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Forests and Forestry
News about Forests and Forestry, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 31, 2015
Plan to raze over 90 acres of protected forest in Mexico in order to pave new highway to Mexico City airport has triggered protests from those who hold land sacred and raised concerns that administration of Pres Enrique Pena Nieto remains tainted by corruption; company building highway is owned by Juan Armando Hinojosa Cantu, longtime close affiliate of Pena Nieto who has secured at least $2.8 billion in government contracts. MORE
Jul. 23, 2015
Op-Ed article by ecologist Chad T Hanson and scientist Dominick A DellSala warns that Congressional Republicans are once again attempting to eliminate protections against logging in national forests under guise of fire prevention; argues that proposed legislation is rooted in falsehoods and misconceptions, and would expose forests to ravages of logging while doing little to reduce wildfires that are in fact natural part of ecosystem. MORE
May. 30, 2015
Op-Ed article by scientists Scott Weidensaul and Jeffrey V Wells warns Canada's boreal forest, large area important to migrating birds, freshwater supply and carbon capture, is in danger of future industrial development; holds approach outlined by Boreal Birds Need Half campaign provides responsible approach to development; urges provincial and territorial governments to collaborate in preserving landscape while it remains intact. MORE
Apr. 2, 2015
Vast 560,000-acre swath of forest in northern Florida is being put on market by owner Foley Timber and Land Company; it is largest contiguous area of undeveloped private land east of Mississippi River, and it represents opportunity for potential buyer to develop or sell development rights to largely uninhabited part of state that has never been hit by a hurricane. MORE
Apr. 1, 2015
Commodities giant Archer Daniels Midland joins growing group of major agricultural players who are promising to help conserve forests that are threatened by demand for products like palm oil and soy; will work with third-party environmental experts to assess the impact of its supply chains on forests and other areas that have high conservation value. MORE
Mar. 31, 2015
Study published in journal Nature Geoscience warns that iconic aspen forests of American West could be killed off by mid-century due to drought and heat accompanying climate change; finding adds support to growing argument that global effect of greenhouse gas emissions could be endangering forests worldwide. MORE
Feb. 13, 2015
Charlotte Forest, 1,000-acre swath of woods in Harpersfield, NY, that has been maintained by environmentally-minded Kernan family for generations, is imperiled by construction of natural gas conduit known as Constitution Pipeline. MORE
Jan. 20, 2015
Op-Ed article by Profs Don Melnick and Mary Pearl, along with policy expert James Warfield, proposes new method to save tropical forests from decimation; holds that forests' carbon reserves could be sold as offsets to greenhouse gas emitters, raising funds for their protection; observes that previous objections to method have been addressed. MORE
Dec. 24, 2014
Corporate and government leaders are making new efforts to slow, and eventually stop, the cutting of rain forests in the fight to limit risks of climate change; shift has been driven by growing environmental movement in countries with tropical forests, and by increasing pressure from Western consumers who want sustainable practices (Series: The Big Fix). MORE
Dec. 24, 2014
Maine forest rangers patrol vast areas of land looking to catch illegal tree tippers, who cut off branches of balsam fir trees without permission to sell for making Christmas wreaths; in 2013 rangers seized more than 1,400 pounds of illegally harvested tips, but suspect actual theft is far greater. MORE
Dec. 3, 2014
United States Forest Service teams with Drexel University and New York City Parks Department to collect data from Alley Pond Park in Queens as part of 'smart forest' initiative, which monitors selected woodlands across country; hope is to better understand ecology of forests and to help steer policy-making decisions on climate change and resiliency. MORE
Nov. 28, 2014
New York City's parks department has surrounded six acres of Buck's Hollow in Staten Island with eight-foot fencing intended to keep whitetail dear away; deer are relatively new presence in the area, and park officials are concerned as animals destroy undergrowth in woodlands, present hazard on roads and serve as hosts for ticks that carry Lyme disease. MORE
Nov. 28, 2014
Editorial contends murder of four indigenous Peruvian activists who stood up to unscrupulous loggers in country's rain forest is reminder that country has been one of the deadliest for environmentalists and land rights activists; urges Peruvian government to do far more to protect some of its most vulnerable citizens by helping them acquire land titles and regulating logging industry more tightly. MORE
Oct. 13, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Seamus McGraw describes hearing a terrifying sound that woke him up one night in his home in eastern Pennsylvania; claims it sounded to him like a mountain lion, which had not been seen in area forests for more than century; observes his hunt for the animal mirrored police manhunt for cop-killing sniper Eric Frein in those same woods. MORE
Oct. 4, 2014
Satellite evidence shows that Brazil's annual deforestation rate in the Amazon is climbing again after years of declines, rising 29 percent; issue has come to the fore in acrimonious presidential race between incumbent Pres Dilma Rousseff and her top rival Marina Silva. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Forest Service is preparing to auction 9.7 square miles of Tongass National Forest in Alaska for logging purposes, drawing protests and lawsuits from environmental groups; incident is latest in nation's longest-running environmental dispute, waged between preservationists focused on saving ancient forests and agency bound by politics and tradition to Alaska's loggers. MORE
Sep. 24, 2014
Some of world's largest companies, with political efforts to slow global warming moving at slow pace, are stepping into the void, declaring more support for renewable energy, greener supply chains and fresh efforts to stop destruction of world's tropical forests; forty companies sign declaration pledging to help cut tropical deforestation in half by 2020 and stop it entirely by 2030. MORE
Sep. 20, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Nadine Unger, in anticipation of carbon reduction strategies likely to be proposed at climate summit in New York City, warns large-scale increases in forest cover may actually worsen global warming; holds dark color of trees leads to increased absorption of sun's energy on planet's surface, and that trees do not permanently store carbon, but must release it; says while avoiding deforestation provides many environmental benefits, reversing global warming is not one of them. MORE
Aug. 12, 2014
Biologists are struggling to find ways to protect giant sequoias, some of world's oldest and most storied trees, from drought, forest fires and climate change threatening California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. MORE
Jul. 1, 2014
Ecologists are weighing consequences of destruction of ash forests from Minnesota to New York by emerald ash borer, an invasive Asian beetle with ability to withstand harsh winters; hope of winning battle against beetle is fading, opening up possibility of rippling effect through forest ecosystems, both urban and wild, throughout Midwest and Northeast. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Floods and storms that have ravaged Great Britain in 2014 have revealed new aspects of submerged forest of Borth on Britain's western coastline; erosion caused by changing climate has uncovered new clues as to where among cluster of prehistoric tree stumps early humans may have lived. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
Vietnam is first country in Southeast Asia to make ecosystem payments a national policy through a 2010 law that established an incentive program; farmers receive payments under program that is intended to support economic development in poor areas while protecting forest cover. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Brazil and a host of governmental and private partners agree to create a $215 million fund to expand protected areas of the Amazon rain forest by more than 34,000 square miles and to help pay for its management through 2040. MORE
Apr. 24, 2014
Scientists report in journal Nature that years of drier conditions in the Congo River basin in central Africa appear to be affecting trees in region's vast rain forests; say capacity of trees to photosynthesize has declined; suggest if trend continues a long-term result could be changes in the structure and composition of region's forests, world's largest expanse of rain forest after the Amazon. MORE
Feb. 19, 2014
Kellogg announces it will buy palm oil only from companies that do not destroy tropical rain forests to produce the additive, which is used in many processed foods. MORE
Feb. 13, 2014
