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Dr. Teal's Epsom Salt Soaking Solution, Chamomile, 48 Ounce
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If you are looking for a lightly scented product, this is not it. As far as Epsom salts go, this brand has a nice selection, and I've used their salts before. However, this one is so strong, my entire house smelled like it for two days after my bath. If you love the smell of toilet cleaner, this is definitely the product for you, though. I had three separate people remark on the fresh smell of my toilet. But it wasn't my toilet. It was my tub. From these salts. Whoa.
Also, if you have allergies or get rashes from some perfumes, as I do, skip this as well. Because wow. Still itchy after ten days.
Maybe just give this a miss and try another of this brand's salts. I feel like that may be your best choice.
I have Fibro and RSD/CRPS so my body hurts all the time, which is why I have my special bath time where I soak in a tub with a mixture of detoxifying ingredients - one of those being Dr. Teal's Calming Chamomile. Not only does it do its job as far as Epsom salts go, but this one smells so good that I wrote the company begging them not to replace this scent! I'm always getting compliments about how good I smell, plus my Epsom salt baths help me to feel normal again, out of pain, and energized. I've also used it as a nighttime soak and it relaxes me, too! Great product! I won't use anything else!!!
I have at least five of the Dr. Teal's fragrances of bath salts and this one is still my favorite. The fragrance is so soothing and makes my entire bathroom smell long after the bath is gone. Does not smell of a floral scent, not too sweet, not a sickening smell at all, but it is potent, it will make your bathroom smell good for a couple of hours after you've finished the bath.
I've read a few other reviews that don't like this fragrance. Everyone is different and has varying tastes. For me, this fragrance is bright, fresh, and soothing. I mix it (as with all my salts) with a little baking soda and Kosher salt, and sometimes for an extra fizz, some citric acid. Nothing minimizes the wonderful effect of the bath with the chamomile Dr. Teal's salts.
After a long day in the field or working in the barn, this bath salt helps my tired, achy feet and legs. Salts dissolve easily, while their effects linger. I try to order this often, and even though I do enjoy the other...
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Free Summer Movies at Riverfront Park - Presented by the park and KSPS, a series of locally-produced KSPS documentaries that highlight our region's history. Monday: "Remembering When - Nat Park;" Tuesday: "Remembering Spokane;" Wednesday: "Reflections by the River - EXPO '74;" Thursday: America's Landlocked Navy - The Farragut's WWII Memories;" and Friday: "Sculpted by Floods - The Northwest Ice Age Legacy." Beginning each day at 9:30 a.m. Imax Theatre, 507 N. Howard St. Free. (509) 625-6001.
Bayview Daze - Street bazaar, music, food, vendors and more. Downtown Bayview, Idaho. Free. (208) 683-1859.
Fourth of July – Riverfront Park - Parade, music, roving performers, food vendors, adult beverage garden and free children's activities sponsored by Numerica Credit Union. Opening ceremony; 7:30 p.m., Spokane Jazz Orchestra, featuring American standards; 10 p.m., fireworks show, sponsored by Larry H. Miller. Riverfront Park. Free. (509) 625-6600.
Priest Lake Fireworks Display - At Luby Bay and Grandview Resort on the lake. Free ice cream social at the Coolin Civic Center. Priest Lake, Coolin, Idaho. Free. (208) 443-3191.
Fourth of July - Sandpoint - Kiddie parade at 9 a.m.; grand parade at 10 a.m., live music throughout the day, vendors and stage performances at City Park; fireworks at dusk. Circus today at 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. at the Ponderay Mall; tickets $18 and $10 at the door, $10 in advance, $25 Super Saver two adults and three kids package, available at the Bonner Mall and various Sandpoint area locations. City Beach and downtown, Sandpoint. Free. (208) 263-7796.
Fourth of July - Harrison - Enjoy the fireworks from your boat, the docks or the city park. Live music in the park from 2-5 p.m. Downtown, Harrison, Idaho. Free. (208) 689-3669.
Fourth of July - Silver Valley - Firecracker 5K fun run 7:30 a.m. registration, race begins at 9 a.m. at Kellogg Middle School. Kellogg Elks pancake breakfast 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the lodge. Parade at noon in downtown Kellogg, daylong activities include music, food, games, horseshoe tournament ($5/entry), basketball shoot-out, swimming pool, and dance followed by fireworks finale at Silver Mountain at dusk, viewable from downtown. Free trolley rides 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m., then will resume at 10:30 p.m. after the fireworks. Downtown Kellogg. (208) 784-0821.
Priest River Fourth of July - Over the Pend Oreille River. Priest River, Idaho. Free. (208) 448-2721.
Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast - Sponsored by the Usk Community Club. Parade will follow at noon. 7-11 a.m., 2442 Black Road, Usk, Wash. $4.50 All-you-can-eat/adults, Free/ages 5 and younger. (509) 445-1433.
American Hero's Parade - Parade begins at 11 a.m. along Sherman Avenue from 15th Street to Government Way. Music, food and games in City Park begin at 11 a.m., fireworks on the lake at approximately 10 p.m. (dusk). Downtown Coeur d'Alene. Free. (208) 667-5986.
Fourth of July - Lewiston - Free, family event with a children's parade of wheels, food vendors, square dancing demonstrations and more. Noon-4 p.m., Pioneer Park, Lewiston. (208) 746-2313.
Pullman Fourth of July Celebration - Live entertainment and a 20-minute fireworks display in the evening. Call (509) 334-3565 or (509) 432-1662, if you are interested in donating a pie or other baked to the event. 5 p.m., Sunnyside Park, Pullman.
Fourth of July Concert and Fireworks (Liberty Lake) - Men in the Making will perform a mixture of classic rock and blues before the fireworks display. 5:30-8:30 p.m., 727 N. Molter Road, Liberty Lake. Free. (509) 475-5674.
