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Hi, about this item : ITEM #44391 it's a handkerchief and bonus from LaLa. Not prouced by cospa ^^
The azone one? I got it from mandarake.
oh so i think you have paid very much for her^^ on mandarake now she's unbelievable expensive oô
oh so i think you have paid very much for her^^ on mandarake now she's unbelievable expensive oô
where do you have found the nymph doll??
Btw, thanks for accepting the FR. ^^Now I am really inspired to do it! O:< Just need to find the perfect model. OOO! You totally should. Maybe fashion that cute little cloth hat of hers for it too. Bet it would look really cute! Would love to see your handiwork. xD
I foresee many kit purchases for customizing fun in my future.
Thank you for sending it!
Tried my hand at them years ago but was never any good. orzI actually started out with mecha models! That was some years ago now, so I'm a bit worried about trying it again. It just takes practice and time, though! Bet you could do one now. ヽ('◡'✿)ノ I never would have guessed you would be into mecha models though. xD
Maybe I should paint one Patchouli colors, haha.
More pinky goodness -> (ext link)
edit: btw congrats on your promotion^^ Knew it would happen sooner or later.Haha! I love it. I just had to LOL at your link.
That is exactly what I want to do. :D
Thank you! (Again, haha, I see my VIB "thank you" a few comments down).
Hey. I was just wondering, where did you order your Mato figma?
Not sure if you are still looking or not ^^
Not sure if you are still looking or not ^^
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Your avatar right now is just perfect. ^_^ I love that scene.
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PRAG V-series Inverter/Charger Pure Sine Wave Inverter is a combination of an inverter, charger, and Auto-transfer switch into one complete system . It is packed with unique features and it is one of the most advanced inverter/chargers in the market today.
The inverter features an AC pass-through circuit, powering your home appliances from utility or generator power while charging the battery. When utility power fails, the battery backup system keeps your appliances powered until utility power is restored. Internal protection circuits prevent over-discharge of the batteries by shutting down the inverter when a low battery condition occurs. When utility or generator power is restored, the inverter transfers to the AC source and recharges the batteries.
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CLP (Classification, Packaging and Labelling of dangerous substances and preparation regulation) EC No 1272/2008, is the EU regulation by which the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS) of classifying and labelling chemicals is legally implemented in the EU to ensure that the hazards presented by chemicals are clearly communicated to workers and consumers through the correct classification and labelling of chemicals and products.
Products are assigned hazard classes which must be identified on the product using an internationally recognised system of labels. The label is the primary source of information about the products identity, safe use, transport, storage and disposal measures to be taken during use and in case of emergencies. CLP regulations include new hazard pictograms which includes the flammable symbol. These must be present on all relevant products, including cosmetics by the final deadline of June 2017.
By identifying the flash point or flammability of a liquid or semi-solid substance or mixture, suppliers can correctly classify their hazard potential. Ideal for the cosmetics and fragrance industry, the Setaflash range ensures ease of use. Operator skill and expertise is kept to a minimum, meaning tests can be performed in-house thus avoiding the cost or delay of outsourcing. Results are provided quickly and only a small sample size is required, reducing the cost and waste per test.
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Former England manager Graham Taylor has died. He was 72.
A family statement said: "With the greatest sadness, we have to announce that Graham passed away at his home early this morning of a suspected heart attack. The family are devastated by this sudden and totally unexpected loss."
Taylor managed England from 1990 until 1993. He was a club manager at Lincoln, Watford, Aston Villa and Wolves, and in recent years a pundit on the BBC and BT Sport.
Taylor had a difficult time in charge of the national team, with criticism about his perceived long-ball game. However under his leadership England qualified for Euro 92 in Sweden.
The tournament was a tough one for England and their manager. His side failed to get out of their group and Taylor also substituted Gary Lineker, in the final group game when a goal was needed, in what proved to be the striker's final game for England.
Taylor kept his job, but failure to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the United States led to his resignation in November 1993.
One of his former England players, Alan Shearer, was among the first to pay tribute.
Shearer tweeted: "Completely shocked by news of Graham Taylor. Always held him in the very highest regard - the man who gave me my first @england cap. So sad."
The Football Association and the League Managers Association also offered their condolences.
The FA tweeted: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former @England manager Graham Taylor."
A tweet from the LMA, which Taylor served as president, read: "The LMA is deeply saddened to hear that former England Manager & the first President of the LMA Graham Taylor OBE has died at the age of 72."
Taylor began his career in football as a player with Grimsby before having a spell with Lincoln and then moving into management with the latter club.
A tweet from Grimsby read: "We are saddened to hear of the passing of former GTFC player & England manager, Graham Taylor. Our thoughts are with Graham's family."


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The season of magicIAN performing shows for school and library events is coming. He will be performing for many schools and libraries throughout summer. magicIAN in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, and surrounding areas this summer season shows will be performed on a large scale. There are still many days available however the calendar is filling up. Here are the current tour dates with the hours and event type below secured. Keep in mind that most of these events are private events but coming this summer magicIAN will be performing shows for schools and amphitheaters. These corporate and private events are the tour dates through the end of February listed. magicIAN is also planning to perform other venues corporate events between these time frames and your event could be one of them!
January 23rd- Foutain Valley private event 2:45-3:45
Riverside birthday event 5-6
January 30th- Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana (costco corporate event) 7-8:30
January 31st- JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert 6:30-8:30 (Merrick Pet Care)
Feb. 6th- Americas Got Talent in LA from 8am-3pm
Lake Elsinore private event 6-7
Feb. 11th- Irvine private event 3-4
Feb. 12th- Los Angeles private event 2:45-3:15
Feb. 13th- Hillcrest Country Club in LA private event 12-12:30
Feb. 20th- Upland private event 3-4
Los Angeles, Orange County magician School magic show magicIAN will leave your students on the edge of their seat as he performs extraordinary magic with doves and large scale illusions. He also includes a message of striving for success with his magic that inspires the students. This is the show that magicIAN has performed in the Palace of Mystery for the Academy of Magical Arts in Hollywood, CA. He can also customize a show for your private event or school event to fit the message you are trying to portray. magicIAN is currently touring Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Diego Counties for Elementary, High Schools, and Colleges.


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I got new stamps and my distress markers this week. I wanted to try them out, so I colored the images on watercolor paper. I wanted my images to pop out a little more, so I went very neutral with my decorating. For my first attempt, I didn't think it was too shabby.
Since I was with the kids, I think I didn't plan out my dinners. I looked recently (August 2016) and they're still blank on the right page, lol. I know I took them out on Friday to Applebees, but I don't really remember the rest. Typically, I'm really good about going back and writing in what I actually did. Well, hope you all have a great day!


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North-East born actor and presenter Andrew Hayden-Smith is set to be the leading star in this year's family pantomime Beauty and the Beast at The Capitol, Horsham.
Andrew is well known for his TV work on CBBC, Doctor Who and This Morning and will play the hunky, handsome Danon in the production, which opens on December 11.