Copen Journal; Honduras has become a central transfer point for drug shipments to the United States and there is more money to pay, and arm, land invaders, who strip the forest and transform the land into businesses like cattle ranching that can be used to launder drug money; communities conserving the forest, which is owned by the state, say they are losing their livelihood because of such incursions. MORE
Dec. 2, 2013
New Jersey debates how best to contend with invasion of southern pine beetle that has already devastated tens of thousands of acres in state's famous Pinelands; scientists say state has been too slow in responding to an infestation that is almost certainly the consequence of global warming. MORE
Nov. 9, 2013
Editorial calls on Pres Obama to veto Senate bill that would authorize and even require timber companies to conduct salvage logging in areas burned by forest fires; argues that practice causes significant environmental damage in already weakened ecosystems. MORE
Oct. 19, 2013
World Bank estimates that as much as 80 percent of Peru's logging exports are harvested illegally, with much of the wood ending up in products sold in the United States; efforts by environmental investigators to stop practice, which is endangering Peru's dense forests, have been hampered by bribery and reversals of prosecutors' efforts by other officials. MORE
Sep. 28, 2013
Op-Ed article by high school senior Anna Hitchcock recalls her experience studying the impact of invasive plant species on forest health during internship with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation; draws comparison between the complexities of conservation and ancient Tibetan art form known as the mandala, which symbolizes impermanence and flux. MORE
Sep. 14, 2013
Federal Judge B Lynn Winmill orders halt to more shipments of immense loads of oil field equipment through national forest in Idaho, pending a broad review of effects on the route; review will be conducted by the United States Forest Service in consultation with the Nez Perce Indians, whose tribal rights and lands near the forest route were central to judge's ruling. MORE
Sep. 13, 2013
Honduran government grants more than 7 percent of its territory to indigenous Miskito communities living on the land, initiative intended to help protect and preserve region's forests. MORE
Aug. 17, 2013
Saturday Profile column focuses on Clare Rewcastle Brown, who, through the Internet and shortwave radio, has given voice to growing concerns among Malaysians about environmental degradation; she is barred from her native country, but is calling attention to deforestation. MORE
Jul. 11, 2013
Research paper published in journal Nature suggests that trees in at least some parts of the world are having to pull less water out of the ground to achieve a given amount of growth; some scientists believe this may be direct response to rising level of carbon dioxide in the air from human emissions, though that has not yet been proved; findings complicate picture of how global warming impacts forests. MORE
Jun. 21, 2013
California marijuana growers are acknowledging that, like the industrial logging industry that preceded them, their booming business is a threat to forests whose giant redwoods preside over vibrant ecosystems; local and state jurisdictions' ability to deal with problem has been hobbled by, among other things, the drug's murky legal status that has some growers operating with state rules and others operating totally outside the law. MORE
May. 17, 2013
Indonesia approves two-year extension to landmark 2011 ban on clearing primary rain forests and peatlands; environmentalists praise move but say government must do more to curb production of greenhouse gases. MORE
May. 14, 2013
Study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicts that loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries like Brazil, which are investing billions of dollars to create power to support economic growth; report shows that extensive deforestation will leave less water in rivers to generate hydropower. MORE
Dec. 25, 2012
Plant physiologist Nate McDowell has set up facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to measure response of trees to environmental stressors and to find out precisely how and why trees die; research is prompted by tree die-offs around world and worries over global warming's effects on tree populations. MORE
Dec. 18, 2012
Recent studies suggest that mistletoe, plant that has long been thought of as detrimental to trees around it, is an important part of a forest ecosystem that helps foster biodiversity. MORE
Nov. 6, 2012
Dr David Bowman study in journal New Phytologist concludes that Australia's giant eucalyptus trees, tallest flowering plants on earth, should be classified as a species of rain forest tree. MORE
Oct. 23, 2012
David Haskell, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of the South, approaches his work with the combined sensibilities of a scientist, a poet and a Zen monk; Haskell conducted no experiments or onsite research for his book The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature, but observed a patch of Tennessee forest during a yearlong meditative study. MORE
Sep. 18, 2012
Scientists are debating wisdom of thinning forests and using prescribed burns as a strategy for preventing larger, catastrophic fires; practice is advocated by the United States Forest Service, but some ecologists and environmentalists are challenging it, citing recent research suggesting that large-scale fires may stimulate biodiversity. MORE
Aug. 3, 2012
People of Cheran, Mexico, drive out armed group of illegal loggers who had long terrorized the village and destroyed much of the nearby forests, and set up system of self-rule; residents have been allowed to govern themselves based on a legal framework established by the Mexican government called 'uses and customs' that has been granted to some indigenous communities. MORE
May. 27, 2012
Two Congressional bills take opposite sides of conservation or development on SkiLink, a proposed gondola between two ski areas in Utah's Wasatch Range; one bill would bypass some jurisdictional and environmental protections to build the gondola, while the other would preserve the same tract of Forest Service land for its 'wilderness quality' and watershed. MORE
May. 26, 2012
Brazil Pres Dilma Rousseff vetoes portions of country's new Forest Code, bill drafted to open big areas of protected forests to large-scale agriculture. MORE
May. 19, 2012
Op-Ed article by biology professor Daniel Cristol charges that the deer overpopulation is ruining migratory birds habitats, as white-tailed deer devour the forest vegetation that birds seek to nest in; asserts that Americans need to seek balance and manage public land for fewer deer to ensure healthier forests and more warbling birds each spring. MORE
May. 17, 2012
Pres Dilma Rousseff of Brazil is facing defining moment as pressure builds on her to veto a bill that would open vast protected forests to ranching and farming, potentially reversing Brazil's major gains in slowing Amazon deforestation; bill comes at a delicate time, as nation is already facing scrutiny over plans for huge energy projects in the Amazon. MORE
May. 4, 2012
Brazil deploys more than 8,500 troops to the far reaches of the Amazon rain forest in an operation aimed at cracking down on drug smuggling, gold mining and illegal deforestation; growing military presence is part of country's plan to assert greater control over its wealth of resources along the Amazon borders near Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana. MORE
May. 2, 2012
Editorial praises important environmental bill proposed by Quebec's Premier Jean Charest that seeks to protect nearly 150 million acres of forestry in northern Quebec from industrial development; says bill sets a remarkable precedent for sustainable use. MORE
May. 1, 2012
Scientists are exploring a vast expanse of fossilized trees, possibly extending as much as 100 miles underneath southern Illinois, mapping out an ecosystem from 307 million years ago; vast prehistoric landscape, formed just before the world's first great forests were wiped out by global warming, may shed new light on current climate change. MORE
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Wild Uganda Chimpanzees Using Clay as Food
Researchers studying the chimps living in the Budongo Forest says the apes are eating clay because of the destruction of local raffia palm trees.
August 4, 2015, Tuesday
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Deals Flow to Contractor Tied to Mexican President
Several recent scandals have tainted the legacy of President Enrique Peña Nieto and further eroded the public's faith in the country's governing institutions.
July 31, 2015, Friday
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More Logging Won't Stop Wildfires
It's fire season in the West, and Republicans are pushing legislation that all but gives away public forests to logging companies.
July 23, 2015, Thursday
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Brush Fire Jumps Southern California Freeway, Burning Cars
The fast-moving flames closed Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass, stranded some motorists and forced others to abandon their vehicles.
July 18, 2015, Saturday
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Pope Francis, in Ecuador, Calls for More Protection of Rain Forest and Its People
Francis declared that the country must resist exploiting natural riches for "short-term benefits," an implicit rebuke of President Rafael Correa's policies.