Fourth of July with the Singing Nuns - Sing with the Singing Nuns. Enjoy dessert and watch the fireworks over the city. Bring chairs and flashlights. 7-11 p.m., 8500 N. St. Michaels Road. $5/person; $15/car; $30/van. (509) 467-0986, ext. 121.
Coeur d'Alene Downtown Concert Series - Native Sun, country western. 6-8:30 p.m., Sherman Square Park, 316 Sherman Ave., Coeur d'Alene. Inclement weather moves the event to the Coeur d'Alene Resort Plaza on Sherman Ave. Free. (208) 667-3162.
$1 Family Film Festival - Spokane Valley Mall Cinemas - Doors open at 9 a.m. and two movies play at the same time (10 a.m.) every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Showing today-Thursday, "Alpha and Omega" (PG); and "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" (PG). Spokane Valley Mall Cinemas, 14760 E. Indiana Ave. $1. (800) 326-3264.
Hayden Concert Series - Coeur d'Alene Big Band, swing. 6-8:30 p.m., Hayden City Park, 8930 N. Government Way, Hayden, Idaho. Free. (208) 667-3162.
Pajama Storytime Under the Tree - Wear your pj's, bring a stuffed animal or favorite blanket and listen to stories. 7 p.m., Colfax Library on Main Street, Children's Area on the Main Floor, Colfax. Free. (509) 397-4366.
Children's Entertainment in the Park - Sesitshaya Marimba and Disney Music Magic. 6-8 p.m., East City Park, Moscow, Idaho. Free. (208) 882-3925.
TRS Greenhouse and Gardening Tours - Presented by Therapeutic Recreation Services. For ages 12 and older. Learn about plants, flower arranging and experience plant/people interaction. Preregistration is required. 3:30-4:30 p.m., Gaiser Conservatory, Manito Park. $14. (509) 625-6200.
44th Annual Cheney Rodeo - Rodeo shows are today-Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday for Family Day at 2 p.m. Saturday: 11:30 a.m., parade in downtown Cheney; 1-4 p.m., car show; dance follows rodeo. Bi-Mart Arena, State Route 904, take exit 270 (Cheney/Four Lakes) from Interstate 90 or take exit 257 (Cheney/Tyler), Cheney. $12/advance, $16/door, $6/ages 7-12, free/age 5 and younger; $5/dance. (509) 235-4848.
Deer Park Summer Concert Series - Ben "Preslee" Klein and the Rockabilies, Elvis Tribute band. 6-8:30 p.m., Mix Park, 301 W. Fourth, Deer Park. Free.
Hot Rod Show and Burger Eating Contest - Ron's Drive-Inn will host a hot rod show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Great Clips will offer free buzz cuts. The burger eating contest will begin at 2 p.m. The entry fee is $20 in advance, $25 the day of the event. Cash prizes will be awarded. Proceeds will benefit Spokane Valley Meals on Wheels. Ron's Drive-Inn, 12502 E. Sprague Ave. (509) 924-4660.
"Painted Face" Youth Art Workshop - Presented by Julyamsh Vision Seekers. For ages 10-14. Projects include: mixed media with Andrew Morrison, sculpting with soapstone with George Hill and beadwork with Bobbie White. Registration is required. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center, 405 N. William St., Post Falls. $30, includes lunch. (208) 457-8950.
National Sugar Cookie Day - Enjoy tasty treats with frosting and sprinkles to decorate. 11 a.m., Auntie's Bookstore, Children's Section, 402 W. Main Ave. (509) 838-0206.
Fish Storytime - Listen to stories about funny fish, make a fun fish craft and enjoy a treat. 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 15310 E. Indiana Ave., Spokane Valley. (509) 922-4104.
Coeur d'Alene City Park Concert Series - The Ryan Larsen Band, country rock. 1-4 p.m., Coeur d'Alene City Park in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Inclement weather moves the concert to the Resort Plaza at Third Street and Sherman Avenue. Free. (208) 667-3162.
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YOU WANT TO GET MAD? We had eight years of Bush and Cheney, but now you get mad! You didn't get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President. You didn't get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate energy policy. You didn't get mad when a covert CIA operative got ousted. You didn't get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.. You didn't get mad when we illegally invaded a country that posed no threat to us. You didn't get mad when we spent over 600 billion(and counting) on said illegal war. You didn't get mad when over 10 billion dollars just disappeared in Iraq. You didn't get mad when you found out we were torturing people. You didn't get mad when the government was illegally wiretapping Americans. You didn't get mad when we didn't catch Bin Laden. You didn't get mad when you saw the horrible conditions at Walter Reed. You didn't get mad when we let a major US city drown. You didn't get mad when we gave a 900 billion tax break to the rich. You didn't get mad when, using reconciliation; a trillion dollars of our tax dollars were redirected to insurance companies for Medicare Advantage which cost over 20 percent more for basically the same services that Medicare provides. You didn't get mad when the deficit hit the trillion dollar mark, and our debt hit the thirteen trillion dollar mark. You finally got mad when the government decided that people in America deserved the right to see a doctor if they are sick. Yes, illegal wars, lies, corruption, torture, stealing your tax dollars to make the rich richer, are all okay with you, but helping other Americans… oh hell no. AND NOW YOU'RE MAD?I have been a stone cold capitalist and registered Republican all of my life, even moved from Pro-Choice to Pro Life sometime in early adulthood. That does not mean I cannot recognize some legitimate criticism when I see it (not that there aren't a number of issues that were bi-partisan efforts within the aforementioned). People on both sides really, really, really need to recognize when their political leaders are FOS. BTW, note to Lefties... not every Republican/Conservative/Libertarian - whatever you want to call us - supported the illegal and immoral War in Iraq or an intractable War in Afghanistan against some truly, truly bad people that have probably worn out their welcome on this earth (but what's that got to do with War?). Not every one of us believes that the Military budget of the U.S. should equal 50% of the total military expenditures on the planet. Not every one of us wants to continue the "War on Drugs".
