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Nowhere in the Qur'an do we find the sublime evangelical concept that God is Trinity or that "God is love" (1 John 4:16), and this is because, as G. K. Chesterton perceptively stated in his book The Everlasting Man, the Christian "barren dogma" of the Holy Trinity is nothing but the dogmatic expression of the evangelical truth, the "beautiful sentiment," that "God is Love."
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Keywords: Muhammad, AntiChrist, Trinity, Islam, Jihad, Muslim, Koran, Quran, Andrew M. Greenwell, Esq.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX (Catholic Online) - "Go, therefore," Jesus tells his apostles--and through his apostles his whole Church--"and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." (Matt. 28:19). As this Scripture shows, the doctrine of the Holy Trinity was part of the Christian Gospel from the very beginning.
In prior articles on the antichrist in Muhammad, we have briefly viewed the Scriptural texts that reveal God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Church, during the course of addressing the various Christological and Pneumatological heresies, eventually defined the dogma of the Holy Trinity as the accurate expression of the divine revelation.
As clearly set forth in the Athanasian Creed: "The Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity . . . . For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit . . . . So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; and yet they are not three Gods, but one God."
We have seen how Muhammad's supposed revelations in the Qur'an rejected God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Implicitly, the Holy Trinity is rejected by these several Muhammadan rejections. Muhammad's Allah crowded out the Holy Trinity, and Muhammad placed upon his followers the obligation of upholding an uncompromising monotheism, tawhid, the strict and severe--even monomaniacal--belief in the oneness and uniqueness of Allah.
Tawhid is a doctrine motivated by fear, not by love, and it leads to a heresy by overemphasis of one truth at the negation of another truth. Just like the Arabs seem to have a horror vacui, a horror of empty spaces, in their art, so Muhammad seems to have developed a horror polytheismi, a horror of polytheism, in his brain. And it colored, or perhaps better tainted, his understanding of the Most High God.
I use the word monomaniacal because the exclusion of Trinity from Allah did not result in a belief of greater unity or uniqueness in God, a belief which Christianity shares with Islam. The truth of God's unity and uniqueness, of His transcendence of all created categories, is not better preserved in Islam than in Christianity (though the Muslim, following from his misunderstanding of the Trinity, naturally disagrees).
What Muhammad's monomaniacal theology did result in, however, was a lonely Allah, an eternally loveless Allah, even an impersonal Allah.
To use the words of the Fides Dasmasi, Christians believe that "God is one," as much as the Muslim believes that Allah is one, but they also believe that this one God is not "solitary." God cannot be solitary, for if he is, then God cannot be Personal, nor can he be Love.
As the young theologian Joseph Ratzinger explained in his Introduction to Christianity (written before he was Pope): "The unrelated, unrelatable, absolutely one," such as Muslims maintain Allah is, "could not be a person."
"There is no such thing as a person in the categorical singular," Ratzinger explains. "This is already apparent in the words in which the concept of person grew up; the Greek word 'prosopon' means literally '(a) look towards'; with the prefix 'pros' (toward) it includes the notion of relatedness as an integral part of itself. To this extent the overstepping of the singular is implicit in the concept of person."
For the Christian faith, God does not become personal upon the creation of the world. God does not need the relatedness of the world to be personal. This means that God must have an eternal relatedness within Him that is independent of creation, that exists eternally in God before creation.
This eternal relatedness within God is what makes it possible not only for God to be personal, but for God to be eternally Love.
Nowhere in the Qur'an do we find the sublime evangelical concept that God is Trinity or that "God is love" (1 John 4:16), and this is because, as G. K. Chesterton perceptively stated in his book The Everlasting Man, the Christian "barren dogma" of the Holy Trinity is nothing but the dogmatic expression of the evangelical truth, the "beautiful sentiment," that "God is Love."
"For if there be a being without beginning, existing before all things, was He loving when there was nothing to be loved? If through that unthinkable eternity He is lonely, what is the meaning of saying He is love?" Chesterton rhetorically asks.
"The only justification of such a mystery" that God is love, continues Chesterton, "is the mystical conception that in His own nature there was something analogous to self-expression; something of what begets and beholds what it has begotten. Without some such idea, it is really illogical to complicate the ultimate essence of deity with an idea like love."
It is true that Allah is called the "loving one" (al-Wadud), but only twice in the entire Qur'an, in Sura 11:90 and in Sura 85:14. This love of Allah is nothing like the love of the Christian Trinity. This love of Allah is all love ad extra, to the outside of Allah, and, moreover, it is limited only to those who do good, and, indeed, to Muslims alone. "Allah does not love the unbelievers." Qur'an 3:31:32 (see also Qur'an 3:45) The love of Allah is conditional, and does not extend out to the sinner or to mankind in general.
Moreover, this love is not love ad intra; it does not define the substance of Allah; there is no love within Allah. Allah could only love after creation, so Allah's love is dependent upon creation. Before creation, Allah could not be eternally love, since there was no "other" to love. There is no other to love for the simple reason that there were no eternal personal relations within Muhammad's God.
Allah is, perhaps since creation, loving to those who abide by his iron and arbitrary will, but Love Allah is not. Love is entirely verbal, not nounal in Allah. To the contrary, God as revealed by Jesus, is both loving and Love. The Trinity is love both verbally and nounally.
