examines the text's foundations, illuminating its rich concepts, while the second applies this clarified knowledge to newly translated excerpts. As Trungpa once observed, the text could just as easily be called The Tibetan Book of Birth; it is indeed a manual about death, the "process of dissolution, but also the process of coming into being, and these two processes are continually at work in every moment of life." Fremantle wrote this for "everyone who feels attracted to The Tibetan Book of the Dead, whether they are Buddhist or not." Except for the most dedicated students, this is not a book for beginners, but it will provide expert assistance for those who yearn to contemplate Tibetan Buddhism's deeper fathoms. (Dec.)Forecast: Fremantle's association with the 1975 translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and with Chegyam Trungpa, should help this become an enduring backlist title for Shambhala.
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I faced many conceptual difficulties as I began this work. Like a philosophical treatise, Dr. Fremantle's exegesis builds inexorably, but sentence stacked on sentence. It demands slow, careful, active engagement. This work cannot be skimmed, used as a time-filler, or as light inspirational encouragement. It's of one of the most serious, formidable, and valuable books I've encountered. Fremantle, except for a few paragraphs in her preface, self-effaces herself entirely from the text. She makes her presence transparent, filtering her academic knowledge and her own dharma elucidation into a complimentary study that explores the TBoD as a book for the living, not only the dead-- for the latter group already may be beyond its appeals.
We, however, can learn from it how to recognize the manifestations of what she calls our "buddha-nature," our primordial state that combines the emptiness of constancy beyond time or space with the luminosity of an actively generated matrix of energy. This all sounds arcane, but Fremantle strives to keep her focus accessible, and if you persist with what may be one of the most important books you'll ever find, gradual enlightenment will begin. Trust me, it's a challenge if, like me, you know little about Buddhism. Yet, it's such a bracing intellectual and psychological trek.
You begin slowly to comprehend Buddhism's message from the TBoD: "like the moon reflected in water," (253) visions of the deities as peaceful or wrathful, colors and sounds generated in these bardo journeys, and fractured space and time all represent only our own nature. All's illusory in the sense that nothing's permanent. Our minds, the TBoD implies, are nine times sharper in the afterlife, so Fremantle interprets this to show how much more powerful imagery will be and also how much more capable we may be-- if prepared by meditation and "creation" and "deity yoga" under a guru's supervision-- to recognize all the TBoD tells us reduces to our own "self-display." No gods threaten or cajole outside of our own qualities. These become analogues, to be heard and seen. The TBoD is recited so the dead person's soul can learn to take advantage and overcome fear so nirvana-- "passing beyond suffering" in Tibetan rendering-- can occur and enlightenment can free us by extinguishing our ego, which keeps getting lured in the bardo into another subsquent round of life in "samsara."
TBoD, Fremantle emphasizes, expresses our own imminence. We can begin to see glimpses of this awakened state here, on earth, if we try. Our everyday choices can be linked to the symbols of the TBoD, and here, as with the realm of hungry ghosts and the "four false views," she articulates the mundane equivalents to these overwhelming otherworldly immersions well. Our own qualities, powers, and functions, she stresses, provide the true counterparts for the deities imagined. The visions in the bardo turn "samsara" inside out, the daily phenomena we witness but may not perceive in its transformed quality. It's aimed at "sacred vision," and while we're trapped in language to convey its meaning, ultimately the TBoD pushes us beyond its symbolic forms into inexpressible magic. Again, this may all sound too proverbial or platitudinous until you make your way with awareness and concentration, and it will begin to become clarified if you have the stamina to remain on this arduous but rewarding narrow path to wisdom. A good summation late in the book, pp. 340-44, may serve as a resting place and a point to pause and recoup near the summit.