Thursday, April 29, 2010
"I Fought the Fed, and the Fed Won."
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Nice rant, well said, and thoughtful as well. Nearly all my friends are Republicans, and we argue if we discus politics--since I'm more of a libertarian and they often totally disregard their own hypocrisy.
Some have become enthralled with G. Beck and his cohorts, who although correct on some things--mostly just do more appeals to emotionality and incense people's biases. Confirmation bias and cognitive dissonance are alive and well, at least you seem to be able to keep two differing thoughts in your head to compare without immediately become so emotional like my bud's that their rants end up sounding like inane talking points--and often truly hypocritical. I forgot about the Uni-brow sect in UT, good point, guilty to proven innocent just like our reduced civil liberties--of course to 'protect us'.
- April 29, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- bureaucrat said...
All of the computers in my (Federal) agency make it very tough to do the porn thing as you cannot erase the "history of websites visited", so anytime they want to do a little "audit", it can be done easily.
Maybe the SEC had a lot of time to porn-surf cause the White House and their appointees tied both the hands of the Federal regulators and state regulators (Bush sued the states for even trying to investigate financial wrongdoing .. Spitzer verified that.)
Plus if you are wondering why there is no anger this time around, you'll notice that the Army will never again "draft" anyone, except in true national emergencies. With drafts, you have people directly being forced to do what they don't want to do. Goes a long way to explain the lack of anger in this country now. No skin in the game.
- April 29, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- Dextred1 said...
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- April 29, 2010 at 9:40 PM
- Dextred1 said...
The Recount was stupid and petty. The race was won by Bush. When the state recount in Florida was conducted he won 3 times. Gore wanted the recount for just a few counties'.
Patriot Act had Bi-partisan support. I hated it then and I hate it now. Who is he talking to? Obama still uses its intelligence gaining abilities.
10 billion lost in Iraq. Hahahah chump change
What does he mean by Illegal? I was against the war on grounds that we could never change a culture that did not want to change. Not to mention that they had nothing to do with 9-11. But it was not illegal. We are a sovereign nation, we can go to war if it is in are interests. They broke tons of U.N. sanctions and got their ass handed to them. Get over it. I was against it then and I am against it now. But F**k the U.N. We more than pay half the budget and have to patrol ever hotspots on earth because of it.
Hate the wire tapping and the torturing thing. I wrote a twenty page paper on using torture in terrorism and was surprised but there was very solid legal basis for the torture they were doing. The way the law works is different than gotcha phrases. They were not soldiers and thus did not have protections under Geneva conventions (they were enemy combatants). They did not receive habeas corpus because they are not citizens. Now I don't agree, but to spout off like an imbecile does not help you argument. Change the law!!!!
The federal Government has no right to step into Louisiana. The federal government cannot force a state to take national troops for help. When the governor asked for troops that day they were heading in. Who the hell could have predicted that mess? Is Obama doing better in Haiti? We our humans. Sometimes things are bigger than us. As the saying goes "shit happens". The feds put tons of money out to rebuild a city 12-20 ft under sea level. They should have bulldozed the place and moved it across Lake Ponchatrain. GOVERNMENTS CAN NOT SAVE YOU IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!!! Do you really think you or me or the neighbor would have done better? The people could have left, but choose to stay because they did not think it was that bad. This happens in Florida to. I was there for Hurricane Charley. I did not leave and could not blame someone else when I chose to stay.
600 Billion For the war and 780 billion for stimulus. Cannot afford either. Obama would have had a lot more leeway if he did not blow 800 billion on bullshit. He did and hears shit for it. Should not have wasted that money. It takes 3 ½ of bush's biggest yrs to equal just this yrs budget deficit.
900 billion is a false number. The money was spent and circulated and taxes were paid at many different stages. The problem was not the tax cuts. They earned the money. The problem was the lack of resolve to cut spending in proportion to tax cuts. This is just Saul Alinsky class warfare garbage. I want more government money; all they did is work for it. The rich pay the taxes period.
About sums it up. Just because you say something and act like a raving lunatic does not make your opinion right. By the way a service cannot be a right. Rights are given from a creator not from the work of other men's hands.
- April 29, 2010 at 9:47 PM
- Ken said...
Awesome - Good job today! Hey, I'm a government worker and I learned the importance of inefficiency in the Military - you need something to do tomorrow, so just do half today. But, seriously, it's not the workers - It's the complete lack of common sense! Shorting? What the hell is shorting - you're going to "borrow" my stock, to drive the price down, then make money - bullshit. I'm going to take out insurance on your house then burn it to the ground! Why on earth is that legal!!! No common sense!
- April 29, 2010 at 10:23 PM
- Ken said...
Oh, yea I forgot to say, I absolutely agree with the Rape thing. It was comical during Desert Storm, Penthouse/Playboy one of them had a huge article on what "they" did to their women - clitectomies. It was propaganda at it's finest. And, that UT sect thing really pissed me off too, however I did read (who really knows if it's true) that they have many more girls than boys, because the boys "are gotten rid of" I'm not sure what that exactly means, but if they are "selecting" for girls then absoultely I support taking them down! If there just doing there thing, I don't have a problem with that.
- April 29, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Dextred1 said...