The personal nature of God and the doctrine that "God is love"--two of the most precious of revelations of the New Testament-both cry out for, and are protected by, the doctrine of the Trinity. And while Muhammad saw the singular in the one God, he never saw the plural in the one God. In this he thought too much like a man, and not enough like God.
"God stands above singular and plural. He bursts both categories," wrote Joseph Ratzinger. God also bursts human vocabulary. We must not forget that the very word Trinity--trinitas in Latin--was a neologism, a brand new word coined by Tertullian and given to the world to express the threeness of persons in oneness of nature of God.
So long as the Muslim follows the teachings of Muhammad, he will never understand the mystery of the Trinitarian God who is eternally Love. So at least the Qur'an--which rejects a "God is love" theology--is consistent when it expressly attacks the Holy Trinity directly, although in so doing it betrays some confusion.
For example, in Qur'an 4:171, the Trinity is seen as a Christian "excess":
"O People of the Book [meaning the Christians]! Commit no excesses in your religion: . . . . Say not "Trinity" [literally, three, thalathatun]: desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah: Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son. To Him belong all things in the heavens and on earth. And enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs"
Another express condemnation of any threeness in God is found in Qur'an 5:73:
"They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity [literally, 'Allah is the third of three,' Allaha thalithu thalathatin]: for there is no god except One Allah. If they desist not from their word (of blasphemy), verily a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemers among them."
In his condemnation of the Trinity, Muhammad seems to have operated under some misapprehension--or intellectual blunder--that the Trinity was God the Father, Mary, and Jesus. This is the upshot of Qur'an 5:116: "And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?"
Muhammad's monomaniacal horror polytheismi and his intellectual blunder regarding the Trinity as Father, Son, and Mary, may have affected him alone but for the unfortunate reality that his convinced followers have, through this alleged prophet's erroneous teaching, also foreclosed themselves from an interpersonal God, a God who is, in his innermost eternal substance, Love.
As Pope Benedict XVI stated at a short address before the midday Angelus on June 7, 2009, regarding Jesus' revelation of God as Trinity:
"[There are] Three Persons who are one God because the Father is love, the Son is love, the Spirit is love. God is love and only love, most pure, infinite and eternal love. The Trinity does not live in a splendid solitude, but is rather inexhaustible font of life that unceasingly gives itself and communicates itself."
It is a truth to which the Muslim has been blinded by the antichrist in Muhammad.
"May Mary, mirror of the Most Holy Trinity, help us to grow in the faith of the Trinitarian mystery," ended Pope Benedict XVI in his reflections on the Trinity.
Indeed, may Mary, pray for us and for our human brothers who follow the errors of Muhammad, that they may be introduced, through her intercession and the grace of the very Holy Trinity that they spurn but who still loves them, to the Trinitarian mystery which beckons them.
Andrew M. Greenwell is an attorney licensed to practice law in Texas, practicing in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is married with three children. He maintains a blog entirely devoted to the natural law called Lex Christianorum. You can contact Andrew at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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So, I went out last week to pick up some food from my favorite Chinese restaurant. It was snowy, windy and generally very "icky" outside. I navigated through the crowded parking lot to find an available space and noticed how busy the plaza was that night with the other food establishments and Gitter Picker enjoying some business. I had just parked my car and saw two elderly couples exiting their vehicle and walking towards a restaurant on their way to dinner. They were being very careful with their steps since there was snow and ice in the lot and I thought to myself, "they should have just parked in the handicapped spot." Then I noticed that they had no handicapped placard in the car. I walked by about six vacant handicapped spaces and wondered if anyone had ever thought about having some parking spots dedicated to only senior citizens. Let's face it, they have spots for expectant women, but none for senior citizens who play by the rules and park way out with everyone else.
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text: When I wrote in our recent "Going Green" issue that I found the present performance of electric motorcycles somewhat underwhelming, Lightning Motors President Richard Hatfield took offense. "Come to Bonneville and ride our Moto-1 prototype," he said. "We'll show you that an electric motorcycle can be just as fast and exciting as any internal-combustion machine." All it took was one silent, 160-mph blast across the salt to show me the light(ning). Hatfield, a Bay Area entrepreneur with 20 years experience developing electric vehicles, first caught our attention in 2007 with his electric-powered Yamaha YZF-R1. That development mule led directly to the Moto-1, the prototype of a street-legal electric sportbike Hatfield expects to put into limited production by the end of 2010. The prototype is a bit of a mongrel, but with an impressive pedigree. A&A Racing's Ray Abrams (Kenny Roberts' go-to frame guy) built the steel trellis. The rear wheel is from one of Roberts' Proton MotoGP bikes, while the Marzocchi fork once resided on a Fast by Ferracci Superbike. Drive is courtesy of a liquid-cooled motor from the supposedly disappeared GM EV-1 electric car. "If I told you where I got that, I'd have to kill you," Hatfield says. The custom battery pack is built from the same A123 Systems lithium-nanophosphate cells that Tesla uses in its electric supercar. The all-electric Lightning is silent at speed, making my blast across the salt flats even more surreal. Acceleration on the one-gear machine was similar to a GSX-R1000-starting in fifth gear. The all-electric Lightning is silent at speed, making my blast across the salt flats even Hatfield originally planned to run the prototype with a fully enclosed dustbin fairing, but after tech inspectors nixed that plan, back-up Ducati 1098 bodywork was bolted on. My first few runs down the 3-mile course had to be aborted after a high-speed weave appeared around 140 mph. That problem was soon cured by some on-site chassis alignment courtesy of Race Tech's Paul Thede, along with removing the aero tail that wouldn't cooperate with the Ducati fairing. With the handling sorted, I made a best pass of 160.408 mph before I had to leave for the airport. With Thede serving as the back-up rider, Hatfield turned up the voltage for more power and the Moto-1 eventually achieved a gearing-limited 166.338 mph-the fastest the Lightning prototype has gone to date. That's an amazing number for an essentially untested electric prototype. It's already ahead of the better known (and much better funded) Mission Motors Mission One prototype, which went 161 mph during the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville in September, and within 10 mph of Kent Riches' APS-omega record of 176.434 mph. That makes the Lightning the second-fastest electric motorcycle on the salt-or, as Hatfield prefers, the fastest production-intent electric motorcycle in the world. Lightning is gearing up for series production right now. Hatfield expects to have the first five Moto-1s, powered by Lightning's own updated version of the EV-1 motor and fitted with proprietary bodywork, available for retail sale in 2010. Hatfield also thinks his Moto-1 can break 200 mph at Bonneville next year. If that happens, it might be the petrol-powered bike-makers who reach out to impress us next! By Aaron Frank Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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A fire overnight caused damage at Lulu's Cafe in Sheridan.