July 8, 2015, Wednesday
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Saving Canada's Boreal Forest
We can protect the best of the landscape now, rather than saving the tattered remains later.
May 30, 2015, Saturday
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Witnesses to Indian Loggers' Killing Dispute Police Claims of Self-Defense
Day laborers became casualties in a decades-old war over the red sandalwood, an endangered tree often targeted by smugglers.
April 14, 2015, Tuesday
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Wisconsin Agency Bans Activism on Climate
The Republican members of an agency which oversees thousands of acres of state forest voted to ban employees from working on issues related to climate change.
April 10, 2015, Friday
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Review: In 'Song From the Forest,' Louis Sarno Links Africa and America
A father-son relationship, music and the Bayaka of the Central African Republic are central to this documentary.
April 10, 2015, Friday
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560,000-Acre Swath of Florida Land Going on the Market
The largest contiguous parcel of undeveloped private land east of the Mississippi River, owned by Foley Lumber and Land, is expected to bring in $1 billion or more.
April 2, 2015, Thursday
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Still Logging in Sweet Home
The timber industry of Southern Oregon has shrunk because of environmental protection, mechanization and consolidation, leaving once-prosperous towns like Sweet Home searching for the next step.
Deforestation Increasing in the Amazon
The challenges of balancing conservation and economic development in the largest remaining area of tropical forest come into sharp relief in Brazil.
A Threat to Cambodia's Sacred Forests
In a remote valley in southwest Cambodia, an indigenous group fights to protect its homes from the looming construction of a hydroelectric dam.
How It Happens | Forest Fires
Fuel, oxygen and heat combine to start wildfires, which destroy millions of acres each year in the United States.
Redwood Poaching in California
At Redwood National and State Parks, thieves have been stealing burls, protrusions on trees that are prized for their intricately patterned wood.
Making Way for the Real Hawaii
One man's efforts would restore a part of Oahu to the days before invasive plants and animals altered the land.
Hawaiian Roots
Armed with hatchets and herbicides, Paul Zweng and his volunteers thin a forest of invasive trees one section at a time. Their mission: to return the land to its natural state.
Illegal Logging Thrives in Peru, Environmentalists Say
An investigator goes to remote areas at the western end of the Amazon rain forest.
Pirating Russia's Hardwood
Hardwood timber from Russia's Far East is being illegally cut and shipped to China to feed huge consumer demand for cheap wood products globally.
Policing the Amazon
With vast territory to cover across Peru, government authorities are working hard to fight the illegal timber trade that often goes on deep in the jungle.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Just like that, football season is over.
The Stags, Cavaliers, Wolves, Knights and Green Wave all lost in the playoffs. Goose Creek got kicked out. And Cross won. This Friday night I dont have any football games to cover, my first free Friday night in three months.
While its been darn cold at night the last two weeks, weather wise this season was a piece of cake. No rain. No tropical storms. Picturesque sunsets.
And now its over.
The Cross Trojans surprised everyone except themselves and won the Class A Div. II state championship with a 38-26 victory over McCormick. The championship is the first ever in the long history of Cross High School, and makes the Trojans 1-0 in state title games.
Cross never trailed in the game and featured this years version of The Four Horsemen in Branford Halls, Devontae Shepherd, Dionte Evans and Diamonte Evans. Shepherd and Dionte Evans each rushed for more than 1,000 yards, and Diamonte came close with almost 800 yards gained. All three return in 2013.
And these guys want another ring.
On Nov. 17, St. Johns Christian Academy played for a SCISA 8-Man football state championship and lost 58-42 in a game that took more than three hours because of all the scoring.
Berkeley lost in the second round to Socastee and looks to make a better run in 2013 with more than 40 seniors returning.
Stratford tanked after a great regular season and Summervilles high point of the year happened when John McKissick won his 600th game. They too bid an early goodbye in the playoffs.
The two perennial state championship contenders, Goose Creek and Timberland, suffered similar fates. One was on the football field, the other in the courtroom.
The Wolves fell 48-13 to Dillon again. As much as Timberland fans hate to admit it, the success of their teams season lives and dies with the Dillon game. The Wolves are 1-6 overall against the school, with last years win paving the way for their first state championship.
This year the Wildcats racked up 48 straight points in a Lower State Finals rout.
With barely 20 percent of the teams in Class AA, Div. I posting winning records, theres not a lot of opportunity to prepare for a team like Dillon. Its like the Red Sox and the Yankees, a great rivalry but an even better rivalry once Boston rose up and dethroned New York and won a two World Series.
The countdown has started already 360 days from Nov. 28 until the next Dillon game.
Which brings us to Goose Creek.
The Gators looked poised to repeat as Class AAAA Div. II state champions, rolling over the competition like Sherman on his march to the sea. Then the news broke about the use of an ineligible player and Goose Creeks season was done.
How and why has been digested more than last Thursdays Thanksgiving Dinner and Im not going to add my two cents worth. Its over.
It is what it is and such a sportsmanlike gesture will never happen again unless some rules change.
So the 2012 football season is done. Im not sure if Im ready for it to be over. What kind of TV shows are there to watch on Friday nights, anyway?
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Google is about to do a small evil for a greater good. Google has agreed to turn over data to Brazilan Government about some orkut users "that encourage racism, pedophilia and homophobia". This way, they comply with a Brazilian court order.
Google says the differences between this case and the request from the Department of Justice are the scale and the purpose.
It should be noted that US Government wanted that information "to make its defense of the Child Online Protection Act, a federal law designed to keep children from sexually explicit content on the Internet". At least, that's what they said.
And unlike DoJ's request for anonymous data, Brazilian Government wants specific information: "The Brazilian authorities are particularly interested in Internet protocol addresses with time and date stamps that can help trace a specific user. Registration information Google could provide includes names and e-mail addresses."
I don't defend the criminals, but Google should remember there's a thin line between being compliant to Government's request and breaching user's privacy. When Google has strong profiles for its users, I know some people interested to mine that information.
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CRESTVIEW — Nobody could blame the Crestview softball team for giving up before the season started.
The Bulldogs started the week with their third coach since the preseason. But instead of folding the tent and calling it a season, the girls have rallied together and pushed forward.
The Bulldog pride was on display Thursday night as Crestview beat Walton 9-3 in their home opener.
Kathy Combest, who has coached the team all of a week, was quick to give credit to her team for pushing through the adversity.
"What I told the girls my first day was, 'Y'all have been playing this game your whole lives. You just know how to play it.
"'Coaches are there just to guide you and help you pretty much, but you girls make every play. Us don't coach don't hit or field or throw, y'all do it all. If you just have the mentality it's all about the team you will be alright."
Team Bulldogs got a big boost from pitcher Kristin Bufkin. Bufkin struck out 10 Walton batters and limited the Braves to five hits.
With Bufkin pitching on cruise control through the first four innings the only thing the Bulldogs (2-0) were lacking were runs.
That changed in the bottom of the fourth when Crestview managed to manufacture four runs without getting a hit. Aggressive base running by the Bulldogs coupled with poor fielding by the Braves led to the big inning.
Kayla Kelch led off the Bulldog fourth by striking out, but when the ball got past Walton catcher Teresa Herndon on the third strike Kelch took first and headed for second as Herndon's throw sailed into right field.
Taylor Rolison was next and she was safe on an error that allowed Kelch to score from second base. Rolison later scored as did Amber Bell, who reached on a walk, and Ragan Sowell, who was safe on one of three Brave errors in the inning.
A bit of sloppy fielding and misplayed balls by the Bulldogs coupled with a couple of timely hits allowed the Braves to score three runs in the top of the fifth. A Ravin Motley double drove in two Braves runs.