The war jerk offs are just that. About five yrs ago (24 yrs old) I had enlisted in the army. I got a Ranger contract with a nice 42,000bonus for payment after boot camp. They entice young, athletic and naive people with money and amazing workout facilities (it really was a big draw for me and my friends, they act you are a sports star without the rich part) then say it is an all volunteer force. Oh it is okay they died, they wanted to be the attitude. Bur is right; there is no skin in the game because of volunteer force. Another reason is the ability to borrow money to pay for social programs and the war at the same time. If they had to pay for the war it would have cut a lot more money from discretionary budget spending. The point is that wars do not improve the economy, do not efficiently distribute capital, kill young workers and do not produce new goods to grow the economy. The product of labor is wasted. Like digging holes and filling them back in.
Anyways, I fell off a trailer getting a machine and broke my arm backwards. I threw my arm out to catch myself on the concrete. I could not pass a physical after a yr and was kicked out of delayed entry program (DEP is a program that allows you stay home and work until slot opens at Boot camp, rip and ranger school for my MOS) My arm will still only bend 3/4 of its old range. Why do I say this? I met my wife just after this and now I have a daughter and she is five months pregnant with my son (found out it was a boy last night). I thank God every day I did not get sent over to either hell hole and miss out on this amazing thing called family. I have several friends that have come back in body bags and damn I wish they would not have joined. A lot of us went in together.
- April 30, 2010 at 5:23 AM
- Greg T. Jeffers said...
THere is no theme music playing in the background of real combat operations.
- April 30, 2010 at 5:34 AM
- Dextred1 said...
Amen Jeffers
They don't tell you that at the recruiters though :)
- April 30, 2010 at 5:50 AM
It is too early to abandon the deflation outlook. The debt bomb has been temporarily stabilized but not defused and is still ticking loudly.
The burning fuse of the Eurozone is winding it's way around. And the big bomb is the UK/USA.
Meanwhile govt has shot most of its bullets and will be unable to respond when deflation accelerates. Note that unemployment benefits are NOT being renewed. GS predicts 400,000 per month being cut off of all support as we go forward.
Just IMHO.
Regards, Marshall
- April 30, 2010 at 6:21 AM
Those 400k / month falling off of unemployment will start finding jobs, whatever they can get. It will be a net economic plus. They will be quickly replaced by laid-off state and municipal employees come July, when the new budgets kick in.
Coal Guy
- April 30, 2010 at 7:16 AM
Coal Guy's point is one that they mentioned in the MSM, but has become silent of late--so the good news parade can continue. But the estimated half trillion dollar budget gap for the states, is a big issues, not just in CA.
In PA the non-profit sector got no money for 101 days b/c of budget bickering, and is looking to take another hit. Some of this included food pantry money, with food pantries/food stamps breaking all kinds of records here.
I know a few people who never have been unemployed and had to suck up their pride take part-time jobs and min. wage convenient stores and go on food stamps with their teenage kids.
Clearly, layoffs of state employees will be the next shoe to drop. The country will print money, since everyone is a big fan of Keyne's and deficits don't matter---maybe they will give us a Jubilee in a few years and start a new US currency eh? -Meiyo
- April 30, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- bureaucrat said...
With the 10-year yield unable right now to get under 4%, there is no sign of inflation anywhere. Deflation is still in play, especially since we are grossly oversupplied of everything. The businesses have zero pricing power .. for now.
- April 30, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Dan said...
There was nothing stupid or petty about the recount. When we have recounts here (not-Florida) the vote spreads never change by more than a few votes; but the county being recount is essentially split 50/50 so that is what one would expect to see. However, the vote totals WILL change based on the standard used in the recount. Under a liberal standard both candidates will gain votes. However, in Broward County the vote was not 50/50 so one would expect to see an increase in votes in direct proportion to the existing ratio, e.g. Gore would gain a higher proportion of votes. If the split was 80/20 the Gore would get 80% of the "miscounted" votes to Bush's 20% which is why the recount started there. When the recount was mandated state wide the Gore campaign changed tack and fought to let counties pick the standard. In a county that chose a more conservative standard both candidates would lose votes, again in direct proportion to the existing ratio. Now which counties would pick which standard?
N.b. I don't recall what the split in Broward County was.
- April 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM
- bureaucrat said...
Excuse me .. OVER 4% :)
- April 30, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Dextred1 said...
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- April 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Dextred1 said...
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- April 30, 2010 at 11:24 AM
- Dextred1 said...
Not actually talking about recount, but the self-righteousness indignation of bringing it up the way the author of email did. It was a highly emotional and partisan event. EITHER SIDE WOULD HAVE BEEN PISSED IF THEY LOST!!!! The main point is that it did not add anything to email. The country was split 50/50 and if his side had won he would have told republicans to go f**k off.
By the way the president was never supposed to have the powers that they do now. Executive orders, signing statements, naming Americans unlawful enemy combatants, the suppression of posse Comitatus, etc… These would have been much better things to bring up. But as a typical left wing ideologue he goes to emotions. Might as well said dems are the only ones that care about dear grandma and her dentures. She needs help and the republicans want to kill her. Back to point!! If it is not clear by now that the executive branch has overstepped its constitutional derived powers when will it be. Congress essentially plays follow the leader. The house has the power of the purse strings and does not effectively use their ability to withdraw funds. Why would they though? The president is from their party.
Was just about to go to bed and did not phrase it right last night.
- April 30, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Greg T. Jeffers said...
I said I was a batter and bruised deflationist, not an inflationist. Only morons and bloggers insist they are right no matter what the markets tell them or do to them.
THANKFULLY, I did not lose money being wrong... but I do this for a living! I have investors to answer to, and performance record... Relative to the markets I hit it out of the park in 2008, and embarrassed myself by missing the equity rally in 2009....
If Mish wants to say silly things like "I want nothing to do with this rally"... that's his business. Me? I made a bad call, stayed in cash and treasuries, and missed a big move.
Now, heeeeeereeees the trick! I forgive myself, regroup, and get back at them... recognizing fully that it is a free market and I have to be right, or my investors will find another fund manager.