Having made his on-screen debut at the age of 12 as bad boy Ben Carter in Byker Grove, Andrew went on to present for BBC1, as well as presenting his own show, The UK Top 40 every Sunday evening on the CBBC Channel in connection with Radio 1.
Andrew played the role of Freedom Fighter Jake Simmonds in Series 2 of Doctor Who where he battled the Cybermen in the episodes 'Rise of the Cybermen' and 'The Age of Steel' before returning in the series finale to take on the Daleks in the episode, 'Doomsday'.
He made his mark on the West End stage shortly after, playing Romeo in Shakespeare's famous tragedy.
Andrew also recently won the award for 'Celebrity Rising Star' at the British LGBT Awards.
Two further stars, including a real beauty, have been announced as well.
The Capitol welcomes back Olly Pike, who people will remember as the endearing and slightly ditzy Dandini from 2014's Cinderella.
Olly returns this year to play DC.
He is well known for starring as Wiley Sneak in CBBC's popular children's TV series Trapped, as well as other TV shows, including Trafalgar 200 (playing Young Nelson), Feasters commercial and The Royal Variety Show 2008.
He has also presented for schools with i-Catcher .
Since last year's Cinderella, Olly has continued to produce episodes of Pop 'n' Olly, a YouTube Channel focusing on equality, diversity and creativity for children aged 4-7. One particular episode, 'Prince Henry', has recently been turned into a book and iBook.
Olly said: "Having had such a great time in Cinderella, I can't wait to return to The Capitol to work with some of the old team and I'm sure my new character will be totes amazing!"
Zoe Adkin who played Cinderella at The Capitol in 2014 is returning to the stage this year to play Beauty.
She is very excited to be returning to Horsham to play the role and be united with what she described as "the most incredible team".
Since her appearance as Cinderella in Horsham last year, Zoe was cast in Consider Yourself, a film looking back at the life of Lionel Bart, who composed the ever-popular musical Oliver, working with choreographer Jonathan Butterell.
She also continues to teach dance to children across London.
Beauty and The Beast is at The Capitol from December 11, 2015, until January 3, 2016.
Further cast members to be revealed soon…
Tickets cost £20.50 (concessions £18.50).
Call the box office on 01403 750220 or visit www.thecapitolhorsham.com.
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Age of Lords is a free multiplayer strategy game that can be played on an Android device. It is quite similar to Clash of Clans when it comes to the gameplay and story line and you play a mighty lord who is tasked to protect his subjects. The game is currently available only for smartphones and there is no computer version. However, using an Android emulator software, you can easily download Age of Lords – Legends and Rebels for PC running Windows OS.
In Age of Lords game, you play a mighty lord who is tasked to build a grand castle and train the massive army so that whenever someone attacks, you can defend your people. You can also forge alliances with other lords to become more powerful. With Age of Lords: Legends and Rebels for PC, you will be able to battle with real players from around the world or join hands with them to create an ultimate alliance.
Age of Lords – Legends and Rebels for PC – Features:
There are millions of players worldwide and you can battle against anyone of them while taking care of your own land. You not only have to protect your land, but you have to defend it as well as grab new land to become more powerful.
Below are a list of some of the best features that you can expect while playing the Age of Lords game on computer.
- Create an Empire: You can build new cities and develop them to create the biggest empire. Also, you can build research facilities to perform researches that will help you win the battles.
- Raise an Army: To defend your land or to attack other lands, you will need an army and you can do that by training your troops in combat.
- Kingdom Map: You can explore the Kingdom Map to gather resources and search for the enemies (players from around the world) and attack them.
- Join Forces: You can chat with other real players and join forces with them as well to form an alliance. This will allow you to combine your troops and allies and thus create a massive army.
- Warzone: There is a warzone in the game that allows you to battle epic monsters and defeat them.
- Hire Knights: In the game, you can hire powerful knights as well to do your bidding. You can even seize the control of legendary landmarks.
- VIP Player: You can become a VIP player by paying a fee and gain amazing game-changing bonuses that will help you become the mightiest lord of all.
These are only some of the features of the game and there are a lot more amazing features that you will come across while playing the MMORPG game.
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Age of Lords: Legends & Rebels for PC Download
As we already told you in the beginning of this article, there is no computer version that you can download and install. However, using an Android emulator like BlueStacks, you can download almost all the Android apps and games on your computer.
Use the above link to download BlueStacks app player on your computer and then install it. Once the emulator is installed and setup, follow the below steps to download Age of Lords for PC.
Step 1: Open BlueStacks and click on the Search icon on the top. Type in "Age of Lords: Legends & Rebels" and hit enter.
When you hit enter, you will see a list of all the relevant apps and games. Click on the first link from the search results to proceed to the next step.
Step 2: When you click on the app icon in the search result, the emulator will redirect you to the official game page on Google Play Store.
Step 3: Once the page is loaded completely, you will have to click on the Install button to begin the installation process.
Step 4: To begin the process of installing the app, it will ask you to grant some permissions via a pop-up box. Click on the Accept button to grant all the permissions.
Step 5: The download process will now begin.
The process may take some time depending on the size of the game and your Internet speed and once the download process is completed, Age of Lords Legends and Rebels for PC will be installed successfully.
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To open and start playing the game, you need to go to BlueStacks once again and click on the "All Apps" tab on the top. You will find all the apps and games installed on this page. Click on the icon of Age of Lords game, create your account and start building your city.
That's the complete article on how you can download Age of Lords – Legends and Rebels for PC. If you liked the article, then please share it with your friends so that they too can download and play the game with you.


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I have always thought driving is a fun activity until it occurred to me that it's not so for the professional rally drivers. In car racing, drivers are expected to be highly skillful with technical and mechanical knowledge of the vehicles and exercise caution while driving. Michel Terpin is one such rally driver of Brazilian origin who is in incognito for his excellence and scooping top awards.
Michel Terpins is the pilot and works in close collaboration with Maykel Justo who is his navigator and a very resourceful person. Together, they have been able to overcome mechanical and terrain obstacle in the numerous of competitions they have had to participate in. During the Bull Sertoes Rally 24th Edition, the duo led the T1 prototypes category and overall stood at 5th position. In the 25th Edition, Michel Terpins and Maykel Justo set aboard the T-Rex by the MEM team and earned 18 points. This preceded the Prototype T1 championship, and it was just 15 days after another success with the Sertoes rally in Bonito.
Rally driving for Michel Terpins has not been without hiccups. At times even after much preparation and collaborative effort, there are disappointments. For instance, the car could get punctured, and have a foggy weather or even bad terrain. During the 22nd Edition, Michel Terpins and his navigator did not participate in the contest successfully because of some justifiable reasons; a demanding terrain and the car broke down. However, for the 62km far stretch, they had gone they were on the led.
About Michel Terpins
Michel Terpins is a registered rally driver for the Bull Sertoes Rally team with over ten participations since 2002. He also participates on the Brazilian Cross Country championship, a sport that has attracted a lot of competitors. He is known for tactfully riding amidst winding roads, erosion, gulfs, mountainous terrain and great depressions alongside his navigator and confidant, Maykel Justo.