She warns us against what her guru, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, castigated as "spiritual materialism," our tendency to hang on to a particular state of our soul's evolution, rather than to accept "hopelessness," to let ourselves with a trust in "crazy wisdom" let go into seeing the TBoD as representing, as if in a funhouse mirror, our own present possibility, unveiled. It's a daunting task, but Fremantle's example, with learning to anchor her counsel, may prove the goad we need to delve further-- in her earlier work with Trungpa, in the versions of the TBoD by Robert Thurman or Hodge & Boord, and the similar elaborations on its meaning as Sogyal Rinpoche's "Tibetan Book of Living & Dying."
The book has been prepared with great care. It's written beautifully, yet without the author interfering with her teaching. This skill must be credited to her own practice of its teaching, and she avoids what I assume for lesser scholars might be the impulse to assert her own theories. Instead, she tells us about them. While her book does not go into any real detail about how we can do this according to specific meditation practices, this undoubtably can be obtained from other sources. I'd have liked a glossary rather than an index with a few terms in parentheses, and the endnotes are not always as helpful as I'd wished. These remain minor shortcomings in a text that on every page tells of its depth and mindfulness. The sun is always, she urges us, behind the clouds, and the chance to reach our fulfillment waits for us.
Blurb: Francesca Fremantle Ph.D. studied Sankrit and Tibetan (languages) before collaberating with Chgyam Trungpa in 1975 in translating The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Shambala Pocket Classics)Francesca Fremantle presents this text not as solely to be read to the dying but as a guide for living.
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Skip to comments.Did the Bishops at the 1st Vatican Council, who voted on Papal Infallibility, possess infallibility?
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A.) When the vote was taken on July 1870, at the First Vatican Council, with 433 votes in favour (placet) and only 2 against (non placet) against defining as dogma the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra, did those Bishops possess infallibility when (or at least only when) voting? Did any of them keep this infallibility (did it remain with all of them or any of them) after they left and returned home? Did any of these Bishops possess any infallibility at anytime before the vote was cast?
B.) Was Mary's (the Mother of Jesus) mother immaculately conceived as Mary was? Was Mary's grandmother immaculately conceived, too? If so, was there near-infinite regression of these immaculate conceptions? If so, how far back did these immaculate conceptions go? If they did not go back farther than two, why were only two and not say three or four immaculate conceptions needed?
C.) When the Apostle Paul confronted Peter (when Peter was being hypocritical concerning his eating with Jews and Gentiles), did the Apostle Paul possess infallibility when stating that Gentiles did NOT have to be circumcised as a requisite for being a Christian? If so, how many other Apostles possessed infallibility in their actions that were later recorded in the Book of Acts?
D.) During the time of the Western Great Schism of 1378, if papal infallibility was in existence at that time (and only later just codified), how could any person who was not one of the two Popes infallibly know (if they did not possess any measure of infallibility) which POpe was legitimate until this was later worked out? What about that period of time? Were people left "twisting in the wind?"
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Papal Infallibility
"The doctrine of Papal Infallibility was not new and had been used by Pope Pius in defining as dogma, in 1854, the Immaculate Conception of Mary the Mother of Jesus. [5] However, the proposal to define papal infallibility itself as dogma met with resistance, not because of doubts about the substance of the proposed definition, but because some considered it inopportune to take that step at that time. [5]
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There was stronger opposition to the draft constitution on the nature of the church, which at first did not include the question of papal infallibility, [2] but the majority part in the Council, whose position on this matter was much stronger, [5] brought it forward. It was decided to postpone discussion of everything in the draft except infallibility. [5] On 13 July, 1870, the section on infallibility was voted on: 451 voted simply in favor (placet), 88 against (non placet), and 62 in favor but on condition of some amendment (placet iuxta modum). [5] This made evident what the final outcome would be, and some 60 members of the opposition left Rome so as not to be associated with approval of the document. The final vote, with a choice only between placet and non placet, was taken on 18 July 1870, with 4333 votes in favour and only 2 against defining as a dogma the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra. [2]
2. Encyclopaedia Brittanica, First Vatican Council
5. Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Pius IX
What's the point?
Obviously no human, save the Word Made Flesh, is infallible.