By the way, I am long/short equities at the moment, and long Nat Gas futures next year delivery.
- April 30, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- bureaucrat said...
Jeffers, stop blaming yourself for "missing" the 16-month stock rally. It is based on nothing but carry-trade zero-interest stock buying and trillions of dollars in stimulus for banks to play with. The rules are all different now. It is not growth, it is survival with what we have. It is not 1985-2007 buy S&P 500 and hold, but finding other themes (commodities in my case) and working them.
To suggest you could have capitalized on this stock run-up would be the same as saying "just because I always thought the Earth was flat, and yesterday they figured out it was round, I should still be able to sail my boat the same way." The rules of the game are changing. Worldwide excessive debt can't be ignored.
- April 30, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- Stephen B. said...
I concur with Bureaucrat. I've been mainly cash (excepting some 403b stuff I don't directly control) for the past year because I could see that all legitimacy left this market some time ago.
The only thing we missed was participating in the funny money market rally.
I happen to know some people that have done pretty well over the past 16 months or so on the long side. The thing is, I don't think they really have a clue as to what's going on, but they lucked out. I really HATE to ever use the work "luck" on these things, but I think it applies to them.
The whole economic world was crumbling in 2008/9. It was and is quite amazing that the Fed keep it all inflated this long.
- April 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Greg T. Jeffers said...
AGHAGHAGGHH!!! 16 months! Why do you have to rub it in???!!! I am going to slit my wrists...!!!!
Clearly, you guys are not traders.
In any event... I intend to have a good 2010.
- April 30, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- Greg T. Jeffers said...
WHen it comes to trading the ONLY thing I care about is being on the RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRADE!
I don't care if its unpopular, or if it un PC, if my mother doesn't approve...
OK. Enough. I forgive myself. I forgive myself. I forgive myself. I forgive myself. I forgive myself.......
- April 30, 2010 at 2:30 PM


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We have no Free Will (If we were created by God)
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It becomes concerning that most of those who believe in a God based upon the Qur'an, Bible or Torah do not realise that we do not have free will if were created by an omniscient God.
This is because fundamentally, if we were willingly created by a God who already knew what we would do before we did it, it was his choice, not ours, for us to do it.
This is because when he created us, he would have created how we decide and react to things. When people commit crimes or sins, it is because of the way they dealt with their experiences, the way they reacted to external stimulus in the past. But have you ever wondered exactly why we react to things the way we do?
Simply put, if God created humans, then he created the way in which humans think and respond to things that happens to them. Why does a child that isn't loved by anyone become bitter and angry in his life? It is human nature we say. But God created human nature. He created the way in which we react.
This is why it is an incredibly weak argument to suggest that any wrongs in the world are because of the ways humans have reacted to things that happen to them. Humans react according to how they were programmed to react. Programming that God gave them.
The Robot Analogy
This may be easier understood by an analogy using robots:
I build a robot who has 100,000 choices to make in his lifetime before he reproduces and dies. He roams around, sees things, and decides what to do from there. Since I programmed him, and the environment he lives in, I know where he will go and how he will react to the environment I created for him. I made the way in which he reacts to every thing he could see. Therefore, I know which choices he will make for every 100,000 choices that he has to make in his lifetime.
Since I knew what 100,000 choices he will make with the programming I gave him, can we say that the robot ever had the choice' to make those decisions? After all, it was my decision for him to do them before he was even born.
We say that robots do not have free will, because they were programmed to do what they do.
Think then of a man that is programmed to do and react exactly how his creator has done?
We should also say that the man has no free will.
Common Arguments
The following are common responses I am greeted with when explaining the impossibility of free will and an omniscient and omnipotent God.
"A robot can be programmed with a certain amount of information to function, but its nature is limited to the amount given.
Human's have DNA which is a complex code system for human life to function. This information far exceeds the complexity and intelligence of man; therefore, the source exceeds that of human technology (i.e. robots)."
So here it is stated that the difference between robots and humans is that of complexity. But why would that have any weight on free will? What difference does it make how complex we are? If we built a robot that is more complex than a human, would he be automatically entitled to free will?
And to that point, where in the level of complexity do we say "at this point of complexity, this being has free will and below that, it doesn't".
"It is simple really. God creates *sentient* beings who are aware of who created them. God knows the consequences of going against His nature because He already communicated the consequences to the first human beings that He created that this would happen."
"A human technological machine does not know that its life is coming to a permanent end because it is just made to encode and decode a data stream. No matter how loud you yell at it, it will never have the ability of cognizance."
So here you say that it is also because of awareness. It might be important to first tell you that we have already created robots with "cognizance" as I understand it. Robots with the ability to learn from their mistakes and store that information as knowledge for future use.
Then I would argue that awareness has nothing to do with free will. If a toaster knew that we created it, it would still have no choice over it's functional capability. To that point, atheists do not believe they were created by a God, so are they robots? Of course not.
Unless of course you mean the ability to simply think about your existence, realise that you came from your parents etc. At which point I would argue that this awareness and thinking ability is still just a matter of programming, because after all, God programmed us with the ability to think and be aware. So being aware of something doesn't stop the fact that all of your actions, including the act of being aware of something, were made as a result of your creator.
Also to that point, is that because humans are capable of thinking, and are just a series of mechanical processes, we can conclude that it is possible to replicate in a robot, at which point we would still call it a robot, and still say that it has no free will because all of it's actions were as a result of our decisions.
As for the awareness of the end of your life, that is easily programable into a robot with our current technology. All you would need to do is have a stimulus "high edge" and an emotional response "sadness/fear" and you would have the same (simplified but nevertheless the same) result as when a human sees a high edge and gets a negative emotion. We are but stimulus-reaction creatures too, after all.