A large portion of the roof and inside of the café is charred.
Sheridan Fire Rescue responded to the call just before midnight.
Fire fighters found heavy smoke, heat, and flames inside the building.
Crews remained at the scene overnight, but say the overall damage isn't bad.
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What Happened to my Party?
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This is my first attempt at blogging though I have commented a couple of times. I want to know what happened to my party or what I thought was my party. I became politically aware during the Carter presidency. I remember high interest rates and high unemployment and I remember I was supposed to be ashamed to be an American.
Then came Ronald Reagan, and I learned about the Rebublican party and what I felt were Republican principals. First, a trust in the ability of the individual. Second, a distrust of large Government. I specifically remember a railing against deficit spending and the expansion of entitlement programs. Third an emphasis on equal oppurtunity not equal results. Fourth, with his "evil" empire depiction Reagan made it possible to love America again. Despite our flaws as a Nation we still had much to be proud of including a political system that allowed change to be brought about.
As I looked at these positions I became convinced they were closely aligned with the intentions of our founding fathers and as a result I have voted Republican since I turned 18 in 1984. I was never prouder than 1994, when we finally got hold of both Houses of Congress, through 2000 when we controlled the deficit.
I was ecstatic when President Bush won in 2000 and we had control of Congress and the Presidency. We spent the next 8 years not adhering to the principals I'd always voted on. Where were small government, fiscal responsiblity, individual responsibility, and the rule of law.
I've come to the point I ask myself what is the difference who is in office? Do any of the politicians out there really listen? Do they have principals that guide them or do they just want to get elected? We spent money on prescription drugs, on no child left behind, on a variety of pork. We expanded the size and scope of Government like FDR.
I look at our Candidates for president today.
In regards to immigration do they believe in the rule of law or not? I think myself like most Americans beleive in fair play and not rewarding someone who breaks the rules.
In regards to Small Government who in this slate of canidates do I really believe will lessen the role of the Federal Government? I want spending cuts not decreases in the amount we're raisng spending.
What happened to the principal of equal oppurtunity not equal results? Why are taxpayers going to be bailing out people who made bad decisions on the houses they purchased or the mortgage they signed? When did education become a right instead of a priviledge? Was it at the same time it began to indoctrinate our children into the world of political correctness instead of teaching them to read, write, and do arithmetic?
How many of our candidates first instinct is that government is not the answer? How many stand up and say I love the USA, I love who we are and what we stand for. I love that America provides an atmosphere where if you want to, and work hard, you can be a success. I believe our greatness comes from providing oppurtunity, not guranting outcome. I believe the Federal govt should spend money to provide oppurtunity but never should it spend money to gurantee an outcome.
I look at our slate of Candidates and the only one who seems to have the principals to govern as a Republican is Fred Thompson. I look at the previous primaries and where Fred stands in the Polls today and I say; What happened to my party?
I look at Rudy Giuliani, his position on abortion and say how could my party consider electing a man who doesn't believe in the sanctity of life? What happened to my party?
Sadly I'm beginning to wonder if what happened to my party is it never really stood for what I thought it did at all. Thankfully, I see what Gov Jindal is doing and saying in Louisiana and have some small hope that my party isn't totally gone.
I'm with Fred as well and will end up with Mitt if Fred doesn't put it all together in South Carolina.
The current Republican frontrunner is a man who abandons the base regularly and often (John McCain). The current runner-up is someone who is utterly and abjectly clueless when it comes to foreign policy (Mike Huckabee).
I feel like the Indian at the end of that Simpsons episode that ends with them moving the whole town 5 miles down the road because they've flooded the old town with garbage, telling the other Indian "Don't turn around."
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I was watching Reagan's farewell address this morning.
Towards the end of the video he gives us a warning, its an interesting read
Great post. I followed a similar path as you lay out. Why have the Republican politicians sold out on the core values that made this Country great. This talk of "modernization" of the Republican party is just selling our to the liberals.