His area of specialty in the rally competition is under the T1 prototype car category. To his name is a list of the super challenging platforms that boast of a lot of adrenaline and fun moments. His car no. 322 has a Carbon-free seal which is a Green Initiative call and plants trees in the forest of Atlantic.


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Health Education Picture Books
We have new health lessons picture books focused on the most important global health needs. Be sure to check out the Health Education lessons. The booklets are adapted from information and illustrations from the Health Education Program For Developing Countries, available at http://hepfdc.info/.. They are based on guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO). Many thanks to Virginia Washburn for the excellent illustrations, and to Arnold Gorske for researching and compiling the teaching materials.
These trifold teaching booklets are based on problem posing through drawings and questions, so they are highly participatory. They are easy to use, and can be used by older children as well as by adults with varied levels of education. You can adjust the illustrations and text to your context and culture. So try them out and send us your feedback.
The booklets are PDF files.
- Acid reflux diseases A4 trifold
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- Back pain
- Breastfeeding
- Caring for your teeth
- Choking
- Clean water
- Colds
- Control of flies and mosquitoes
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea and dehydration
- Eating the right foods
- Fever
- First Aid
- Five keys to safer food preparation
- Flies and infections
- How infections spread
- Hygiene
- Latrines
- Medicines and toxins
- Osteoporosis A4 trifold
- Osteoporosis trifold
- Preventing accidents
- Preventing heart disease and strokes
- Preventing schistosomiasis A4 trifold
- Preventing schistosomiasis trifold
- Rabies A4 trifold
- Rabies trifold
- Recovering after trauma trifold
- Safe drinking water
- Safe food preparation
- Scabies
- Smoking
- Tuberculosis
- When to go to the clinic
- Worm infections


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If you are looking to get away from it all & back to basics in a rural location, Hotel Horizontes Finca Ma Dolores will meet all of your needs – particularly if you love nature & animals.
Picture the scene as you wake to bird song from the trees & aviary, then relax after breakfast by the palm-treed lined pool & look out on the majestic Sierra Escambray Mountains. Finca Ma Dolores is a 3-star complex on the banks of a river, just 2 miles from historic Trinidad. Set in lush, beautifully kept grounds, you can't help but relax in the peaceful atmosphere, particularly with such smiling & helpful staff.
Staying at Hotel Finca Ma Dolores is like stepping back in time to a traditional Cuban farm, with milking demonstrations & all number of cute animals roaming freely. Tour groups visit Finca Ma Dolores for its renowned horse treks & you can ride to a waterfall & enjoy the magical experience of swimming in the fresh water. The evenings bring more rural charm with traditional peasant parties in the open-air thatched roof restaurant.
The rustic fare served at Horizontes Finca Ma Dolores is good by Cuban standards. You might be disturbed by the occasional dog or cat in the restaurant but it's never a problem & only adds to the authentic country feel. The pool has a neat swim up bar, though if the filter fails the water can get murky. You can lounge in the sun & watch children play on the terrace or the more energetic can try salsa lessons. Taxis to Trinidad take 10 minutes but try the walk, where you'll pass some lovely cafes.
Hotel Finca Ma Dolores is excellent value for money & a great experience for anyone who enjoys getting back to nature. Ideal for families & couples alike, it should especially appeal to animal lovers.
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Dotted around the lush grounds, the cabins at Finca Ma Dolores are spacious & come with a fridge & satellite TV. Clean, comfortable & relatively modern in design, they have good air conditioning & comfortable beds. The maids also leave pretty towel sculptures. This is an authentic country complex so don't be surprised to hear animal & bird noise through the night.
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Huskies Step Away From Series After 7-1 Win
May 23, 2009
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ATLANTA - The No. 3 Washington softball team put itself a win away from a ninth trip to the Women's College World Series Saturday, pounding out 14 hits in a 7-1 rout of No. 14 Georgia Tech at Mewborn Field.
Danielle Lawrie scattered four hits and struck out 10 in improving to 36-7 to tie the UW single-season record for victories and also broke her own single-season record for strikeouts in the game. She was backed up by 14 hits from the Huskies with six different players collecting two hits each. Senior Ashley Charters went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI including a leadoff home run in the first inning. Sophomore Morgan Stuart went 2-for-4 with three RBI and Lawrie helped herself out by going 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Seniors Ashlyn Watson and Lauren Greer and freshman Kimi Pohlman also had two hits in the game while Jenn Salling had a double and three runs scored. Niki Williams also contributed at the plate, doubling and scoring a run. The Huskies did not strike out in 30 at bats in the game.
The junior All-American Lawrie allowed just one walk, which came on the first batter of the game when fellow Canadian National Team member Jen Yee walked on five pitches. She also got to Lawrie for a home run to make the score 3-1 in the fifth, but the Huskies came back in the sixth and scored four runs to put the game away.
UW (45-11) hit the ball all over the ballpark against two Yellow Jacket (46-14) pitchers, getting five extra-base hits, including four doubles and one home run. Freshman Jessica Coan took the loss for GT, falling to 8-4.
After Lawrie escaped the leadoff walk with two strikeouts in the first, Charters got UW's half of the first inning started off with a bang, blasting a leadoff home run to right-center field for her career-high eighth home run of the season.
Lawrie then struck out the first two batters in the second inning to give her 458 on the year, breaking her own single-season record of 457 set in 2007. She went on to strike out the side in the second and fanned the first batter of the third to give her six strikeouts in a row and nine batters retired in a row.
UW then added another run in the third to make the score 2-0. Salling, the third Canadian Olympic team member playing in the game, was hit by a pitch with two outs and Lawrie then ripped a double down the left field line, scoring Salling all the way from first. Stuart tried to add more with a deep drive to centerfield, but Georgia Tech's Blair Shimandle made a highlight-reel catch against the fence to save extra bases.
As it usually goes, Shimandle came up first in the top of the fourth and promptly broke up the no-hitter with a line shot up the middle. Whitney Haller then ripped a single up the middle to give the Yellow Jackets two on with nobody out. But Lawrie then got GT's cleanup hitter to line into a double play to Salling at short, who caught Haller leaning too far off first base. Lawrie then induced a foul pop out to the catcher to escape the jam.
The Huskies looked like they might break the game open in the fourth, loading the bases with nobody out, but Georgia Tech used some nifty defense to escape. The Yellow Jackets switched pitchers to start the inning and the Huskies greeted her by getting the first three batters on board. Watson and Greer started the inning with back-to-back singles and Alicia Blake then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, reaching base when the throw to first was in the dirt.
But Georgia Tech then pulled off an impressive double play to halt the threat. Niki Williams ripped a hard ground ball to Tiffany Johnson at third, who tagged pinch runner Alyson McWherter as she ran by, then flipped to third to force out Greer. Charters then hit a hard ground ball up the middle but new pitcher Kelly Eppinger snagged it and threw to first to end the inning.