(Note: the following is not an argument to show that we have free will, but it was used as one, although all it simply does it state something)
"God cannot go against His nature, but we have been given the ability of free-will to decide to choose life beyond this one"
But where is my free will? If God created my ancestors in a way that they would give birth to me, so that I would never buy into religion or morality, when did I ever have the choice of leading a righteous life? I didn't. If I was actively created as a result of my ancestors being actively created, then I am nothing but a robot, carrying out what my programming tells me to do.
To Sum Up
My argument to complexity is that it has no relevance to free will: we would then be complex robots relative to the robots we can create now, in 1000 years we will probably be able to create humans or more complex robots, so we would be less complex robots than the ones we would be creating ourselves.
At no point does the sheer complexity of how we were made at all have any weight on whether or not we were programmed. Because, if we were programmed complexly or not, we would still by definition be robots and have no free will. As you say we now just " made to encode and decode a data stream", whatever stimulus we are given, we react according to our internal programming.
Awareness of your creator
My argument to awareness is that it also has no relevance to free will because that awareness is itself part of our programming, and could be replicated in more complex robots in the future, because we ourselves function on mechanics that biology is letting us know more and more about every day. Even if a robot knew who it was and who created it, it would still have no choice over what it does because it was our programming that makes it do what it does. We would have programmed the robots with the ability of awareness Just like God did with humans.
Awareness of Death
And being aware of the end your life is just a stimulus-reaction process just like humans use and can be programmed into a robot just like it was programmed into us. Even that ability to fear death is part of our programming by God, and so we really have no choice or upper hand over simpler robots, we were just made more complexly.
To conclude, all of these points are about the complexity of human mechanics, but they are still just about our mechanics. Arguing that we have free will because we are more complex than other robots is like arguing that a computer has free will because it can do functions that a toaster can't.
If we were actively programmed by someone, what makes us different from any other robot other than the person who programmed us being able to do something more complex?
The complexity of our robots are drastically increasing all of the time, they are capable of learning, thinking and being aware - but we would never say that they have free will when we built them to do what they do.
So it is wrong to say that because humans are capable of thinking and learning and being aware that they have free will.
Biblical Examples
A great online writer Rhonda D Jackson kindly came up with three excellent Biblical examples of God causing people to do things and then punishing them for it.
- "He hardens Pharaoh's heart then punishes him for being hard-hearted."
- "Both God and Satan moved King David to run a census, then God kills the 70,000 people who participated in it."
- "As for Adam, he was created without the faculty to know good and evil [and yet was thrown out of the Garden of Eden]"
A Casual Plea
If you have anything to add, conflict or elaborate upon, please do comment below. I am not saying that this hub is 100% factual, this is a representation of the knowledge I currently possess and the way I am analysing this topic. It is of course possible that it is completely wrong and I am very willing to hear any counter-ideas that suggest so.
Do you believe that if humans were created by an omnipotent (all powerful) and omniscient (all knowing) God, then they still maintain a degree of autonomy (free will)?
If humans have free will why wasn't it our choice to be created or be apart of this evolution in the first place, its like humans was put here with out our consent rather we was born in a vessel didn't our soul have a choice to be put in a body? Didn't our soul have a choice to rather it wanted to even be apart of this evolution? I know sometimes I feel like if there is a creator why didn't it ask me if I wanted to be created or should the creator already know if a soul wants to be created or not.
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I'd have jumped in much earlier, but circumstances have kept me out of hubs for awhile.
Know: "to understand from experience or attainment" (online Dictionary)
"to perceive directly" Mirriam Webster online
I only offer these as 'know' implies direct knowledge.
is it rational to believe that one can have direct knowledge of that which has yet to occur?
Predictive ability due to previous knowledge is not the same as knowledge.
If I have experience of everything (required for your definition of omnipotence if we use my definition of 'know'), then everything has already occurred.
And our existence is merely a long, complicated movie.
How would anyone in a movie know the difference?
I hope this thread is still open because it is a great topic and handled quite well. Here is my $.02:
Christians may argue for free will but when I look in the Bible, I don't actually find any support for it. The biblical god often makes people do things and then punishes them for doing it. He hardens Pharaoh's heart then punishes him for being hard-hearted. Both God and Satan moved King David to run a census, then God kills the 70,000 people who participated in it. As for Adam, he was created without the faculty to know good and evil so there goes the awareness argument right here.
I support the fact that if we assume God to be Omniscient then that means He knows everything in the past, present and future and therefore our free wills are compromised. God in this state together with His other Omnies, like Omnipresent, Omnipotent etc.. is pathetic.


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19 You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. 20You shall not have sexual relations with your kinsman's wife, and defile yourself with her. 21You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. 23You shall not have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman give herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it: it is perversion.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves. 25Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and commit none of these abominations, either the citizen or the alien who resides among you 27(for the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became defiled); 28otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29For whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from their people. 30So keep my charge not to commit any of these abominations that were done before you, and not to defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.
11. And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
11. Praecepitque Moses populo eo die, dicendo:
12. These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
12. Hi stabunt ad benedicendum populo super montem Garizim, quando transieris Jordanem, Simon, et Levi, et Juda, et Issachar, et Joseph, et Benjamin:
13. And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Ashur, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
13. Isti vero stabunt ad maledictionem in monte Ebal, Ruben, Gad, et Aser, et Zebulon, Dan et Nephthali.
14. And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
14. Loquentur autem Levitae, ac dicent ad omnem virum Israel voce excelsa:
15. Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
15. Maledictus vir ille qui fecerit sculptile, et conflatile, abominationem Jehovae, opus manuum artificis, et posuerit in abscondito: et respondebunt universus populus, ac dicent, Amen.
16. Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
16. Maledictus qui vilipenderit patrem suum, aut matrem suam: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
17. Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's land-mark: and all the people shall say, Amen.
17. Maledictus qui transfert terminum proximi sui, et dicet universus populus, Amen.
18. Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen.
18. Maledictus qui aberrare facit caecum in via: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
19. Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow: and all the people shall say, Amen.
19. Maledictus qui pervertit judicium peregrini, pupilli, et viduae: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
20. Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
20. Maledictus qui coierit cum uxore patris sui, quia discooperuit oram patris sui, et dicet universus populus, Amen.
21. Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen.
21. Maledictus qui coierit cum quovis animali, et dicet universus populus, Amen.
22. Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
22. Maledictus qui coierit cum sorore sua, filia patris sui, vel filia matris suae, et dicet universus populus, Amen.
23. Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the people shall say, Amen.
23. Maledictus qui coierit cum socru sua: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
24. Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, Amen.
24. Maledictus qui percusscrit proximum suum abscondite: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
25. Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say, Amen.
25. Maledictus qui acceperit munus, ut percutiat plaga animae sanguinem innocentem: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
26. Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, Amen.
26. Maledictus qui non stabilierit verba Legis istius faciendo illa: et dicet universus populus, Amen.
11. And Moses charged the people the same day. In order that both the promises and threats might have more efficacy in affecting the minds of all, God enjoined not only that they should be proclaimed in a solemn rite, but also that they should be approved by the people in a loud voice, and sealed, as it were, by their consent. It is elsewhere recorded that this was faithfully performed by Joshua. (Joshua 8:33.) Let it suffice to say at present that they were all summoned, and conducted before God to subscribe to them, so that henceforth all subterfuge might be put an end to. The tribes of Israel were divided into two parties, that they might stand opposite to each other, and that the blessings might sound forth from one side, and the curses from the other, 196196 "Comme correspondantes." — Fr. "It was also customary on some occasions to dance round the altars whilst they sung the sacred hymns, which consisted of three stanzas or parts; the first of which, called strophe, was sung in turning from east to west; the other, named antistrophe, in returning from west to east: then they stood before the altar and sung the epode, which was the last part of the song." — Potter's Antiq. of Greece, Book II. chap. 4. like ἀντίστροφοι. I confess I do not know why the descendants of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin, were chosen by God to proclaim the blessings, rather than the others; 197197 "The six nobler tribes answered amen to the blessings; the six more ignoble to the curses, viz., four who descended from the children of the hand-maids, i.e., Gad, Asher, Dan, and Naphtali, to whom Reuben is added, because he had defiled his father's bed incestuously; and Zebulun, because he was the youngest son of Leah. So Raban and Theod., q. 34." — Corn. a Lapide, in loco. for there is no force in the opinion of the Hebrew writers that those who descended from free mothers were placed in the post of highest dignity: since the tribe of the first-born, Reuben, was united with some who sprang from the bond-maids; unless, perhaps, we may say that the descendants of Reuben were degraded into the second class as a mark of ignominy; but, since both the blessings and curses were offered in the name of the whole people, it is not a point of much importance. For, if this division 198198 "De six a six." — Fr. was made to bear witness to their common consent, it was equivalent to their all alike confessing that the transgressors of the Law were accursed, and those who kept it blessed; and consequently I am not very curious to know why, in their common office, God preferred some to the others. Moses will elsewhere relate that the tribes, which are here separated, were then united together. It would perhaps be a probable conjecture that God, who well knew what would hereafter be the inheritance of every tribe, placed them severally in that station which would correspond to their future allotment.
In order that the sanction might have more solemnity, God chose that the Levites should dictate the words as if He Himself spoke from heaven; for, since they were appointed to be the expounders of the Law, as it behooved them faithfully to repeat what God had dictated out of His own mouth, so they were heard with greater attention and reverence.
6. None of you shall approach to any that is near. This name does not include all female relations; for cousin-ger-mans of the father's or mother's side are permitted to intermarry; but it must be restricted to the degrees, which He proceeds to enumerate, and is merely a brief preface, declaring that there are certain degrees of relationship which render marriages incestuous. We may, therefore, define these female relations of blood to be those which are spoken of immediately afterwards, viz., that a son should not marry his mother, nor a son-in-law his mother-in-law; nor a paternal or maternal uncle his niece, nor a grandfather his granddaughter, nor a brother his sister, nor a nephew his paternal or maternal aunt, or his uncle's wife, nor a father-in-law his daughter-in-law, nor a brother-in-law his brother's wife, nor a step-father his stepdaughter. The Roman laws accord with the rule prescribed by God, as if their authors had learnt from Moses what was decorous and agreeable to nature. The phrase which God uses frequently "to uncover the turpitude," is intended to awaken abhorrence, in order that the Israelites may beware more diligently of all incest. The Hebrew word, indeed, ערוה, gnervah, signifies nakedness, therefore some translate it actively, "the nakedness of thy father," i e., the womb which thy father hath uncovered; but this meaning would not be suitable to the nakedness of thy daughter, or thy daughter-in-law, or thy sister. Consequently, there is no doubt but that Moses means to denote that it is a filthy and shameful thing.