Fred Thompson seems to be such an easy choice. Why he can't get traction is hard to understand. Has the VRWC become brainwashed by the MSM to believe that McCain and Huckabee are conservatives. They have sold us out so many times that I can't believe they have this kind of support.
I'm letting everyone I know that Fred is the man to get this Party and Country back on track. His record speaks for itself and I trust that he will stand by his values.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
...and came to a very simple conclusion. Which your otherwise very good post happens to demonstrate perfectly, in one single quote:
I look at Rudy Giuliani, his position on abortion and say how could my party consider electing a man who doesn't believe in the sanctity of life?
What I believe happened is this: We stopped selecting our leaders based on their support of those principles you so rightly identified above. Instead, we now pass over good people who otherwise fit those ideals, solely because of their disagreement on That One Issue. You can have a person who is otherwise the perfect example of the GOP ideals you list, *except* for That One Issue, and a strong vocal third of the party will point fingers at them and decry them as "liberals" or "RINOs".
Meanwhile, having been blinded by That One Issue, the party forgets about the other principles and ends up picking people, over and over again, who do not conform to those principles, yet are right on That One Issue. Up until recently, you didn't see people like that being called "RINOs", although many of them, IMHO, deserve the term far more than others I can name who have been labeled as such.
To the point where now, today, we have someone who is truly the antithesis of those principles running for President in our party, but because he's right on That One Issue, he's managed to somehow gain enough support in the party to win Iowa and, if he wins SC tomorrow, there's actually a chance he might eventually win the nomination.
In many ways, while the majority of your post was well written and gave excellent arguments, with that one quoted line you undermined the entire thing. How does That One Issue *really* result in smaller government? Better fiscal responsibility? Better individual responsibility? Better support for the rule of law? It doesn't, because it's *not* a part of the classic GOP principles that your post, except for that single line, extolls.
Frankly, even though I'm somewhat pro-choice myself, I've slowly come to support overturning RvW. Not because it is wrong. Not because it's bad law. But because by doing so we'll have a chance to return this issue to the states, and let our GOP get back to picking our leaders based on something other than That One Issue.
Steve I guess I always took it for granted that the party that recognizes where our rights come from also recognized that the killing of any innocent person was murder whether born or unborn. I feel there is no more conservative principal than the sanctity of human life. I don't deny that may eliminate some otherwise qualified cadidates. That is why I'm asking where has my party gone that these are the choices we are presented with?
"Frankly, even though I'm somewhat pro-choice myself, I've slowly come to support overturning RvW. Not because it is wrong. Not because it's bad law. But because by doing so we'll have a chance to return this issue to the states, and let our GOP get back to picking our leaders based on something other than That One Issue."
In my opinion, if you hold this belief, then you need to think harder about what conservatism really means to you.
I'm not sure where I am personally on the abortion issue -- though to be sure, holding your own child for the first time certainly changes your perspective.
However, I am 100% opposed to Roe v. Wade not because of the policy, but because of the law. It is plain and simple bad law. It lacks fidelity to the constitution. It eviscerates federalism and allowed for judge-made amendments, when the amendment process is built in to the Constitution itself.
In some respects, I believe the ultimate arbiter of whether an idea/principle is or is not conservative is to ask, "Does it cohere to the constitution and the founding principles of the country?"
I believe that you can be conservative and be pro-choice. I do. I can't think of anyone who is, and I'm sure they would be called out by some in the GOP, but conceptually, it isn't impossible. But I don't believe that you can be conservative and be pro-Roe v. Wade.
"When men fear work or fear righteous war, when women fear motherhood, they tremble on the brink of doom; and well it is that they should vanish from the earth." - Teddy Roosevelt
That's a good point, I'm pro-choice in the first trimester as Fred Thompson originally was years ago. But I absolutely oppose Roe v. Wade because it's an unconstitutional power grab by a few liberal judges. If the Founding Fathers wanted to make abortion a national right, they would have done so! If we allowed the states to decide this issue, as well as all other social issues, we wouldn't have nearly as much anger because a majority of the citizens of each state would be happy with their state's social laws and if they weren't they would have the option to move to a nearby state. Federal elections would be based on the management of the $3 trillion budget and foriegn policy instead of letting those go to hell because of abortion and whether gay people get married (which I oppose, but come on it's not even one of the top 30 most important issues!).
Southpark and others you do understand that for those who vote abortion as an issue it is because we consider the termination of a preganancy as murder! With that being the case it is non-negotiable in regards to a nominee. I too would like to see the decision returned to the states or put forward as a constitutional amendment which as my original post pointed out was one of the things I considered great about our Country, the ability to change our Constitution through amendment.
Until that occurs the murder of 1.4 millon or more Americans a year is a bigger priority issue than fiscal conservitism or foriegn policy. I'm not asking you to agree but please understand, If 1.4 millon Americans were being killed every year by anything other than abortion the public outcry would be deafening. Believing abortion to be murder how do I relegate it to a "not in the top 30 issue"? I don't want to let the fiscal or foreign policy part slide but I can't support a pro choice candidate either.
This is why I'm puzzled as to the people running as Republicans and the percentage that supports each. It doesn't seem as if the party's traditional principals are being adhered to.