The Yellow Jackets got the leadoff batter on again in the fifth on a single, but Lawrie struck out the next two and got a pop out to Salling to end the inning.
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The nature of Geneva's Academy casts much light on Diodati's life and work. Its basic aim was declared in 1637 by the pastors and professors of Geneva, among whom was Diodati: 'It is not good that our students should be vain disputants, or that they should be learned in a theory without savour or strength. The true aim which we should set before ourselves . . . is to provide a holy nursery-garden of devout pastors, pure in their faith, strong in their zeal to teach, well conducted and sober, keeping guard with a clear conscience over the grand mystery of piety, and administering with justice the Word of Truth.' This statement reflects perfectly the original vision of John Calvin himself. According to the Ecclesiastical Ordinances of 1541, the College he wished to see established was to serve the purpose of preparing children 'for both the ministry and civil government.' …
Both at the College and the Academy, young people were educated in the so-called humanities. Although 'the education offered in the College and Academy was in many ways typically humanistic', from the very beginnings, in Geneva as in Calvin's own life, 'humanistic studies were to be directed to the service of the Word of God.' Calvin did not disregard 'secular' human learning, as is evident from reading his Institutes and commentaries. One of the sources of the Reformation had been the scholarly, critical study of the Bible, and each Calvinist minister was expected to be well equipped for the continuing task of biblical study and exegesis . . . Only a man with a high degree of linguistic and philological ability could be entrusted with the task of interpreting to less learned and otherwise occupied people the very words of Almighty God.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Planting Confessional Reformed Churches in Italy
19 comments:
- Andrew said...
I have a preacher friend who does missionary work in Italy. He isn't reformed, but he says Italy is almost totally dead spiritually. This is good news indeed.
- 11:56 PM, June 02, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Thanks Andrew -- I'm convinced that the ongoing Reformation will be able to gain more traction in our day than it did in its own day, largely because of efforts like this one. Rome was able to quash the Reformation in its own time with the use of such ungodly means as repression and misinformation. Those means are not available to them today.
- 6:03 AM, June 03, 2010
- Rhology said...
I support a missionary in Rome. Ditto - dead spiritually. But he's faithful, thankfully.
- 8:29 AM, June 03, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Fascinating where "missionary territory" crops up.
- 8:35 AM, June 03, 2010
- Matt said...
I don't know exactly what it means to characterize a city or a country as "totally dead spiritually." I mean, you could easily characterize Amsterdam, Augsburg, London, Boston, or New York City in the same way, no? As such, one hopes that you can't use such characterizations to dismiss entire confessions/denominations...or we're all in trouble, I would think.
Incidentally, I go to a church here in Rome and it is quite lively. In your view, it is teaching a false doctrine, etc., etc. Fine. But I'm not sure that you could, without a very powerful theological lens, characterize it as "dead". And--as another incidental remark--you'd imagine that Protestant missionaries aren't regularly bumping into the faithful church-attenders. Such people (admittedly) are far too few here, as in the rest of Europe! But that can't be easily attributed to the Roman Catholic Church.
- 3:52 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
Mr. Bugay, as you probably know, there was much more to the Counter-Reformation than repression and misinformation, though there was certainly (admittedly) too much of those things, at least the latter. You might enjoy the works of historians like Simon Ditchfield, Robert Bireley, Eric Cochrane, Ronnie Hsia, and John O'Malley, etc., etc. Who knows?
- 3:58 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
Oh, let's not forget about Jedin! :-) Oldie but goodie...
- 3:59 PM, June 04, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Matt -- Since you go to a lively church in Rome, why don't you share the identity of that church? I'm sure, if you are an American in Rome, what's the likelihood that you're out mixing it up with the common folk, and what's the likelihood that you're at some super-premium church that can afford to buy some "liveliness".
Mr. Bugay, as you probably know, there was much more to the Counter-Reformation than repression and misinformation, though there was certainly (admittedly) too much of those things, at least the latter.
I'm glad you admit that. Let me ask you, why did it take repression and misinformation for the "one true church" to succeed at beating back a bunch of rag-tag Reformers?
Regarding Jedin, I've enjoyed quite a bit of Jedin here at Beggars All:
- 5:09 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
Here in Rome, I've been going to a mendicant-run church, if that is informative enough. I mean, normal people are definitely there. It's not like I'm going to St. Peter's or something. But, admittedly, I'm not in the suburbs of Rome.
However, I was in a pretty suburban church in northern Italy that wasn't special in any way--it was actually extremely ugly architecturally. I was surprised there to find more young people and community (even "evangelistic") activities and clearer, quite inspiring homilies than I expected. (My expectations were quite low largely because of the documented influence of secularism in Europe...)
And as for repression in the early modern period, I (like recent popes, etc.) don't believe that it was right. But the idea that "truth wins out" through a natural process of persuasion and diffusion of ideas is not true in your theological or historical perspective either, I would assume. I believe that the Catholic Church took the wrong approach in dealing with that fact. Brad Gregory deals with this issue rather effectively in his work.
But let's also be frank that the Reformers weren't "rag tag", in any sense of the term that I'm familiar with. If they were, things would have turned out quite differently. Having multiple German princes, the Scandinavian kings, and eventually the English monarchs on your side isn't so bad...
And I go along with recent Catholic historians in recognizing the genius of Luther and Calvin--it wasn't all political. They had powerful ideas, at least in part because of their clear statement of Pauline-Augustinian themes against certain theological perspectives that were insufficiently Augustinian soteriologically (like Biel's nominalism, even certain versions of Scotism), even if (in my judgment, as a Catholic) the Reformers partly betrayed that inheritance.
- 5:40 PM, June 04, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Matt -- We'll allow then that there may be some "liveliness" in some of the churches in Italy, but I'll also feel free to believe the reports of the commenters here who report "spiritual deadness."
Recent popes may not be in favor of repression, but there were quite enough of them who were. It was pure self-defense on the part of the Reformers to try to enlist the help of kings and magistrates. We saw what happened when they weren't successful at that.
If you do believe that the Catholic Church took the wrong approach, you could do a lot worse than setting that record straight with some of your fellow Catholics, beginning with some of those who comment here.
- 5:55 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
Mr. Bugay,
1) There is no doubt that Italy is not generally in great spiritual health. But that, as I said, is not an unambiguous indictment against Catholicism vis-a-vis Protestantism since secularism is, all in all, less advanced in traditionally Catholic countries (over against traditionally Protestant countries), if we are to believe certain (quite problematic) statistics in regard to such things. But there is probably no need to trade statistic back and forth, partly, inter alia, because of how problematic they are. It seems like we can agree that most traditional bastions of Western Christianity aren't doing too well, including our own nation. However, I will acknowledge, following the arguments of Nathan Hatch, that a certain baptistic ecclesiology and the absence of "state churches" that it encouraged (among other factors)--for whatever problematic revivalistic, individualistic, chiliastic, etc., tendencies that it brings forth-- may account for the greater religious vitality of the United States vis-a-vis Europe. But unless you want to define Protestantism extremely narrowly, this isn't all that relevant to the argument that we are having.