And what's the second one about? The infinite regress idea is funny, but how does it fit in with the fallible infallibility theme?
I hardly think popes are infallible. They are human just like the rest of us mere mortals and therefore subject to sin and error. Look at the current pope's most recent on economics as proof that popes are not always right.
The idea that Mary herself was conceived of an immaculate conception is simply absurd and something made up out of whole cloth. There is no documenation for this.
Even more bizarre is the claim that Mary was ALWAYS a virgin. She was married to Joseph and she and Joseph had other children including James which is mentioned in the Bible.
Churches have the right to develop their own institutions,traditions, rules, and rituals. But NO church as the right to rewrite history or to rewrite the Bible.
Read right under "Papal Infallibility"
Pope Pius, in 1854, used the doctrine of papal infallibility to define as dogma the Immaculate Conception of Mary...
It was part of the Wiki article, and so I thought I would include it as a question -— because Pope Pius (in 1854) used the doctrine of papal infallibility to define as dogma the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
I have great respect for the Roman Catholic Church; but the notion that (very) fallible humans could decide that another human (however saintly his character, however elevated his position) was infallible when speaking on all subjects or any subject strikes me as bizarre.
And the notion that any person who is wholly human - as opposed to human and divine - was conceived immaculately is truly bizarre.
For question a, see Acts 15. Infallibility is not said to inhere in persons. It is attached, rather to certain sorts of acts in certain situations. Or that's a way of looking at it.
If you want to tussle, I'm no longer interested. But the Catechism is online, and a great many notions are usefully (if nio persuasively — which is not the goal of the Catechism) explained. So if getting a notion of what we teach is your goal, I'd start there.
Two what? Immaculate conceptions?
You need to study a little harder before trying to come up with "gotchas."
What do you think "conceived immaculately" means?
Do you believe in the Fall of Adam and Eve?
The infallibility is very limited. It is only when they are speaking, always written first, ex cathedra. laterally 'from the chair' as in the chair of St. Peter. They do so very rarely.
A good article from Catholic Answers may help you to understand what Papal Infallibility is and why it is so important.
So, there was never a "Eullepsis tes hagias kia theoprometoros Annas"? The Conception of Saint Anne, the ancestress of God" from the 4th century onward?
If God can do anything, can he make a rock that's even too heavy for him to lift?
Oh....I see...when he is sitting in the chair he is infallible....the rest of the time he is full of....like the current Pope.
They didn't even 'possess' the Holy Spirit.
They were utterly lost pagans creating their pontifus maximus.
Did the Apostle Paul say that sin entered the world through Adam or Eve - or both?
EXPLAINING THE IDEA OF INFALLIBILITY [Catholic Caucus]
Papal Infallibility: A Symbolic, Yet Problematic, Term
Essays for Lent: Papal Infallibility
Radio Replies Second Volume - Infallibility
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Charism of Infallibility: The Magisterium
Catholic Biblical Apologetics: The Charism of Truth Handling: Infallibility
Radio Replies First Volume - Infallibility
Infallible Infallibility
Docility (on Catholic dogma and infallibility)
Beginning Catholic: Infallibility: Keeping the Faith [Ecumenical]
Papal Infallibility [Ecumenical]
Peter & Succession (Understanding the Church Today)
Pope: may all recognize true meaning of Peters primacy
Pope St. Leo the Great and the Petrine Primacy
The Epiphany of the Roman Primacy
THE PRIMACY OF THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER IN THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH [Ratzinger]
Catholic Answers, EWTN and New Advent.org are the best sources...
>> "The Pope is only infallible on questions of FAITH and MORALS" <<
Popes know nothing of Faith, nor morals, or they wouldn't be popes.
"You are Peter and on this Rock, I will build my Church."
It's all about the Biblical Rock of Christ, and as explained by others, infallibility is quite a limited concept. FWIW, the deeper things of God are always easy to skew, misrepresent or misinterpret.
BTW, Wikipedia is good pretty much for the LINKS it provides.