You may note I didn't say RvW wasn't wrong. Nor did I say that RvW wasn't bad law. I suspect it is both wrong and bad law in fact. But I'm not a lawyer, nor am I particularly schooled in constitutional law. I can read the constititution (and have) and interpret it based on my knowledge and education and just plain common sense, but who am I to definitively say RvW is wrong or bad?
Therefore, I base my specific objection to RvW on the utterly disasterous (IMHO) side effects it's had on politics in general since it's passage, and in the Republican party in particular.
That said, I suspect the odds of it ever being overturned are slim at best. And even if it is, I suspect the pro-life activists out there may not be particularly happy with what happens after it's overturned. They should be careful what they wish for - they might get it.
We used to be the party of balanced budgets. Bush Jr - with help from Tom Delay - destroyed that. I hate that they did that - I think saddling our kids and grandkids with lots of debt is horribly immoral. I'm embarrassed with our recent record on this issue. Part of the reason I supported Perot (and I still don't regret it) was his position on the deficit. Between Newt and Clinton (of ALL people) the budget was balanced. Bush destroyed it - and other than Paul and McCain, none of the other candidates seems to care more about it. All they want to talk about are tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts. Anyone who has looked at the Laffer curve knows there is a point where tax cuts do NOT bring in more revenue. I don't want any taxes raised, but I don't want to hear about another tax cut while we are at war and are running a deficit. Cut some spending first.
Come on. Bush didn't end our interest in balanced budgets. The fact that Democrats turned 'balanced budget' into code for 'tax hike,' destroying our attempt to make it code for 'spending cut,' is what ended Republican uniformity on that issue.
Why did we let them do that? We can't cede the issue to them. I think historically the GOP has a lot more credibility on this - we need to fight for it.
And Bush was a budget-buster. No way anyone can convince me otherwise.
Does that mean you don't think Bush was a budget-buster?
I came to the conclusion that the fault was properly rested on Tom Daschle's shoulders.
to a point where taxes are cut so much that they do not bring in more revenue - & we certainly need to get there!!! Cut spending, I'm with you 100% there! A great way to start that is to shink the scope of federal government, which has not happened under Pres. Bush.


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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is officially now in service on US domestic routes, following its first international landing on American soil back in April. The state-of-the-art aircraft landed at Chicago's O'Hare airport on Sunday morning after a flight from Houston operated by United Airlines. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the plane landed almost 15 minutes ahead of schedule to an ovation from the passengers and crew.
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Catholic Democrats Attack Glendon And Run Into Father Z
Father Z plays whack-a-mole here with the attack on Mary Ann Glendon by Catholic Democrats, a group which has experienced a ferocious fisk from him before. Jay Anderson at Pro Ecclesia has some perceptive thoughts in his post "… Dollars to Doughnuts …" regarding the attacks on Mary Ann Glendon now coming from some elements of the Catholic Left.
Catholic Democrats of Ohio vs. the Catholic Bishops
Rich Leonardi (Ten Reasons) posts some particularly damning evidence as to where the Catholic Democrats of Ohio's loyalties reside on the matter of Notre Dame's honoring Barack Obama with a law degree:
In the event you are unsure which word in the group name "Catholic Democrats" is more important, this release should provide some clarity
Catholic Democrats Come to the Defense of Notre Dame
Catholic Democrats come to the defense of their leader in regard to Georgetown and Notre Dame and run into a buzzsaw named Father Z here.
Update: Good analysis of why Catholic Democrats and other Obama-philes are so concerned about the fallout from Notre Dame is given here by the always readable Damian Thompson across the pond at his blog Holy Smoke.
The Catholic Liberal Case for Sanctioning Pro-choice Politicians
I was talking with a good friend who is both a faithful Catholic and a principled progressive the other day, and she said something which (sometimes feeling mildly guilty about how politically convenient calls to sanction pro-choice Catholic politicians are for me) I had not thought of before.
"I think the bishops are partly to blame," she said, in regards to the difficulties pro-life Democrats have in getting elected. "There are so many fears of seeming like shills for the Republicans that pro-life and pro-choice Catholic Democrats get treated much the same."
I'd never thought of this, but really: what a slap in the face. If you've taken the politically difficult stand of being a pro-life Catholic Democrat in the historically Catholic-heavy regions like New England or the upper mid-west, and the Church leadership treats your candidacy exactly the same as the pro-choice Catholic incumbant you're running against, how much incentive is there to take the courageous stand?
And so we end up with this kind of situation.


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Exhibition of flower show drawing competition at Kowloon Park
Winning entries of the Nanyang Commercial Bank Student Drawing Competition of Hong Kong Flower Show 2007 are on display at the Kowloon Park Arcade until April 29.
The exhibition showcases the talents of students in arts and features impressive drawings of flowers and garden displays in the Hong Kong Flower Show 2007.
The competition held on March 16, was one of the activities of the flower show, to demonstrate students' flair and enhance their awareness of conserving plants and the natural environment.
Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the competition was in four categories - Junior Section in Primary School (Primary One to Primary Three); Senior Section in Primary School (Primary Four to Primary Six); Junior Section in Secondary School (Form One to Form Three); and Senior Section in Secondary School (Form Four to Form Seven).