2) Yes, most churchmen before this century held a different view on religious toleration, as is well known. John Courtenay Murray is probably still one of the interesting voices on this topic. No disagreement here.
3) Let's beware of thinking that all historical error comes from the Catholic side of things, a view which occasionally rears its head on this blog (which, rightly, attempts to set the record straight re: Martin Luther, etc.). Let's be more open about the fact that Protestantism (esp. extremely conservative evangelicals in America, no?) has its fair share of people who use (and have used) outdated and erroneous myths to advance their confessional agendas. Or am I mistaken? As for professional historians, Catholics are doing extremely well, as this blog shows (all the way back at least to Lortz and Jedin, to McSorley, to Jared Wicks, etc.)
--are there really people posting here who defend the use of capital punishment against heretics? If so, I'd be glad to discuss the topic with them.
4) I'm not sure what you mean by saying that Protestants using monarchs was "pure self-defense." Some (not all) Protestants articulated rather robust and sophisticated accounts of how it was the prince's duty to enforce at least certain aspects of religion. [I mean, Thomas Erastus was a Protestant!] You certainly wouldn't say that early Protestants were far ahead of their times in articulating doctrines of religious toleration, right? And let's also not forget that Protestant regimes didn't lack for repressive measures. I'm not interested in doing a point-by-point comparison of Protestant and Catholic Europe... The only point is that the historical record doesn't bear it out that Protestantism was purely the victim, running to the "secular arm" out of pure desperation... That's all.
- 6:34 PM, June 04, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Matt -- I'm familiar with how statistics can work, but they have a legitimate use, too. For example, there is a well known "Catholic convert" industry, and sometimes statistics are a useful way to keep things in a proper perspective.
I don't want to define Protestantism narrowly. I realize that there have been problems. But this is not the place to discuss those problems. I'm interested in looking forward -- I do believe that the next seven years and beyond will represent a tremendous teaching moment, and that a broad discussion of the issues and theologies that came out of the Reformation can have a tremendously positive effect.
Let's beware of thinking that all historical error comes from the Catholic side of things, a view which occasionally rears its head on this blog
Well, prior to the Reformation, any historical error that existed, DID come from the Catholic side of things. And that's from an institution that has claimed, quite boldly, that it has never erred.
I'm sure that we'll do our share here to correct "erroneous myths" that have come out on our side. But on your side, as James has demonstrated, guys like Lortz are shouted down by some of the others.
The only point is that the historical record doesn't bear it out that Protestantism was purely the victim, running to the "secular arm" out of pure desperation...
Ok, I shouldn't have used the word "purely." But largely, the alliances that the Reformers made with various governments did (a) help save lives and (b) create environments in which "repression and misinformation" weren't quite so rampant, allowing those "powerful ideas" to get an open airing in some quarters.
- 7:31 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
1) No, I will not accept the statement that Joseph Lortz is shouted down "by some of the others." I believe that this has to be a debating tactic and little more. Any Catholic historian worthy of note is at least as ecumenically-minded as Joseph Lortz. In fact, most scholars today dealing with that subject matter (say, Denys Janz) say that Lortz did not go far enough. Please don't put Lortz and some of the angriest people who comment on your blog, etc., on the same level. They are not parallel. It would be like throwing--I don't know--Dave Hunt in the face of Heiko Oberman or Richard Muller and then say that the latter great men can't count as being characteristic of the Protestant "side", if you will. I will let the best of the Reformed tradition characterize it, if that makes sense. That is how the Catholic scholars that I admire have taught me to deal with those with whom I disagree. At any rate, I think (hope) that James Swan will agree that it is easy to distinguish the overly defensive, agenda-driven hacks from the real scholars. And doing real scholarship made people like Jedin, Lortz, and Wicks no less Catholic...
2) I look forward to seeing more Protestant myths about Catholics exposed in future weeks on this website. That will be an encouraging development.
3) But, wait, you want to look forward, at the same time as you respond to my statement about relative "myth-making" among Protestants and Catholics by pointing to things that happened before the Reformation? I was clearly not referring to the Middle Ages! Well, let's put that aside for the time being. As for the future that you point our eyes to, I'll definitely be back in seven years, and we'll see how "the spirit has blown where it lists," if you will. I do hope that God stirs up the "spiritual deadness" across western Europe and the USA by any means that He deems fit.
- 7:48 PM, June 04, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Matt -- No, I will not accept the statement that Joseph Lortz is shouted down "by some of the others." I believe that this has to be a debating tactic and little more. Any Catholic historian worthy of note is at least as ecumenically-minded as Joseph Lortz.
just a simple click on the Lortz tag brought up this:
"[Catholic historian joseph Lortz] was a Nazi just like Adolph Hitler. Both of them were Luther fans."
"You know, come to think of it, If Mr. Swan rally thinks that being a Nazi doesn't disqualify Fr. Lortz as a Luther expert, why doesn't he go right to the top and advocate the opinions of Adolph Hitler himself!"
"Mr. Swan wants us to believe that a man like Fr. Lortz who held to these "lofty ideals" can be trusted to interpret Luther correctly! Frankly, I would be embarrassed to be associated with him."
Not to say that this individual is a "Catholic historian worthy of note," but he is fairly well known and has a following.
You may have noticed this, but I'm not a person who has any interest in saying, "ooh, poor Roman Catholicism, we need to be charitable and give an old lady some slack…"
I'm firmly convinced that the Roman Catholic Church is not what it says it is:
- 8:53 PM, June 04, 2010
- Matt said...
Wow, well, I'm going to go and enjoy my weekend.
But by way of conclusion, I hope that it is clear to you that the exchange to which you refer (and James Swan himself!) make the point better than I did originally. [I was aware of this exchange and Sippo's erroneous perspective already since I commented on that thread, as you can see. That fact doesn't undermine the point that I was making.]
It is impossible to present Sippo in a way that is parallel or equivalent to Lortz. You can't use Sippo (rather than Lortz, Jedin, or Wicks) to characterize the Roman Catholic "side" or an RC hermeneutic of history or anything of that sort when Lortz is, among other things (!), backed up by the would-be pope as the father of Luther studies, etc. It just doesn't make sense.
If you want to play that game, I'm sure we could easily find a bunch of Dave Hunts and even Jack Chicks or whomever it may be to characterize "Protestantism" but that would be foolish and wrongheaded and unfair.
I'm not asking you to feel sorry for Catholicism or give it "slack". I'm just asking that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. We could at least agree on that, right? At the very least, it's rhetorically ineffective to pick on the weakest arguments of your opponents (or the weakest individuals from among them.) Is it really asking the blogosphere too much that we do better than this?
- 3:27 AM, June 05, 2010
- John Bugay said...
Matt -- I think you misunderstood what I was saying with the Lortz/Sippo comment.