With one out it looked as if Walton was threatening to score some more, but Bufkin shook off the rough spot and struck out the last two batters of the inning to escape further damage.
After being held hitless for four innings the Bulldogs finally found the gaps in their last two at bats connecting for seven hits.
Crestview put the game out of reach with a 5-run sixth inning.
Kelch had the big blow of the inning, a two-run triple to score Kylene Day and Molly Woodward. Kelch scored on a Rolison hit.
The Bulldogs even managed to pull off a double steal in the inning as Rolison stole home on the back end of the play.
Kelch and Rolison each had two hits to pace the Bulldog attack. Woodward, Bufkin and Bell also had hits for Crestview.
The Bulldogs return to action Tuesday when they host Baker.


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This is an amazing analogy that you've drawn together between universal need and universal provision, it's implications on the deficiencies of the religious systems of our day, and the rising cost of inflation that seems to ever keep provision out of people's hands which could be analogous to the growing philosophies of men who are ever learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Every attempt to meet man's need with methods short of the Gospel of Grace only depletes mankind universally. It multiplies skepticism and despair. And yet religion attempts to explain away our need for Jesus Christ to be the Saviour of the world, or how Jesus Christ is the Saviour of the world without ever, in fact, really saving the entire world -- all the while devising other coping methods and pseudo-provisions from the fallen intellect of mankind that's ever learning and never able to come to an acknowledgement of the Truth. The costs of living rise decade by decade and the burden imposed upon us by taxation is analogous to the burdens that our religious institutions are to the human condition while they're denying the evangel of the glory of the happy God, as 1Timothy 1 calls it in the Concordant Literal New Testament.As Abraham Lincoln, the great Christian Universalist of the 19th century, and a former U.S. President said, "Jesus Christ is either Lord and Saviour of all, or He's not Lord and Saviour at all."


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Museum Launches McFarlane Retrospective Same Weekend
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Todd McFarlane is slated to be a guest of honor at New York Comic-Con, February 24-26, 2006 at the Jacob Javits Center. In addition, he will participate in a panel discussion with other artists and industry experts, and will be present for as-yet-unscheduled autograph signing sessions. The McFarlane Companies will have a strong presence at the convention, with members of the Spawn creative team manning an exhibit booth, visiting with attendees and showcasing upcoming product releases.
McFarlane's Comic-Con appearance coincides with his February 24th attendance at an exclusive preview reception hosted by New York Comic-Con at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) of a retrospective exhibit showcasing McFarlane's art and career. The multimedia exhibit will include original artwork and artifacts from private collections and the McFarlane Company archives including original comic art pages, animation cels, character designs and layouts, as well as toy designs and prototypes. The official opening of the exhibit will be held the following night, Saturday, February 25 and is scheduled to be open to the public through May 1, 2006.
"We're honored to be hosting this anthology of Todd McFarlane's career," says Greg Topalian, group vice president in charge of Launch Pad for Reed Exhibitions. "He has been a driving influence not only in comics, but in the arenas of toys, television, feature film and music video. The MoCCA exhibit will present convention-goers with a wonderful and rare opportunity to see Todd's extraordinary art and to meet him in person."
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Mount Airy native and actress Anna Wood is once again in the spotlight, garnering national attention on an NBC prime time drama.
Wood, who noted with a laugh that "a lady never reveals her age," is scheduled to make her first appearance Monday night on the drama "Deception," set to air at 10 p.m.
Contacted in Los Angeles, where she and her husband, actor Dane DeHaan, are splitting their time between there and New York, Wood said she will be portraying Nichole Frishette.
"She is a writer and reporter for a gossip magazine," Wood said. "She follows pretty closely the family affected by the death that happened in last week's first episode."
The actress described her character as the stereotypical intrepid reporter.
"She's an eager beaver who wants eventually to be the next Oprah," she said. "But she's having a real hard time getting past the entry-level job she's working. She's well intentioned and very helpful, but sometimes her enthusiasm backfires and she can mess some things up."
Wood, the daughter of Bert and Mary Beth Wood, said she is expecting a reoccurring role on the show.
"They kind of let me know when they need me in time for filming," she said. "I'm not going to be a regular cast member, it will just be a reoccurring role."
She said logistics provide the most challenge with the role.
"The biggest thing is that I live in Los Angeles but they shoot it in New York," she said. "I've been burning up the skies and staying with friends in New York a lot."
And performing with such a large cast is also a new challenge.
"There is a lot of different story lines going on in the show, and half the cast I've never even met," she said. "And much of what is going on on the show I really don't know, because it doesn't affect my story lines. I'm discovering it along with the audience."
Wood said she often watches her performances when they air, but noted that even without appearing on the show she'd be a fan.
"I'll certainly be watching it. It's pretty addictive," she said. "I always like to watch my work because I can always learn something, but with Deception, I could see it being a real guilty pleasure."
She previously has appeared in the theatrical film "Nice Guy Johnny," which came out in 2010, and also is in the cast for another upcoming movie, "Negative Space." Additional acting credits include episodes of the TV shows "Mad Men," "Royal Pains," "Cold Case" and "Brothers & Sisters."
Her dramatic interests were hatched in Mount Airy through community theater involvement with the Surry Arts Council.
Wood initially attended Mount Airy High School before transferring to North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem to complete her high school education in 2004.
She also continued her college career at that institution, receiving a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2008, where DeHaan was a classmate.
After dating since 2006, Wood and DeHaan married in Mount Airy in June.
She said she always remembers home.
"North Carolina, and Mount Airy in particular, is still my favorite part of the world," she said.
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Voters appeared to soundly say "no" to the county-wide referendum asking if they preferred to change the form of government from council-administrator to council-manager, according to unofficial numbers.
With two precincts unreported as of press time, 61.7 percent of Aiken County voters voted "no" to change the form of government while 38 percent voted "yes." "No" votes garnered 29,152 votes out of the total 47,232 vast. "Yes" votes garnered 18,080.
Absentee votes had not been counted by press time. Results from the two precincts not yet reported are not expected to be counted and released until sometime Wednesday, according to an Aiken County Election official.
If the majority of votes were "yes" votes, the change in form of government would have meant the county auditor and treasurer would no longer be elected, but appointed.
"Early on I suggested the referendum would not pass county-wide because people would not give up their right to vote. I am pleased the voters of Aiken County realized what was at stake and voted accordingly," said County Council Chairman Ronnie Young.
Voter Cleve Walker said Tuesday he voted "yes" on the referendum.
"Trying that model (council-manager) may be more efficient," he said.
First-time voter Ben Hepner voted "no."
"I like the way the government is run now," he said.
Councilman Scott Singer lobbied for the change for a while, saying that no organization responsible for the amount of money Aiken County handles would permit someone without relevant accounting skills or experience to act as treasurer.
Currently, the only qualifications a treasurer and auditor must meet are that they be at least 18 years old and live in Aiken County. Any change to those qualifications would reportedly have to come from the state legislature.
"I obviously knew this was going to be an uphill battle. Change is difficult," Singer said. "I look forward to working with Charles Barton as auditor and whoever the treasurer is. I do think it's ludicrous that there are no qualifications for someone who handles millions and millions of dollars."
Incumbent treasurer Linda Sharpe will complete her term in office, which expires June 2013, then retire. Auditor Cyrus Spradley retired earlier this year.
"I hope the referendum sends a message to the state that there are only things only they can do," said County Councilwoman LaWana McKenzie. "I heard from people that they would like to elect those people, but there need to be qualifications."