Fung Chun-ling from Jockey Club Ti-I College, and Ip Pui-man from Mrs Cheng Yam On Millennium School were respective overall winners for the Secondary School Section and Primary School Section.
This year, the drawing competition attracted about 2,000 students from more than 160 schools. Apart from the exhibition at Kowloon Park Arcade, the winning drawings are also available for viewing at the department website
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Can you name a sport that people did as well in the olden days as nowadays?
My question is motivated by the films of Laurence Owen and the Dineens at the 1961 championships. (Thanks to Floskate for posting on Youtube.)
I don't mean to be irreverent, but from the glowing way the elder statesmen have reminisced about Maribel V. Owen's teaching methods and keen understanding of the technical aspects of the sport, I frankly expected more from her protégés than botched double jumps. Perhaps the shallow stroking and low leg lines were the style back then? Interestingly, the scoring (generally in the 4.5-5.0 range) seemed appropriately restrained.
As per the Olympic motto, today's top skaters are more athletic and (I know this is subjective) are more dramatic and compelling performers than their 1961 counterparts.
I wonder if there are any sports where this does not hold true.


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And there are rumors that Randy Jackson, the third and only remaining original judge, might be leaving the long-running Fox talent search.


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MILLEDGEVILLE — For nearly 55 years, a Piper J-3 Cub airplane from 1946 has hung, untouched and unused, in the rafters of the All Crane & Hoist building across the river on Highway 22 in Baldwin County.
Many never dreamed it would ever fly again, but 25-year-old Matt Tisdale had a different vision.
Through the years, the historic aircraft had become a monument, reminding residents of Tisdale's grandfather, Douglass Tisdale of Milledgeville. Several local friends and family members often reminisced about Douglass' days in the airplane as it touched the skies of Milledgeville. Similar to his grandfather, Matt also developed a love for high altitudes. Tisdale's love of flight led him on a journey to restore the classic airplane and have it soar through the sky once more.
"It took about a year and a half to complete. My logbook showed approximately 3,000 man hours I put in working on it," said Tisdale as he described the extent of his dedication to the restoration project.
For Tisdale, it was more a pleasurable experience rather than an insufferable act of work. His love for aircrafts and flying has been with him since he was a child.
"When I was a kid, I used to chase after the birds when they were flying just to try and figure out the mechanics behind how they fly," said the Athens resident.
At 13 years old, he began taking introductory flight lessons at the airport in Macon. After a few lessons, Tisdale was hooked. He reasoned, why would he pay other people to fly him when he could just fly himself? Finally, during his sophomore year at Clemson University, he earned his pilot's license.
"I was in college when I decided to restore the Piper J-3 Cub. I was visiting family and I saw the plane I heard mentioned in stories about my grandfather," he said. "I knew if my grandfather was still alive he'd like to see it in the air again."
Tisdale was no stranger to restoration, but this was the first large-scale project he had ever launched.
"I had done similar things with old boats before, but there was a lot more work that went into the plane," he said.
With his mind set, Tisdale decided to take some time off from college to restore the Piper J-3 Cub, the very same plane that his grandfather had flown.
"I estimated that I would be out for about a semester, but it turned out to be longer," said Tisdale.
To completely restore the plane to its original working condition, Tisdale took a full school year, winter and spring semester, as well as one summer semester to achieve his goal.
Although he had to take time away from his studies to work on the aircraft, it did not deter him from completing his educational career. In fact, Tisdale used the plane to travel back to college to finish up his degree requirements.
"I finished it up in January and enrolled back in school. I flew the plane to Clemson, finished up the semester and flew back with a degree in mechanical engineering," he said.
Matt had a lot of help from his family in the endeavor as well.
"I had lots of help from mom, Dianne Harper, who let me take over the garage and make it into a shop, which is now mostly yellow from all the paint overspray. My cousins, Harold Spivey, who retired from Delta overhaul department after 29 years, and his brother, Larry Spivey of Milledgeville, also pitched in a lot with their resources," he said.
Tisdale is in the process of working on another Cub at his hangar in the Thomaston Airport, which he predicts will be completed and flying in the next six months, though none will be as special as the Piper J-3 Cub.
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|The hadeeth, "Allaah says, 'neither My Heaven or My earth can contain Me, but the heart of My believing servant can contain Me.'"
Al-Ghazaalee mentioned this in his 'Ihyaa Ulum ad-Deen' with the wording, "Neither My Heaven nor My earth can contain Me, but the soft humble heart of my believing servant can contain Me".
Al-Haafidh al-Iraaqee (the Shaykh of ibn Hajr) said in his notes to 'al-Ihyaa', "I find no basis for it." And as-Suyutee agreed with him, following az-Zarkashee.
Al-Iraaqee then said, "but in the hadeeth of Abu Utbah in at-Tabaraanee there occurs, 'the vessels of your Lord are the hearts of the righteous servants, and the most beloved to Him are the softest and most tender ones'"
ibn Taymiyyah said, "it (the original hadeeth) is mentioned in the Israelite traditions, but there is no known isnaad from the Prophet (SAW) for it."
as-Sakhaawee said, agreeing with as-Suyutee, "there is no known isnaad from the Prophet (SAW), and it's meaning is that his heart can contain belief in Me, love of Me and gnosis of Me. But as for the one who says that Allaah incarnates in the hearts of the people, then he is more of an infidel than the Christians who specified that to Christ alone."