I wasn't positing Sippo as anything like a parallel or equivalent to Lortz. (Although Sippo was clearly placing himself as a judge over Lortz.) I was actually saying that having someone like you here was a step up from some of the usual riff raff.
You can rest assured that neither Hunt nor Chick will get a hearing here. But that doesn't stop the Catholic scoffers from showing up and presenting their take on Catholicism as THE OFFICIAL Catholicism. But someone like you is in a position to say something genuinely meaningful to them.
I have no intention of "picking on the weakest arguments" of Catholicism, but of looking it squarely in the face. (On my own blog, I was in the middle of a series analyzing Ratzinger's "Called to Communion" before James asked me to be a contributor here.)
I wanted to comment on something else that you said:
But, wait, you want to look forward, at the same time as you respond to my statement about relative "myth-making" among Protestants and Catholics by pointing to things that happened before the Reformation? I was clearly not referring to the Middle Ages!
No, but the tail end of the Middle Ages just happened to be what was going on just prior to the Reformation. The goings-on of the world at that time have to be taken into account. We need, today, to understand that world, if we're to understand the Reformation properly, and especially if we're to understand the lessons of the Reformation in the context of today.
Too often a Catholic will anachronistically apply today's dogmas back into the events of history. But that's not the way to understand history. We have to ask, "what did they know, and when did they know it?" That's the only way to evaluate history. It's the only way to understand whether "developments" were legitimate or not.
- 7:23 AM, June 05, 2010
- Matt said...
Thank you, Mr. Bugay. I'm very heartened and encouraged by your response. You are correct that I must have misunderstood your penultimate post. I believe that I agree with everything that you say here and with the approach that you have articulated in this comment both in regard to history and to your challenge of Roman Catholic teaching and practice.
I do hope, as it seems you do as well, that the historical research of the individuals that we have mentioned, like Wicks, Jedin, etc., as well as great, relatively recent Protestant historians like Oberman, Richard Muller, and others will begin to become more central to such debates on the blogosphere. Any contribution that I can make to that end (besides starting a blog of my own, at least at this time) would be a great blessing for me.
- 7:56 AM, June 05, 2010
- James Swan said...
I'd have to go through my photocopied files buried deep in the Swan basement vault (LOL), but somewhere I have a few articles in which it's argued Lortz wasn't really all that much different than those Roman Catholic interpreters of Luther that preceded him.
The biggest difference I've found with Lortz and those which preceded him is his blatant acceptance of Roman Catholic guilt for the Reformation. He doesn't simply just say, "we're guilty." Rather, he painstakingly shows why the Roman Church was guilty. That acceptance of guilt would have a devastating effect on current trends in pop-Romanist apologetics, so I doubt they'll ever use Lortz. Imagine if a Tim Staples or Karl Keating would say something like, "Yes, Lortz proved the absolute mess Roman theology was in previous to the Reformation, it's no wonder the Reformation happened."
Lortz's acceptance of responsibility clearly informed his perspective on Luther- provoking him to approach Luther differently than most of those who preceded him. However, I've found much of his evaluation of Luther is fundamentally based on his understanding that Luther was a victim of subjectivism. When one reads Lortz critiquing Luther, sometimes it can be very reminiscent of those earlier Roman Catholic vilifications. Lortz still finds Luther to be a heretic. That's why a Roman Catholic like "Ben" who posts comments to this blog could read Lortz's History of the Church and mine out ammo. Had Sippo actually read Lortz, he likewise would find nuggets of mud to hurl at Luther. Unfortunately, Sippo never makes it past the misconstrued slander that Lortz was a lifelong Nazi.
I can though still appreciate Lortz. That he's a consistent Romanist and finds Luther to be in gross error doesn't deter his value in the field of Luther studies. As to Luther's subjectivism, it's an interesting irony that counter-positions were put forth by other Roman Catholic writers.
- 9:07 AM, June 05, 2010
- Matt said...
Thanks James!
Absolutely, as I mentioned up front, most scholars today who are addressing these questions think that Luther didn't go far enough in his "appreciation" of Luther, to over-simplify a bit. At the same time, Protestant scholars like Oberman and even McGrath have, with reservations, argued that 15th century theology (even nominalists like Biel) was clearly not as "bankrupt" or even as semi-Pelagian as Lortz may have led us to believe. Pretty complex stuff.
But I don't know how you can look at, say, Pope Alexander VI as a Catholic and not acknowledge the share of blame on the part of the late-medieval institutional church... Oh well. Just read the cries for Reform at the Fifth Lateran Council, which ended in 1517!
Anyway, that attitude is what I meant before by over-defensive. Whoever these people are have an ecclesiological position that is not only incoherent historically but also quite spiritually dangerous. But that is another story, I guess.
- 10:28 AM, June 05, 2010


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Washington Briefing
by Emil Sanamyan
U.S.-led coalition members pull troops out of Iraq
Multi-National Force-Iraq insignia.The 7-pointed star represents Iraq's largest communities- Sunnis, Shias, Kurds, Turkomans, Assyrians, Yazidis, and Armenians. Source U.S. Dept. of Defense.
With the twilight of the George W. Bush administration and with President-elect Barack Obama having pledged a gradual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq within 16 months of taking office, most of the remaining members of the so-called Coalition of the Willing are no longer willing to stay in Iraq.
Since 2003 the coalition had included troops from the three former Soviet republics in the Caucasus, as well as Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine, and the three Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which are now members of NATO. Most of these troops have already withdrawn, with 37 Estonians and 20 Moldovans due out by the end of the year.
Azerbaijan became the latest former Soviet republic to announce a pullout, with its president issuing instructions to that effect shortly after the U.S. election. Initially at 150, the Azerbaijani unit currently numbers 88 personnel that have served as security guards at a hydroelectric plant.
Although Azerbaijani forces were not reported to have taken part in operations outside the dam perimeter, they did suffer at least one soldier killed last June in apparent fratricide.
Armenia pulled its 46-person unit from near the town of Kut, on the Iraqi-Iranian border, last month. The pullout was timed to the withdrawal of the Polish forces, under whose command Armenians served.
(Poland participated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and in five years Polish forces lost 21 soldiers, with 70 others wounded, according to U.S. military records cited by AFP.)
The Armenian unit was involved in demining, medical rescue, and logistics operations, suffering one officer seriously wounded in combat. That officer, Sr. Lt. Georgi Nalbandian, has since recovered and returned to active duty with the Armenian armed forces.
Georgia, which earlier this year increased its presence in Iraq to nearly 2,000 soldiers, pulled most of them out during the war with Russia in August with the remainder returning home since then.
Georgians had served in Baghdad and northern Iraq and were due to take over the Polish-led division before their deployment was cut short. Through June 2008, five Georgian soldiers died (three from hostile action, one in an accident, and one in an apparent suicide) and 18 others were wounded.
Ukraine, which in 2003 deployed more than 1,600 of its soldiers in Iraq, pulled out in 2005 after losing 18 soldiers in various incidents. Several dozen Ukrainian officers remain in Iraq as part of NATO advisory mission to the Iraqi government.