York and Greenwood are the only two counties out of South Carolina's 46 that appoint their auditor and treasurer.
"I am relieved at that (the referendum's failure) because I feel those people should be elected," said treasurer hopeful Debra Folk.
Treasurer hopeful Jason Goings said, "I knew it would fail. I don't know why anyone would worry about that."
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This morning I wrote that I agreed with what NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported about the Cardinals; that they were very pessimistic the Niners would ever trade Alex Smith to a division rival.
That column had the shelf life of day-old bread. Right after it posted, the Niners traded Smith to the Chiefs.
Clearly the Cardinals don't benefit from the move�on multiple levels. I'm not sure they were ever on the Niners' list, but clearly, they're off it now. San Francisco now has 15 draft picks (three coming from expected compensation picks), the latest of which was acquired for what was essentially a spare part in Smith. It gives them tremendous flexibility moving forward.
I wouldn't have wanted the Cardinals to attempt to top the Chiefs' offer. Smith is a good quarterback, but I look at him more as a product of his environment. He had a lot of talent around him in San Francisco. Maybe he'll be a perfect fit in Kansas City. I suspect he'll be�OK.
So what's next for the Cards?
As much as I hate to admit it, I'm beginning to give more and more though to Gambo's idea about Ryan Mallett. Tom Brady is clearly not going anywhere, so Mallett really isn't being groomed for any type of promotion. He's got the cannon arm Bruce Arians has implied he's looking for. By sheer osmosis, whatever attitude problems he had coming into the draft should have been cured by hanging with Brady. The Patriots only have five draft picks this year so they'd be looking to add. Oh, and Cards personnel man Jason Licht was employed by New England when they drafted Mallett.
If you're going to select a quarterback with your 2nd or 3rd round pick anyway, can you get one who is better than Mallett? In this draft? Questionable at best.
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"I'm a Mormon, Not a Christian"
Lisa Fullam June 18, 2012 - 2:10pm
So said David V. Mason in an edgy op-ed in the NYT last week. His point was theological: that Mormons are theologically as different from Christians as Christians are from Jews. Further, he looks to the day when Mormonism might be recognized as a fourth Abrahamic religion, an opinion he shares with Richard D. Land, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.He's got a point. Mormonism is henotheistic, not Trinitarian-monotheistic, and any good Mormon boy can go on to become God of a new place if he so desires. (Girls can't. Of course.) God, then, was once an ordinary dude, and still has a body, as it says in Doctrine and Covenants, The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as mans (130.22).To believe in Jesus' divinity doesn't really cut it as a means of defining Christians, either, unless you'd like to include any number of Hindus who affirm Jesus' status as an avatar of Visnu, a physical manifestation of divinity. Is considering Jesus the "Son of one God among many" close enough?
On moral matters, especially concerning family and personal behavior, Mormon doctrine tracks closely with conservative Christianity. The combined magisterial/Mormon opposition to same-sex marriage was a powerful advertising force in the push for California's Prop. 8. The tack of mainstream Mormonism today is to cast the faith as a type of evangelical Christianity.This stance of non-Christianity isn't uniform among Mormons, to be sure. As Mason notes: "My Mormon fellows, most of whom will argue earnestly for their Christian legitimacy, will scream bloody murder that I dont represent them. I dont. They dont represent me, either."Identity questions seem to be the ur-issue of the day. Do you have to affirm Nicea/Constantinople to be Christian? How about Chalcedon? Do you have to affirm seven sacraments to be Catholic, or is two enough, (since Lutherans, inter many alia, affirm the Nicene creed's affirmation of the "one holy catholic and apostolic Church")? More neuralgically at present, must one actively oppose contraception, same-sex marriage and women's ordination to be Catholic? Must one embrace Vatican II, or is agreement on the hot-button issues enough, a la SSPX?The power-question here is who gets to decide. Certainly in the early Church there was a faction that saw themselves as a reform movement within Judaism, perhaps not totally unlike the "Jews For Jesus" today. Arguably, Jesus began his ministry as a Jewish-only movement, but changed his self-understanding when he ran into people of faith who weren't Jews, most notably the Canaanite woman, the Samaritan woman at the well, and the Centurion. Paul also moved in a Gentile-inclusive direction, and brought the tradition with him.Myself, I'm a big-tent person, inclined to err on the side of people's considered self-understanding, dialogue, and "in all things, charity." Dialogue doesn't mean that important issues like Trinity and Christology are thrown under the bus, to be sure, but that we begin with what unites us, not what divides us.Your thoughts?
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Well, the word Christian was in use long before the Nicene Creed (or the dogma of the Trinity) existed. If people of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints want to self-identify as Christians, it seems to me Christ is featured prominently enough in their religion that I think they have a perfectly reasonable case. When Jesus said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel," he couldn't have been mistaken, could he? The fact that he had positive encounters with some Gentiles doesn't seem to me to change the nature of his intended mission. Jesus was a Jew. His first followers were Jews and kept the Law. Ironically, it didn't take very long for the Christian community to morph into not merely a Gentile movement, but an anti-Semitic one. More neuralgically at present, must one actively oppose contraception, same-sex marriage and womens ordination to be Catholic? No, but one must be prepared to take some heat for dissent on such issues. Must one embrace Vatican II . . .Yes. And, of course, the Catechism of the Catholic Church. :P
To the best of my knowledge, Paul never referred to Jesus's encounters with non-Jews as a justification for his own mission to the Gentiles.
I appreciated the honesty of that article but have not discussed it with my Mormon acquaintance. not sure I will...Indeed, I have only read some of those books that are more confessional exposes, and I likewise think of big tent for self-definition." Still, the henotheism is a challenging dimension for those who want to speak of being a "Christian." I think of Jefferson's remarks and Gandhi's.... and wonder how much difference it makes in the way of living- not in the motivation and beliefs - but where the rubber hits the road. I remember my biology professor asking " Is there order in the field? Does it matter?" The "always questions"...Does the taxonomy of religion mean much in the application or the living of one's life on this planet? Yes, but how?
Lisa, I enjoyed that op-ed very much. Glad you decided to post about it. I think Mormons should be much more forthright about their beliefs. I think if Bishop Romney, e.g., were to explain what the future holds for Mormons, many converts would flock to join him and Ann in the Church. I think Heavenly Mother would attract many women to the religion. I also think Catholics who read some of the Short Topics, e.g., on the ex-Mormons board, might be surprised to see how much they have in common with Mormons. http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon_shorts.htm
One other point of info: the Catholic church accepts the validity of baptisms of most denominations that describe themselves as Christians, but it doesn't recognize the validity of Mormon baptisms.
The Bible may be the best selling book of all time, but The Book of Mormon is the biggest hit on Broadway.
"By their fruits you will know them" Jesus said. Not by their dogma. For Jesus believing in him meant to preach the gospel to the poor and the downtrodden and one was to love neighbor even if she was an enemy like the Samaritans. The church of dogma triumphed at least with the hierarchy so much so that dogma became more important than the gospel. Historically the christological questions have been power centered. A Christian must accept Jesus as coming from God but not with all those doctrinal twists that even theologians have no idea what they are talking about.