Az-Zarkashee said that one of the scholars said that it is a false hadeeth, fabricated by a renegade from the religion. He also said that at-Tabaraanee has related from Abu Utbah al-Khawlaanee from the Prophet (SAW) that, "Truly, Allaah has vessels from amongst the people of the earth, and the vessels of your Lord are the hearts of his righteous slaves, and the Most beloved of them to Him are the softest and most tender ones" [ 'Kash al-Khafaa' (no.2256)]
al-Albaanee declared the last mentioned hadeeth to be hasan (good) ['Silsilah as-Saheehah' (no.1691)]


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They all live on donuts and moose meatIn American media, Canada is a sweet, quirky and slightly backwards version of America, eh? It's as if you took everyone from Minnesota, gave them an obsession with hockey note (OK, more of an obsession), and made that an entire country, eh? Everybody's white (except the First Nations), eh, and everyone who isn't French has a Scottish note last name, eh? Canada basically consists of five distinct parts:
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Never even bring their guns to the mall!
— "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Canadian Idiot", eh?
Examples, Eh?
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Hopman Cup at Perth Arena – Day Four
Bernard Tomic of Australia looks on in the men's singles match against Andreas Seppi of Italy during day four of the Hopman Cup at Perth Arena on December 31, 2013 in Perth, Australia. Photo: Getty
Bernard Tomic is certainly taking the Hopman Cup seriously.
Australia was bundled out of the race for Perth's annual mixed-teams title by Italy on Tuesday, but Tomic says he still has plenty to get out of the event.
He is spending an unprecedented number of hours on the training court on his day off and even in the morning before matches in an attempt to be at his best for the Australian Open.
Along the way he'll defend the title that he won last summer at the Sydney International.
The Hopman Cup is the first hit-out against touring opposition for the summer.
Unfortunately for Sam Stosur, she needs a bit more time to find her feet.
After losing her singles match to world number 31 Flavia Pennetta this morning, it was her service that the Italians picked on to claim the crucial mixed doubles and the tie 6-3 6-4 – ending any hope of a home nation title victory.
Stosur was the only player to drop serve in each of the two sets.
The Australians will complete their Hopman Cup schedule against Poland on Thursday night. That team of Agnieszka Radwanska (ranked 5 in the world) and Grzegorz Panfil (288) will provide a tough challenge for Stosur and Tomic.
They are fancied to represent Group A in the final after wins already against Canada and Italy.
Although victory in this tournament is no longer possible, Tomic will continue to push himself on the training court at every opportunity under the guidance of his new coach Velimir Zovko.
Australia's highest ranked male tennis player is leaving nothing behind, on and off the court, in an attempt to be at his peak for the Sydney International and the Australian Open.
He looked down and out against Italy's Andrea Seppi in Perth on Tuesday and said he was tired due to his workload.
Seppi won the first set, then Tomic started stretching and hobbling around the court.
Fortunately, he was able to keep his serve going and benefitted from a Seppi double fault to equalise.
Australia's world number 51 then broke his more fancied opponent (ranked 25) twice in the third on his way to a 4-6 6-3 6-2 win.
"I managed to step it up," Tomic said. "Hopefully against Poland I can do it again.
"I wasn't moving well, but I hit the ball well, so that's good.
"Yeah, I just spent too much time on the tennis court yesterday, six or seven hours; a long day," he said. Then two or three hours today as well, doing some physical stuff.
"Maybe it was like a best of seven or eight [sets], if that even existed."
"I have trained as much as I could. I was very tired. It's one of the things. I have to push through this week to be ready for the Australian Open."
Stosur didn't fair as well, losing in two sets to the world number 31, Flavia Pennetta.
The Australian, ranked 18, is a notoriously slow starter to Australian summers of tennis.
She dropped four service games over the two-set loss and saved a break point in one other.
She served up three double faults in her final service game of the second set to hand Pennetta the win.
"Well, I think my serve over all wasn't too bad, but those double faults, three in one game (four for the match) when you're a set down and its four-all and a tight game; you can't be giving away easy points without making her play a shot," Stosur said.
"It was disappointing not to get a win again, but I felt I played some good tennis."


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Information about Research in Developmental Science Research Department:
Research focuses on understanding typical and atypical human development using a variety of approaches, including developmental experimental psychology, neuropsychology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience. Members of the Department make up a unique mix of developmental scientists and clinicians. Close links and collaborations exist with other groups studying Development in Research Departments within the Division of Psychology and Language Science, as well as with clinical Institutions such as the Institute of Child Health (ICH), Nuffield Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic (ENT), Institute of Ophthalmology, University College Hospital (UCH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Research facilities available to members of staff comprise state-of-the-art equipment for most behavioural research, facilities for neuroimaging (ERP, MRI), and facilities specifically designed for the study auditory and speech perception.
For more information about the Research Department, including a list of members of staff and their research interests, please see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/dev-sci
General Information about Studying for an MPhil/PhD in our Division:
The MPhil/PhD programme begins in late September for full-time students. As a research student you will be working in an active and exciting research environment, and you will be part of a lively and friendly group of graduates. You will have access to a variety of state-of-the-art facilities with accompanying technical assistance, library facilities (including access to an extensive range of e-journals) and computing facilities.