And finally Kazakhstan, another former Soviet republic, also withdrew its 29-person unit of deminers and medics last month.
Kazakhstan, like Armenia, is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization led by Russia, which openly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
But subsequently, Russia dropped objections to U.S. military presence in Iraq. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this week that Russia would support a renewed United Nations mandate for the American military presence in Iraq.
The current five-year mandate is about to expire and the Bush administration is now negotiating a status of forces agreement with the Iraqi government that would keep U.S. forces in the country via bilateral agreement.
World leaders to gather in Washington for economic summit
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan will be among heads of state and government and senior officials from the world's 20 biggest economies who are arriving in Washington on November 14 for a summit called by President Bush.
The summit was called with a stated intention of addressing the global financial crisis, but for some visiting foreign leaders this would also be the first opportunity to meet with key aides of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. Mr. Obama said he would not attend the summit and would not be meeting with any of the summit participants, according to the Washington Post.
Mr. Erdogan reportedly sought a meeting with Mr. Obama to offer mediation between the United States and Iran, while also urging him not to change the U.S. policy on the Armenian Genocide. According to Hurriyet, it is unclear if Mr. Erdogan would agree to meet with Mr. Obama's advisors.
According to Referans, Mr. Erdogan also wants to meet with the chair of U.S. Federal Reserve to ask for U.S. financial aid on more preferential terms than are offered by the International Monetary Fund.
The summit will be the first opportunity for a meeting between U.S. and Russian leaders since the war in Georgia last August. Mr. Medvedev told Le Figaro that he already had a "very good conversation" with President-elect Obama, RIA Novosti reported on November 13, and they would "meet will meet without delay and obstruction," although apparently not this week.
Europeans resume talks with Russia over Georgian objections
The European Union (EU) will resume talks with Russia on a "strategic partnership" agreement, which it suspended on September 1 as a punishment for Russian military operations in Georgia.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who holds the rotating EU chair and had negotiated the Russian-Georgian cease-fire, announced the decision on November 11. Poland and Lithuania expressed public opposition to the decision.
Georgian officials protested and EU officials acknowledged that Russian forces had not returned to positions they held before the Georgian attack against South Ossetia on August 7-8, saying that the EU's talks with Russia in "no way legitimize the status quo in Georgia," with the EU continuing to protest Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which broke away from Georgia in early 1990s.
But in an interview with Le Figaro, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his country's decisions "are no joking matters" and could not be revised. Mr. Medvedev added that future Russian military presence in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia would be regulated on a bilateral basis.
Speaking at the Brookings Institution in Washington on November 12, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner of France said Russia represented a "challenge" to the West, but he added that "there is no solution to most of today's [global] problems without [Russia], let alone against [Russia]."?
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Former Hemel Hempstead Town loanee Jorell Johnson has praised the club for helping him to continue his development as a player.
Watford Academy graduate Johnson spent last season on loan at his hometown club, and said that the spell at Vauxhall Road was a 'constant learning curve.'
The centre-back returned to Watford at the end of the campaign, and has recently signed on with the Hornets for a second year having signed his first one-year pro deal in May 2014.
"When I first arrived I didn't know too much about the club; I hadn't really played non-league so I wasn't sure what to expect," Johnson told watfordfc.com.
"But as soon as I got there we tried to play football, and the tempo was good.
"My first game was very physical and it made me realise it was a good challenge to be at the club. I enjoyed every minute. It was a good opportunity and a constant learning curve for me.
I enjoyed every minute. It was a good opportunity and a constant learning curve for me.Jorell Johnson
"In a way it was a new start, because in the U18s you're playing with people your own age and then I went to playing with people who are as much as 10 years older than myself."
And Johnson admitted that the pressure of turning out for his hometown club helped him to play to his full potential in the Conference South last season.
"To be playing for my hometown team meant there was a bit of added pressure too which helped me perform better," he said. "The fans were brilliant, and they knew I was a local lad."
Johnson was a key member of the Hemel squad during his time with the club, helping the Tudors to a ninth-placed finish in the league as well as a successful FA Cup run which saw them enjoy a dream trip to League Two side Bury in the first round proper of the competition.
"Playing for Hemel in the FA Cup was one of the highlights of my career so far," said Johnson. "To play in the tournament is something that every boy dreams of, so to create history playing in it was phenomenal.
"I celebrated on my own when we scored, and ran into the crowd because I knew how much it meant to them – it was a long journey too that day and so it was amazing for them.
"To play higher is something to aim for and is such a big motivation so it can only get better – hopefully I get many more feelings like that one."
Johnson is now targeting a successful career with the Hornets, but knows he still has a long way to go in his development before becoming a regular member of the first team squad.
He continued: "I'm delighted to have been given the chance of another year. I would love to go out on loan to a League club to get some more experience, but we'll see what happens.
"I think I'm ready for League football now. I've been at Watford for nine years so have learnt the technical side of the game.
"Having been out and done the physical stuff too I think the lower divisions in the Football League are something I'd be able to handle.
"I joined here when the club were in the Premier League and they got relegated, and so to be back in the top division is a great experience. In previous years you would have never thought that kind of thing would happen again so it's going to be amazing."


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It is usually explained as being an attempt to speak in a language everyone can understand – presumably to win him or her to a better and more profound standpoint. But it isn't, and it doesn't! Instead, it is bound to pull the writer into the "currently dominant" standpoint, where such definitions have been developed over centuries to fit what basic assumptions and explanations were readily available, and indeed, in common use.
And, the question has to be asked, "Who would have been in a position to both formulate and disseminate such concepts?"
Is it the man in the street? Definitely not!
It will always be the products of those in power: those will have the education to be able to express such things, and the wherewithall to be able to disseminate them through their "owned" organs of information.
Any radical motive cannot be easily maintained in such circumstances, and the prophet, in seeking resonances with an alien readership, and in order to get into print, can very easily become the apologist!
The contradictions in meaning between any revolutionary criticisms and the acceptance of the status quo, can never be resolved, as the words used only make any kind of sense in their currently employed meanings: and who is it that will be doing the using? The dominant standpoint within a society that produced the current meanings of that vocabulary will unavoidably be those of the people in charge, and NOT the mass of the population, who for most of their history couldn't even read, never mind write!
So, the "radical Marxist", attempting to make a living in the highest institutions of learning must explain things using the accepted vocabulary of those who will make up the vast majority of his colleagues, though couched in the occasional words that seem to be revolutionary (but aren't!)
Slavoj ŽiŽek seems to be the perfect example of this!
On reading the Introduction to his book In Defense of Lost Causes, he manages to set the stage for this long book, by excusing the "failures" of revolutionaries, and he does it by revealing their clear good intentions. He even calls their "evident virtues" – idealism – a quality of trying to achieve a better world. But rather than the usual advice to therefore, "Give up now you'll never do it", he alternatively says that unavoidable failure is really the best that anyone can ever do!
Isn't that stimulating?
"NO!" And, if you think that, you are right!