I am one practicing Latter-Day Saint who takes great exception to David Mason's article, and said as much in a Letter to the Editor that was published the next day by the New York Times.Mormons believe that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. We believe that no one comes to the Father except through Christ. He is the vine, we are the branches. Mormons believe that Jesus is our Savior. With these fundamental precepts, I would be aghast at the thought of abandoning the title of "Christian", because Christ it the name by which I would most like to be known. Indeed, each Sunday during the Lord's Supper ("Sacrament") in LDS meetings, Mormons covenant to take the name of Christ upon them, and to remember Him always. David Mason's "edgy", sarcatic barbs against traditional Christianity are unfair and unfounded. There is far more that unites Latter-Day Saints and traditional Christians than divides us. As a practicing Mormon, I recognize and celebrate the faith and good works of non-Mormon Christians. My life would be poorer without the writings of C. S. Lewis and Frederick Buechner and the examples of Mother Teresa and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, as well as the words and deeds of countless other fellow Christians outside my denomination. True, there are theological differences between Mormons and each non-Mormon Christian denomination. (Given the number of Christian denominations, there are clearly a large number of theological differences between those denominations, as well!) But I would not label as "non-Christian" my Catholic and Protestant and Evangelical friends who seek, above all, to follow Christ, nor will I stand silently by while someone tries to label as "non-Christian" the religion of Mormonism which, above all, seeks to follow Christ.
Doug, thanks for that thoughtful post. You noted that your life would be poorer without C.S. Lewis, Buechner, Mother Teresa and Bonhoeffer.What Mormom writings, in your opinion, might non-Mormons benefit from reading? I'm not thinking so much of the Book of Mormon, but books by Mormons about leading a Christian life?
Early in Mason's op-ed piece he writes the following:
For the curious, the dispute can be reduced to Jesus. Mormons assert that because they believe Jesus is divine, they are Christians by default. Christians respond that because Mormons dont believe in accordance with the Nicene Creed promulgated in the fourth century that Jesus is also the Father and the Holy Spirit, the Jesus that Mormons have in mind is someone else altogether.
I'm not sure what's worse: that an apparently well-educated Mormon thinks the Nicene Creed says Jesus is the Father and the Holy Spirit, or that the editors at the Times did not detect a problem with this formulation.
I had a Mormon freind in high school and I was surprised to hear some of what she believed, like that people could become the gods of othe planets or that Jesus was an angel. There was a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment at one time - you can see it in some of the literature, like Riders of the Purple Sage - but given the fight over polygamy, I guess that's not surprising.
Jean:My favorite LDS author is the late Lowell Bennion. Unfortunately, all of his books are out-of-print, but can be found on eBay or Amazon for reasonable prices. "The Things that Matter Most", "Jesus the Master Teacher" and "The Best of Lowell Bennion" are all recommended.Jim Faulconer, a professor of philosphy at BYU, has a regular column on Patheos.com, which I find illuminating.Lastly, Mormons have semi-annual "General Conference", in which authorities of the Church provide sermons, many of which would be inspiring and comforting to the spiritually-inclined of any denomination.Most recently, Dieter Uchtdorf gave a beautiful sermon (Mormons call them "talks") on mercy. It can be found here: http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2012/04/the-merciful-obtain-mercy?... . While all sermons are not created equally, I usually find at least a few talks each General Conference that are life changing in their beauty and their call for me to live a life of genuine Christian discipleship. (Another talk by Elder Dallin Oaks -- http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/teachings-of-jesus?lang=eng -- goes into detail about the Mormon view of Christ.)Since you were so gracious to ask of me, let me send the question back to you! What writings would ~you~ recommend to Mormons about leading a Christian life?
DougThank you Read anything by Henri Nouwen. For theology try, Karl Rahner , Walter Bruggeman, Anthiony deMello (though some may dispute that), or go to the mystics - Cloud of Unknowing, John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Meister Eckhart, Julian of Norwich, Hildegarde of Bingen, St. Threse of Lisieux... or the novels of Bernanos, Lewis, Percy, or many others. On a very popular level (not grat literature, but entertaining on Catholic themes, novels of Andrew Greeley and his more spiritual/ theological works are helpful as are those of Eugene Kennedy) It strikes me that your favorite reference is out of print. Would you e in minority that shared thaat opinion therefoer? What "accessible spitrituality or novels or theology would be more recognizable and widely shared?
I forgot Richard Rohr.. You'd find good theology to chew on and practical application... and I'm appreciating Cynthia Bourgeault.
To say that the historic creeds are (only?) exercises of power is the worst kind of reductionism. After all, they developed out of the interrogatory creeds of baptism (the nicene creed most likely adapted into prose statements an ancient creed most likely used in Jerusalem). The constitute the Rule of Faith and exercise the benchmark (the "canon") of apostolic preaching.
Thanks, Dr, Cunningham.. well said.. I know that personally hadn't said that, but my statement was admittedly reductionistic in tone. though you may hae been addressing others.DougThis isn't the forum to engage a long dialogue ab out some parts of Mormon beleifs that are more difficult for myself and many to appreciate in more common Chrsiitan experience and I surely do not want to disparage your customs and beliefs. However, based on the book "Leaving the Saints" and some of the critical commentaries on it on Amazon,I am still struggling with theh beliefs about artricles of clothing, marraiges sealed for eternity, and many other dimensions (like the aforementiioned becoming gods on other planets). Is there a good work for non-Mormons that addresses these as well the whole concept of secret rituals and beliefs without disclosing them against one's faith?
And we know there is at least one group of Mormons who can really sing. Hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing religious music, either alone or in concert with great voices such as that of the wonderful Norwegian soprano Sissel, is in IMO a truly transcendental experience.
David:The following link answers most of your questions:http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101#C15
I had a Mormon freind in high school and I was surprised to hear some of what she believed . . . I had a college roommate who saw my copy of America Magazine that had just arrived, which had flames on the cover, and he said, "Oh yes, Jesuits worship fire."
@lc: So I infer you regard the creeds as defining who counts as Christian. Will you then toss Mormons out of the fold? What about non-creedal Christian groups like Congregationalists? My point was that who gets to decide who counts as Christian is an exercise of power. I have neither rejected the creeds nor have I reduced them to such. Indeed, they are one spot where one could draw a bright line dividing Christians from non-Christians, precisely because of the history you note. Another might be affirming the divinity and sonship of Jesus, as many Mormons do. Another might be baptism in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Picking that bright line is a power question, isn't it?
When you believe that a virgin a baby, never say that you're surprised when you hear what others believe.
And I'm checking my sources--here's this from the UCC website: "The UCC has roots in the "covenantal" traditionmeaning there is no centralized authority or hierarchy that can impose any doctrine or form of worship on its members. Christ alone is Head of the church. We seek a balance between freedom of conscience and accountability to the apostolic faith. The UCC therefore receives the historic creeds and confessions of our ancestors as testimonies, but not tests of the faith."So the historic creeds are all listed on the website, but they are not definitive of at least this family of the Congregational heritage.
Doug et al: Here's a good source for 10 different Lowell Bennion books at very reasonable prices (yes, they are used) ....http://www.addall.com/New/submitNew.cgi?query=lowell+bennion&type=Author...
Lisa:You raise some very important question. In the final analysis, Christ holds the only vote that matters when it comes to the power question of who is ~really~ a Christian. Not to trivialize doctrine or dogma, but acts of love and mercy seem to be key, and are probably of greater importance to Christ than clever (and perhaps even correct) theology. (Matt 25:40).
And to my knowledge, that passage from Mt 25 contains the only criteria for salvation in the NT.
Jimmy Mac: Thanks for tracking down the Bennion books. Of the ones listed, "How Can I Help?", "I Believe", "Jesus the Master Teacher", "The Best of Lowell Bennion" and "The Things that Matter Most" would probably be of greatest interest to Commonweal readers.By way of clarification, General Conference addresses are the most accurate reflection of current LDS homiletics. Many are soul-stirring, at least to these ears.