And Encyclopedia Brittanica is quite an excellent source -—that wiki provided...
Adam was created from the dust of the earth; Eve from his rib. Neither were "conceived."
To me - and I admit to being less than an expert - to be conceived immaculately means conception without human impregnation (which is to be conceived without Original Sin) which I accept readily in the case of Jesus but not His mother.
What are you talking about?
It would be easier if you simply said which two people you think were conceived immaculately and what you think that means.
Hint: There is only one person that the Catholic Church teaches that was the product of an immaculate conception.
Why would anyone want a pagan title, pagan office (complete with pagan rites) that Roman Emperors possessed for quite a long time?
Kind of like taking an altar to Baal and consecrating it to Yahweh. I don't think that Elijah would approve...
It is easier to believe that all humans are born free of sin than to believe in original sin of mankind. After all what is more innocent than a newborn. So in reality it is a matter of faith that we are all born into sin as opposed to choosing it.
The idea of the Immaculate Conception is that the Christ would not be born through woman that carried original sin. Since God decided to burden all mankind with original sin, he has every right to exempt whomever he desires from the stain of that original sin.
Also the idea is that the Pope is not infallible in all regards, only in the regards of speaking on maters of Faith and Morals. It is believed that it is not he the Pope or even the Church talking when the Pope speaks Ex Cathedra, it is the Holly Spirit speaking through the Pope. The Pope is called the Vicar of Christ because he is the "Earthly representative of God or Christ" . Yet, he is till only a man. Often a very human man with very real short comings and sometimes very many sins.
Adam, obviously.
Now, was Adam created immaculately or not?
I see. You have a completely incorrect understanding of the term as defined by the Catholic Church.
There is no point in discussing this until you educate yourself about the terms in use.
Thats funny, at least in the late 2nd century AD, 4 out of the 5 major centers of Christendom (Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch and Alexandria) did NOT agree with the primacy of the Bishop of Rome.
And yes, I agree with you.
Rome did skew, misinterpret and misrepresent the deeper things of God - but your Ad Hominem attack against me is duly noted - a personal attack that was meant to take this away from discussion and to make it personal.
Since sin enetered the world through Adam, God did not need Joseph physically in His plan for the redemption of man.
Sin did not enter the world through Eve, as sin is passed on through the loins of men, not women, thus there was no need for Mary the mother of Jesus to be immaculately conceived.
No he is never sitting in the chair when he speaks Ex Cathedra. That is simply a phrase denoting the power of the Papacy. As it comes directly from the Seat of Peter. The Holly See,The Eternal Church. Direct from God as the Holy Spirit speaking through the Pope.
I have no interest in debating anyone about the authenticity of Church teachings. They are what they are.
If you desire to bash the Church do so. I don't have to play along. If you desire an education and understanding Please, feel free to ask others or do a little research. The Church is certainly well represented on the Inter-Webs and a simple Google question will result in many millions of returns.
If you desire not to follow the Church teachings but want to still call yourself a Christian there are more than 35,000 Christian Denominations to choose from.
I just read it and I laughed.
"maintaining that from the moment when she was conceived in the womb, the Blessed Virgin Mary was kept free of original sin"
There is ZERO evidence of that in the Bible and in fact quite the opposite.
That's your decision. Just know that words are used that do not mean what you think they mean.
Was Adam created immaculately or not?
Where is this "sin is found in the sperm" idea found in the Bible anyway?
I am a loyal and faithful Catholic. But that doesn't mean I blindly go along with EVERYTHING uttered by the leadership. Here in the L.A. Archdiocese, I sharply disagree with our current Archbishop's position on illegal immigration, among some other issues.
Take your bigotry out on someone else. I am only answering a question. I have no desire to debate Catholic bashing Bigots as it would be a never ending battle.
Look to one of the many Schismatic churches if you desire an alternative. There have been well over 35,000 alternative Protestant religions.
So James, the leader of the Jerusalem Council, the FIRST center for Christendom before Antioch, possessed infallibility when he uttered his final pronouncement after all of those present finished conferring?