Here is the absolutely-guaranteed, safe revolutionary for you!
Does this self appointed prophet not know what Idealism really is? And it has absolutely nothing to do with Marxist revolutionaries. They are nothing if they are not the most realist operators in the world! Real philosophical Idealism is the direct opposite to Materialism, and Marxists are avowedly materialists! They commit to an entirely materialist standpoint, which takes Matter as primary, and attempts to explain things in terms of the entities present, their properties and their inter-relationships.
And, in case anyone is assuming that these Marxists see everything in purely mechanistic terms – the exact opposite is the case! Their standpoint is the only one that can both deal with real qualitative change, and is also essentially multi-disciplinary!
Indeed, these two philosophical words have very different meanings to what ŽiŽek attaches to them: and his meanings are those of the ruling classes, NOT those of committed revolutionaries.
Instead of the idealism of the status quo defenders, revolutionaries see Idealism as a standpoint that has the whole of reality determined entirely by eternal abstract laws, which can be totally encapsulated in purely formal equations. Contrast this with ŽiŽek's chosen interpretation as a yearning for something better. And, if he were to be consistent with his chosen language, he would also use materialism to mean chasing after material gain, wealth and position. Not even remotely similar are they?
And yet, such very different meanings were considered crucial by real Marxists. Not only Marx and Engels, but also Lenin took this position, and wrote an important book entitled Materialism and Empirio Criticism to counter an idealist trend within the Bolshevik Party (led, I believe, by Lunacharsky, who after the Revolution became the Minister for Education in the Revolutionary Government)
So ŽiŽek's introduction establishes an amazing position!
One side of it has already been established above in his choice of language, and the second must be his breathtaking apology for the catastrophes following the Russian Revolution, which he, along with the enemies of that revolution, sees as inevitable, but in his case somehow excusable too!
His "inevitable consequence" was no such thing, for it took Stalin many years, a World context of active hostility, and even military interventions by 14 capitalist powers, and, in addition, there was an externally, as well as internally wealth-sponsored Civil War, with the Royalists and Capitalist attempting to overthrow the Revolutionary Regime.
And, even then for Stalin to complete his proposed transformation, internal dedicated revolutionaries had to be successively removed, imprisoned and executed, or even pursued and assassinated (as was Trotsky) to achieve this supposedly "inevitable result"
It's an odd kind of inevitability is it not? It's a bit like the opposite of damning Stalin with faint praise to excuse this traitor to the revolution, both in Russia and worldwide!
Let us put our self professed revolutionary Marxist in his proper context!
You can picture a dinner party in London (say) where the "radical" ŽiŽek had been invited to entertain the gathering where various very comfortable academics could "discuss" ŽiŽek's ideas without any rancour, and with conclusions such as, "All Revolutions are bound to fail!" and "Their idealism simply doesn't match with Reality", not to mention, "The inherent greed and insufficiency of people guarantees ultimate failure." And, such a group beating up ŽiŽek with their mutually agreed vocabulary, could go home to their own comfortable beds, and sleep peacefully!
And such a description is certainly accurate, for this writer was similarly invited to such a Dinner Party for the same reasons, and with a similar bunch of invitees. The only difference was, that I didn't speak their language, and if anything they went home worried to death!
Also, watching a discussion programme on TV yesterday, a wholly similar social situation was evident. And in a similar way to how I have described the certain treatment of ŽiŽek, with a similar Aunt Sally as he, it was clear that no matter what were the professed affiliations of the participants they all used exactly the same language, and just as effectively tidied away as ineffectual, idealist and bound-to-fail were all revolutionary threats.
Yet somehow major interventions, or their possibility, were constantly coming up in response to the Arab Spring, and you have to ask, which side they would be on when it came to resolving the situation!
P.S. And this is only in response to ŽiŽek 's Introduction!
Once more into the breech, dear friends!
For, on thinking about ŽiŽek's lead-in to In Defense of Lost Causes, I felt that I should do the same with the introduction to his book On Belief.
And it was indeed the right decision. For, he analyses the debate occurring in 2000 on US TV in which clerics from the Jewish, Roman Catholic and Southern Baptist faiths discussed religion and Heaven. The Baptist explained that many "good people" would most certainly end up in Hell, as they hadn't committed themselves to Christ during their lives.
And such an unwavering "principle", ŽiŽek likened to that shown by Lenin in his revolutionary activities in Russia, and in his "re-casting" of Marx's position with respect to political tasks.
[Clearly this academic philosopher is scared to death by such intransigence!]
But, of course, such a supposed resonance, could only be found by a modern "opponent" of Liberal Capitalist compromise, and was totally disregarding of the actual political natures of these two completely opposite men. For it handily coupled the two extremes as essentially similar in their steadfast positions. It is, of course, total and completely irresponsible rubbish, and sees them both as steadfast in their "beliefs"!
And, to thereafter promote himself, as ŽiŽek does, as being on the same side as Lenin, is total nonsense. As Trotsky said when describing such people as ŽiŽek – "They wear the yellow jacket of rebellion, but are still fast asleep in their beds when the factory gates are receiving workers in their thousands". That would be anathema to someone like ŽiŽek: he is an informed faker, and no revolutionary!
Even mentioning Lenin's name in a book about belief soils Lenin's real and significant contributions, and effectively demotes a revolutionary commitment to merely another kind of "idealist" belief! Clearly, this analyser of Society is no Marxist at all, and certainly no revolutionary.
He, though, takes, along with all the enemies of that revolution, a position in opposition to Liberal Capitalism and compromise, which will resonate very well with the Right in US politics.
What a remarkable stance, it is so full of contradictions, it is no wonder he is visibly in constant, jerking agitation when he speaks, but it will certainly get readers. For if he (even if only apparently) took a Leninist Bolshevik stance, he would be crucified as are all such dangerous outsiders, so he wisely appeals to all sorts of people, and he does it from an evidently impotent, yet "clever radical" standpoint. Can you guess which side he will be on when the time comes?
I vividly remember innumerable avowedly "marxist" tendencies in the UK, when the troubles escalated in Northern Ireland, they all supported the sending of troops "to defend the republican Catholics" against the then rampant unionist mobs.
But, whom were they used against?
Any Marxist would know that immediately!
That betrayal, more than any number of written treatises, revealed their real position. Only one tendency opposed the sending of troops and they were the nearest thing to revolutionary Marxists at that time. And I know this because I was in that tendency!


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In March 1994 the average high temperature in Lynchburg, VA was 60.8°F, and this was 0.7°F warmer than the average of 60.1°F. The hottest day in March 1994 was 25 March when the temperature reached 77.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in March is 36.4°F and in 1994 the average overnight temperature was 0.7°F warmer at 37.1°F.


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SCOTT LUCAS is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona. His research analyzes the writings of jurists and theologians during the classical period of Islam. An active member of the Tucson Muslim community, Dr. Lucas is currently chair of the School Committee of al-Huda Islamic School. He has spent significant time in Yemen, Iran, and Lebanon.