Only two weeks ago at a Georgetown forum two eminent ecumenists told Sally Quinn of the WashPost that Mormons were not Christians--the Trinity being the matter under discussion. The audience seemed to agree, not sure about Sally Quinn.
Doug,David N seems to be saying that my understanding (gained from a high school Mormon friend) that Mormons believe Jesus was an angel, that people can become gods after death, is on a par with his friend believing Jesuits worship fire. Could you please explain more about whar Mormons believe about the person of Jesus and about the afterlife? Thanks.
Crystal:To answer your question, we should probably first clarify whether Jesuits worship fire (or not) . . . re: Jesus: He is the Son of God, the Savior of the world. To paraphrase Blaise Pascal, He showed us the way of perfection, and never before or since has anyone done anything so divine. (See also: http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2011/10/teachings-of-jesus?lang=eng .)re: "gods after death": see the aforementioned ldsnewsroom link: http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101#C15 .
Doug,Thanks for the links - very informative.
Margaret:Had I been present at such a forum at an alma mater, I would have wanted to press the questions: (a) what does it mean to be a Christian?; and (b) who gets to decide?If being a Christian means adhering to a certain version of the Trinity, than my adolescent response would be "says who?" Jesus' own apostles often seemed unclear as to who Jesus was, and yet they loved Him and sought to follow Him and looked to Him for salvation. They were Christians. The unnamed sinful woman who came to Jesus for healing undoubtedly had no clue as to the theological construct of the Trinity, and yet her sins were forgiven her. See Luke 7:36-50. And as Lisa pointed out, Matthew 25 suggests that Christians are those who go about Christ's business of loving and healing others. What is wrong with this definition?: "A Christian is someone who, above all, looks to Jesus for guidance and healing and inspiration and forgiveness and salvation." I like this better than "A Christian is someone who believes precisely what I believe about Christ."
Christian New: Mason's version of Mormonism may, to him. seem as different from modern Christianity as did early Christianity to Judaism. My Mormonism bears great similarity to many key aspects of modern Christianity, most distinctly the belief that Jesus is the long-awaited Messiah who brings victory over sin and death. Why would I want to distance myself from fellow Christians when we share this essential conviction? To be sure, we have our differences. But we both sing "Christ the Lord is Risen Today", and that shared song of praise is no small thing . . .
I have to say I find the proposition of viewing Mormonism as a new religious tradition to be refreshing. Mormonism is much more akin to Islam than present-day Christianity. Just as Islam is impossible to separate from Muhammad, Mormonism is woven completely into the story of Joseph Smith. Whereas mainstream Christian churches will quite unabashedly declare a living and active savior who is the sole mediator between God and man, this is not so with Mormonism. Joseph Smith is an essential part of their equation. Just as no Muslim can claim hold to his faith without a personal embrace of Muhammad, you cannot be a Mormon without accepting Joseph Smith, Each religion claims to point to their god, but each has a very specific and required gateway through the person of their founding prophet. If you can't or won't accept their founding prophet, you cannot be a part of their faith. And there's the rub. Joseph Smith is not an ancient figure with centuries of folklore built up around him. He's a man from our country's own infancy and a well documented man at that. For many, this documentation slams the door of his peculiar path to salvation. Though his own church is reticent to declare it, Joseph Smith had a number of very troubling characteristics. You may need to ask an ex-Mormon to learn these things. In fact, in the asking, you may learn why they choose to become and "ex." Many of these folks had unanswered questions and sought out truths that are excluded from all the church's public manuals. One of the more obscure truths is how Joseph Smith delivered the Book of Mormon using a magical seer stone. He would place the stone in a hat and then put his face in the hat. He claimed the words of the golden plates would magically appear to him in the seer stone. And since the stone was the actual source of the Book of Mormon, the famous gold plates that are claimed as its source were seldom even in the room at the time Smith created the book he claimed was inscribed on them. So, how do you translate ancient texts without even having the texts in the room? You use a seer stone in a hat. And Smith used the same seer stone he had earlier used to hire himself out to neighbors claiming the stone would locate buried treasure on their land. Further investigation reveals more troubles. Smith's practice of polygamy started in the 1830's before he told his wife or any close associates that God had revealed it. There no real way to differentiate between his practice of polygamy and simple adultery. He was a married man seeking relationships with other women. And we learned that of his 33 or so wives, 11 were mere teenagers and 11 were already married. Yes, he went to the wives of some of his closest associates and told them God had commanded that he take them as plural wives despite their vows already in place to their current husbands. And this is the man we must all accept as a holy and living prophet before the saving power of their version of Jesus can truly have a full impact upon our lives. More and more people are saying, "not for me."So, let's grant the Mormons their right to embrace this man just as we make all religions lawful in our land. But let's not confuse this with Christianity, because it's really quite different. For those seeking to learn more about Mormonism, I'd recommend examining three sources: 1. Find a faithful Mormon who is active in the church and loves it. Ask them about their faith. See if they're aware of Joseph's seer-stone-in-the-hat method of translation or about his wives. Also visit the church's websites at mormon.org and lds.org. 2. Visit a website created by Mormons who see flaws in their church and are seeking to reform it. Their website is at MormonThink.com. 3. Visit a website created by former Mormons. Find out why they left and what's their gripe with the church. utlm. org is a good one. After you visit all 3 decide for yourself what is true. This is called "free agency" and the church teaches that everyone should exercise it.
I recommend Jon Krakauer's book, "Under the Banner of Heaven". The description of Mrs. Joseph Smith's reaction to his "revelation" concerning polygamy is particularly interesting.
The discussion has turned from sincere dialogue to the lampooning of my faith, at which point I must regretfully bow out. Thanks to all the previous good faith inquiries, and thanks for the reminder about Nouwen.In closing . . . A Latter-Day Saint baby's journey begins with a Father's blessing, given to him/her "in the name of Jesus Christ." At 8, a child is baptized "in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." Thereafter, all Latter-Day Saints make weekly covenants while partaking of the Lord's Supper/Sacrament, in which we covenant with God to take upon ourselves the name of the Son, and always remember Him, and keep His commandments. We pray often, always in the name of Jesus Christ, and always with an awareness that He is the light by which we should see all things, and that as we repent, our sins are washed clean by His precious blood. We strive to be holy. We fall short. We look to Christ to wash us clean when we stumble in the mire. We try to love as He loves us, and try to serve as He serves us. We seek to be kind, as He is kind.Joseph Smith is not our Lord, nor is he our savior. Neither is Paul nor Peter nor Moses nor Abraham. We look to all of these prophets as instruments in the hand of God, but each was, like us, in need of a Savior, and that Savior is Christ.I was educated in a Catholic high school, where I was taught by the Christian Brothers, some of whom were among the truly great Christians that I have ever encountered. I will forever be grateful to the Catholic Church for the good that they do, and the great love that they show for Christ. Peace of Christ to you.
Lisa Fullam:"My point was that who gets to decide who counts as Christian is an exercise of power."No, it is an exercise of authority. If you can't tell the difference between authority an d power, I am sorry for you...
"And to my knowledge, that passage from Mt 25 contains the only criteria for salvation in the NT."This is the truth. Not reductionism. More telling, Jesus declared how precarious a path theologians tread when he said: "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants." Theologians and philosophers, as Bishop Sheen used to say, try to complicate simple things. Very few of them have that child like attitude that Jesus noted is necessary. Augustine is highly touted in the church because of his abundant writing and flowery language. Yet he made crucial errors. Especially in approving of the forcing of conversion. This is a profoundly clear example of the stress of dogma over the Christian Way.