Laugh all you want, just don't be ignorant.
Do please consult the catechism. Immaculate conception, as we feelthy papists use the term, has nothing to do with sexual intercourse. Wity respect to biology, Mary was conceived in the normal manner.
There's plenty to argue about, if arguing is the goal. But the coversation will go better if it's about a position we actually maintain.
How do you know that Christ - who was wholly human and wholly divine - could not be born of a woman who carried original sin? Such a fact may not be "logical", but logic has very little to do with the Divine.
If God can create the universe, can give life to the Earth, can part the Red Sea, can raise the dead, then He can overcome that small bit of "ill-logic." He can "square that circle" quite easily.
Be very careful about how easily you accept human explanations about God's decisions.
"It is believed" that when the Pope speaks Ex Cathedra, then he is infallible; but I do not believe it.
The Pope may be called the Vicar of Christ, but that does not make it so.
And I think Christ has many earthly representatives.
There is no "alternative," it's the Whore and her daughters.
So? Everything that is true is not in the Bible. The Holy Spirit did not go out of business when the Bible was canonized by the Catholic Church. If God wanted his Son to be born of a sinning woman, there were plenty to pick from.
I am not a roman Catholic.
I have only the greatest respect for the Roman Catholic believers.
Peter is considered the first Pope. Peter was given the keys of the kingdom, what he bound on earth was also bound in Heaven. If you believe this and if you believer that Popes after Peter were inheritors of those same keys then you must also believe that Popes are infallible. They would be infallible because the decisions they make are honored in Heaven.
If you are not a Roman Catholic then it doesn't make any difference. I say that understanding that mainstream "Protestant" religions claim a part of the same Apostolic faith. If you are a Protestant I can see no way to dismiss the theology of Papal infallibility. If you don't accept it then find a church you can believe in. Don't make fun of people who are trying to live close to The Lord.
If the administrators of the Holy Roman Catholic Church are wrong, if they have assumed authority they do not have then God will sort it out later, it is not my job to do so.
I pray for the Pope. I do not pray for him because I believe he is an authorized inheritor of the keys of Peter but because he is at the head of a large group of believers, I do not want him to lead them astray, I hope he leads people to Christ.
I hope there are many ways to Christ and that all the different churches will all lead people to Christ.
Perhaps there is only one church that is the "true" church like nearly all churches claim they are but I hope that all churches will bring the rest of us to that true church with The Lord at the head of it.
We may all not agree on some things but let us all agree that The Lord is Risen and is Lord, that would be a good start.
As do I. The Bishop of LA is hardly speaking Ex Cathedra as he is unable to do so. Also there are many instances when the Pope is wrong. Only when he speaks Ex Cathedra is he considered infallible. Beyond that he is only a philosopher.
As for disagreeing with Bishops it is a long held belief that the streets of hell are paved with the skulls of Bishops, as many have lead a vast number of people astray.
Remember, too, that the Church can only define principles. The real world application of those principles is not a matter of infallible judgment.
We can be taught that we must have compassion for the poor.
We can not be taught that we must, therefore favor one set of public policy positions (e.g. increased food stamps or extended unemployment) over some other.
It is the goals, not the means that are truly "Catholic."
There is only one church, but it is not a human corporation, and it has no human leaders.
Pope is a pagan office, respected by lost men.
It really is that simple. Either believe and accept, or leave and join another Church. What no one needs is another Cafeteria Catholic deciding what is correct and what isn't. That is the idea of Protestantism.
There are some Protestant churches that have decided that Homosexual activity is Christian and not at all sinful. Most even teach that the interruption of conception, contraception,is not sinful even abortion are OK for some 'Christian' churches.
There are many churches to choose from. No one is saying that you have to be Catholic.
Than Choose no religion. That is OK too.
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Yes, you can!
The proof of the density of $\mathcal C^\infty(M)$ in $\mathcal C^k(M)$ is a fairly technical result:
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