The UCL regulations require that initial registration as a research student is for the MPhil degree. As part of the programme students take a range of courses designed to equip them for research. In particular, they take a selection of research methods courses appropriate for different backgrounds, designed to help them develop key research skills, such as the ability to evaluate critically the literature in an area or to perform advanced statistical analyses. In addition students are encouraged to attend the wide range of Divisional research seminars in and around UCL.
The full-time PhD typically lasts for 3 years, including the time registered as an MPhil student, and if the thesis is not submitted within this time then students may register as Completing Research Students for 1 additional year. The Division is assessed on how many PhD students finish on time.
A research student works with a staff member who is their principal supervisor, responsible for directing their research training, and a second supervisor. Other staff members, as part of a research group, may be closely involved with their work and students are encouraged to discuss their research widely with anyone having relevant experience. The Division of Psychology and Language Sciences contains expertise on a wide range of topics, so that students usually have little difficulty in finding someone who can give good advice. The Graduate School also offers a range of skills development courses for graduate students. Many full-time research students take some part in departmental teaching by giving tutorials and/or demonstrating in practical classes; payment is made for this work.
Each Research Department has a Graduate Tutor who is in charge of academic and pastoral arrangements for MPhil/PhD students. They can provide advice, support, and if necessary action, if any problems arise with respect to research, supervision or other academic problems.
|Part-time study for a research degree
The Division offers the MPhil/PhD programme on a part-time basis, although the majority of students register on a full-time basis. The academic criteria and selection process are identical to those for the full-time PhD.
The programme of study for a part-time PhD may be completed in a minimum of 3 years; it typically lasts for 5 years, and if the thesis is not submitted within this time then students may register as Completing Research Students for 2 additional years. The Division is assessed on how many PhD students finish on time.
Candidates are expected to work no less than 50% of full-time on the PhD project for the duration of the PhD. Part-time PhD students need to demonstrate that they will be able to actively pursue the PhD project throughout the relevant period, and will have sufficient time and commitment to sustain the amount of research activity needed to complete their studies. For many part-time PhD students, the PhD project is linked to employment on a funded research project involving the supervisor.
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Research Topics within the Department of Developmental Science
|Auditory Processing and Language Skills
|Lorna Halliday
|Merle Mahon
|Rachel Rees
|Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
|Mike Clarke
|Caroline Newton
|Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Communication, Attention & Perception
|John Swettenham
|Mike Clarke
|Alex Perovic
|Cognitive Development: Causal Reasoning & Perception
|Anne Schlottman
|John Swettenham
|Deafness: Speech Processing, Language Development, Bilingualism
Merle Mahon
Rachel Rees
Mathematical Cognition and Language
Chris Donlan
|John Swettenham
|Reading and Language Skills – Developmental Disorders
Charles Hulme
Wendy Best
Lorna Halliday
|Speech Discrimination
Caroline Newton
Rachel Rees
|Speech and Language Impairment (SLI)
Wendy Best
Chris Donlan
Lorna Halliday
|Visual Development & Developmental Disabilities
John Swettenham
|Developmental Science Careers
Many students who complete a PhD in the department stay in academia, either going on to become postdoctoral researchers or research assistants, and ultimately lecturers. Some go on to further training in fields such as clinical psychology, educational psychology, consultancy or applied research. A PhD degree taken here is recognised both nationally and internationally as a qualification of the highest status.
|Funding and Scholarship Opportunities
To be admitted as a research student, applicants usually obtain a source of funding from a recognised funding body. Self-funded students will only be admitted on a full-time basis if they can provide evidence that they will have sufficient funds to support themselves for a minimum of three years.
UCL has been selected as a Doctoral Training Centre by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Division can offer a small number of ESRC funded PhD Studentships. These are available to UK/EU students only.
The Division also awards a number of Demonstratorships/Teaching Assistantships. These involve a set number of hours teaching but also allow time for MPhil/PhD study. These awards include a stipend and tuition fees for MPhil/PhD. They are open to UK/EU and International Students.
UCL also awards a small number of Graduate School Research Scholarships on a competitive basis. Students must be first nominated by the Research Department in order to apply. These Scholarships are open to UK/EU or Oversees students (full stipend, or fees only).
Other sources of funding include the UCL Grand Challenges studentship programme, The Crucible Scholarship, The Stiftung Foundation, the 4 year Welcome Scholarship. Prospective supervisors may also be able to suggests sources of funding related to their specific topic of interest.
Individual members of staff may sometimes be able to support students with the help of research funds that they have obtained from the Research Councils or from various charities or other funding bodies. In this latter case, students usually enrol on a part-time basis.
Overseas Students
There are several sources of funding available specifically for overseas students to undertake graduate training in the UK. Some funding is awarded on a competitive basis by UCL to students nominated by their Departments (e.g. UCL Graduate School Scholarships). Other sources of funding require students to apply independently, (e.g. British Council, Commonwealth, Chevening, WHO and NATO Scholarships, Government or Employers' Schemes). It is important to make early enquiries about these independent schemes (up to a year in advance).
Scholarship Opportunities
The following Research Councils have in the past funded research students in Developmental Science: ESRC, MRC. For these and other scholarship opportunities for UCL research degree programmes, please select the link below: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships/graduate
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