DougI didn't know your background with the Catholic Church and the Chrisitan Brothers, so you are familiar with many of those, I assume... My last post on this thread also... Peace and blesssings to you and may we each and try to live "imitatio Christi..."
Re: C. Lancellotti's clarification: yes, there is a difference between power and authority. Or there should be. Authority is about learned expertise and/or actual experience. Whereas power is about having the connections to marshall institutional enforcement.However, the scientific views of academic experts ("authorities") for example, regarding the evidence for evolution or for same-sex orientation as being innate, are secondary to the reality of power. As are the first-hand experiences of the mystics. Or the first-hand experiences of those who work directly with the consequences of the current global econopathy. Technical arguments like those regarding the nuances of the Nicene and Chalcedonian creeds are theological constants. That Trinitarian business is notoriously difficult to define precisely. So pinning down who "is" or "is not" a Christian quickly devolves into a matter of barriers essentially determined by power.Makes L. Fullam's point that "Mt. 25:40 contains the only criteria for salvation in the NT" all the more poignant. The answer
Rafi SImonton:by reducing authority to a matter of "expertise" you are forgetting the charismatic dimension, which is the only one that truly matters in this context.
Carlo Lancellotti: as you say, reducing authority to expertise is a serious mistake. It runs counter to the whole tradition as far back as Matt. 7:28, which distinguishes the teaching of Jesus, based on "exousa," precisely from the teaching of experts (in this case the scribes). On the other hand, separating expertise from charisms entails cross-classification, since both expertise and pastoral authority may properly be regarded as charisms, in the very broad sense used by Paul. Moreover, when the Spirit speaks to us we are all free, whether popes or pew-warmers, to mishear the message --and history shows all too clearly that we have done so repeatedly. Meantime power is exercised, for better or for worse.
I have read dotcommonweal for years, but I have never felt as strong a need to comment as I do today. Why? Because I'm mystified that no one has pointed out that the creeds tell us what constitutes Christian orthodoxy, not what constitutes Christianity itself. A Christian is anyone who believes in the Lordship of Jesus (Mt 16:16), that Jesus is the anointed one of God. An orthodox Christian is one who, besides assenting to the foundational claim that Jesus is the Christ of God, believes in the statements that are found in the creeds. Mormonism does not belong to Christian orthodoxy, but it does belong to Christianity.
Julian Irias:I agree, but the historically more relevant aspect, in my opinion, is that in our age authority is identified with power tout-court. That is what motivated my original post.
Lisa F:I do not wish to throw anyone out of Christianity. My only point is that the Rule of Faith is a benchmark against which one measures fidelity to the apostolic preaching.
"Mormons were not Christiansthe Trinity being the matter under discussion .."That makes them not Trinitarians (like many if not all Unitarians, at least those who profess some vestige of Christianity) - but does that mean they are not Christians?I visited with Mormon missionaries for a long time in my college days (a girl was involved; hence the motivation) and ultimately found their theology a bit too wierd for my tastes. Of course, I was attending a Jesuit university at the time, so admit to a bit of bias.
JM: I was sitting in the audience waiting for a bus, so what do I know? But my impression was that First and Third Person are missing from Mormon beliefs. I only passed on the story because these ecumenists seemed both sympathetic to Mormons and sympathetic to what constitutes Christianity.
CL: I'll forego the academese and speak as the blue collar worker that I am. My point was NOT to "reduce authority to expertise." Which is why I referred to the first-hand experience of mystics. And of those who know by experience the impacts of econopathy. In technical terms, the mystical and the prophetic.As for the "charismatic dimension," that depends on whether or not it is limited to what is hierarchically defined. Is there room for people like me? With the calloused hands of a mechanic and decades of intense spiritual experience. Experiences that do not fit easily into the preconceived categories of hierarchs, especially of those little more than career bureaucrats. Nor do they fit into the the divisions of academia, since intellectual examination seldom suffices for what is beyond the rational.
The author of this article states that Mormonism is henotheistic. One reads this occasionally. However, it is incorrect. Mormonism is not Trinitarian. Nor, however, is it monotheistic, polytheistic or henotheistic. There is no existing one-word term that is properly applicable to Mormon beliefs about God or Mans relationship to God. It is best to just stick to the point that Mormonism does not accept the Trinity, and leave it at that.Not infrequently, Catholics and Protestants state that Christianity is defined by the Nicene Creed and, thus, the Trinity. However, the Nicene Creed dates from 325 A.D. Thus, per the Nicene Creed definition, there were no Christians for hundreds of years after the time of Christ or even during the time of Christ. To find the definition of Christianity prior to 325 A.D., one needs to look to the New Testament, and the New Testament does not even mention the Trinity, much less describe the Trinity. In fact, the New Testament has numerous passages that are flatly inconsistent with the notion of the Trinity.For example, in Acts 7:55-56, Stephen sees that God and Jesus Christ are two separate personages:But he, being full of the Holy Ghost , looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.Obviously, one cannot stand on ones own right hand. The Trinity is a non-Biblical work of men, specifically Greek Neo-Platonists.As for Masons view that he is a Mormon, and not a Christian, he is mixed up. Because he is a Mormon, and only because he is a Mormon, he is a Christian. Mormonism is Christianity and Christianity is Mormonism. There are no non-Mormon Christians. Only non-Mormon apostates from Christianity.I do not know why the Church is so concerned with being popular. Joseph Smith died with his boots on.
I am a Catholic who teaches at Brigham Young University and has been happily married to an active Mormon for 35 years next week. When I am asked if Mormons are Christians I usually respond with another question: What is it that you really want to know? Do you want to be able to put Mormons in a box based on a simple answer? Or do you want to have some understanding of what they believe? The simple answer isn't so simple - as pointed out above already, it depends on your definition of Christian. If your definition is based on the acceptance of belief in certain credal statements and dogmas, such as the Trinity, then No, Mormons are not Christians. If your definition of Christian is one who believes in the divinity of Jesus, that Jesus was the son of God, and that you live a live that tries to follow the two most important commandments as outlined by Jesus: "Love God and love your neighbor" then many Mormons are very good CHristians. My husband, while not being particularly enamored of the tone of the NYT article, agrees that Mormons are not mainline Christians. As a person once described by his Ph.D. advisor as the most damned independent person, it has never been particularly important to him that other people find his Mormon beliefs acceptable. He doesn't understand why many Mormons want to be popular or seen as mainstream. As an Israeli friend once said of him - He is comfortable in his own skin, and he is willing to let others be comfortable in their own skins. She was referring to the fact that he never felt the need to put down the religious beliefs and practices of others to make himself look better. I'd like to make one correction to a statement made in the article by Ms. Fullam: Mormon theology does allow for both men and women to become gods and goddesses. The Mormon emphasis on heterosexual marriage is rooted in the theological belief that marriage is required to reach this level of exaltation (there are lower levels). A husband and wife, sealed in the temple, have the potential to become gods and goddesses in their own worlds.
Juliana:Thanks for your post. I enjoyed reading it.One comment/observation: while I have no doubt that there are some Latter-Day Saints who believe that they will "become gods and goddesses in their own worlds", this is not a doctrine of the Church, and, in fact, the Church has specifically disavowed this concept (see http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-101#C15 ).
About the Author
Lisa Fullam is associate professor of moral theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. She is the author of The Virtue of Humility: A Thomistic Apologetic (Edwin Mellen Press).


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