We must remember, what I have already hinted, that not only are incestuous connections out of wedlock condemned, but that the degrees are pointed out, within which marriages are unlawful. It is true, indeed, that this was a part of the political constitution which God established for His ancient people; still, it must be borne in mind, that whatever is prescribed here is deduced from the source of rectitude itself, and from the natural feelings implanted in us by Him. Absurd is the cleverness which some persons but little versed in Scripture pretend to, 8787 Thus, the third Canon of the 24th Session of the Council of Trent declares; "Si quis dixerit, eos tantum consanguinitatis et affinitatis gradus, qui Levitico exprimentur, posse impedire matrimonium, et dirimere contractum: nec posse Ecclesiam in nonnullis illorum dispensare, aut constituere, ut plures impediant, et dirimant, anathema sit." "Atqui plane certum est, (says Lorinus, in loco,) praecepta de gradibus in isto capite contenta, cum non sint omnia pure moralia, et naturalia, sed quaedam positiva, et judicialia, per se non obligare Christianos, et idcirco posse per Ecclesiam in quibusdam dispensari." who assert that the Law being abrogated, the obligations under which Moses laid his countrymen are now dissolved; for it is to be inferred from the preface above expounded, that. the instruction here given is not, nor ought to be accounted, merely political. For, since their lusts had led astray all the neighboring nations into incest, God, in order to inculcate chastity amongst his people, says; "I am the Lord your God, ye shall therefore keep my statutes; walk not after the doings of the land of Egypt and of Canaan;" and then He adds what are the degrees of consanguinity and affinity within which the marriage of men and women is forbidden. If any again object that what has been disobeyed in many countries is not to be accounted the law of the Gentiles, the reply is easy, viz., that the barbarism, which prevailed in the East, does not nullify that chastity which is opposed to the abominations of the Gentiles; since what is natural cannot be abrogated by any consent or custom. In short, the prohibition of incests here set forth, is by no means of the number of those laws which are commonly abrogated according to the circumstances of time and place, since it flows from the fountain of nature itself, and is founded on the general principle of all laws, which is perpetual and inviolable. Certainly God declares that the custom which had prevailed amongst the heathen was displeasing to Him; and why is this, but because nature itself repudiates and abhors filthiness, although approved of by the consent (suffragiis) of men? Wherefore, when God would by this distinction separate His chosen people from heathen nations, we may assuredly conclude that the incests which He commands them to avoid are absolute pollutions. Paul, on a very trifling point, sets before our eyes the law of nature; for, when he teaches that it is shameful and indecorous for women to appear in public without veils, he desires them to consider, whether it would be decent for them to present themselves publicly with their heads shorn; and finally adds, that nature itself does not permit it. (1 Corinthians 11:14.) Wherefore, I do not see, that, under the pretext of its being a political Law, 8888 "Sous couverture que la Loy de Moyse a cesse" — Fr. Under the pretext that the Law of Moses has ceased. the purity of nature is to be abolished, from whence arises the distinction between the statutes of God, and the abuses of the Gentiles. If this discipline were founded on the utility of a single people, or on the custom of a particular time, or on present necessity, or on any other circumstances, the laws deduced from it might be abrogated for new reasons, or their observance might be dispensed with in regard to particular persons, by special privilege; but since, in their enactment, the perpetual decency of nature was alone regarded, not even a dispensation of them would be permissible. It may indeed be decreed that it should be lawful and unpunished, since it is in the power of princes to remit penalties; yet no legislator can effect that a thing, which nature pronounces to be vicious, should not be vicious; and, if tyrannical arrogance dares to attempt it, the light of nature will presently shine forth and prevail. When, formerly, the Emperor Claudius had married his niece Agrippina, 8989 "Nec Claudius ultra expectato, obvium apud forum praebet se gratantibus; senatumque ingressus 'decretum postulat, quo justae inter patruos, fratrumque filias nuptiae etiam in posterum statuerentur.' Neque tamen repertus est, nisi unus talis matrimonii cupitor, T. Alladius Severus, eques Romanus, quem plerique Agrippinae gratia impulsum ferebant." — Tacitus Ann., Lib. 12:7. for the purpose of averting the shame, he procured a Senatusconsultum, which licensed such marriages; yet no one was found to imitate his example, except one freedman. Hence, just and reasonable men will acknowledge that, even amongst heathen nations, this Law was accounted indissoluble, as if implanted and engraved on the hearts of men. On this ground Paul, more severely to reprove the incest of a step-son with his father's wife, says, that such an occurrence "is not so much as named among the Gentiles." (1 Corinthians 5:1.)
If it be objected that such marriages are not prohibited to us in the New Testament, I reply, that the marriage of a father with his daughter is not forbidden; nor is a mother prohibited from marrying her son; and shall it therefore be lawful for those, who are near of kin, to form promiscuous connections? 9090 "Leur sera il pourtant licite de se mesler confusement ensemble comme bestes?" shall it therefore be lawful to them to mix together confusedly like beasts? Although Paul expressly mentions only one kind of incest, yet he establishes its disgrace by adducing the example of the Gentiles, that at least we should be ashamed if more delicacy and chastity is seen amongst them. And:. in fact, another admonition of the same Paul is enough for me, who thus writes to the Philippians:
"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." (Philippians 4:8.)
As to those who ascend or descend ill a direct line, it, sufficiently appears that there is a monstrous indecency in the connection of father and daughter, or mother and son. A licentious poet,
Ovid. Metam., 10:300.
"Dira canam: procul hinc natae, procul este parentes." being about to relate the frantic incest of Myrrha, says:
"Daughters and fathers, from my song retire,
I sing of horror."
In the collateral line, the uncles on both sides represent the father, and the aunts the mother; and, consequently, connection with them is forbidden, inasmuch as it would be of somewhat similar impropriety. The same rule affects affinity; for the step-mother, or mother-in-law, is held to stand in the relation of mother; and the step-daughter, or daughter-in-law, in that of daughter; as also the wife of the paternal or maternal uncle is to be regarded in the relation of mother. And, although express mention may not be made of it here, we must form our judgment by analogy as to what is prohibited; — the uncle on the father's or mother's side is not here forbidden to marry his niece; but, since the nephew is interdicted from marrying his paternal or maternal aunt, the mutual relation of the inferior to the superior degree must prevail. But if any should contend that there is a difference, the reason added by Moses refutes his objection, for it is said, "She is thy father's or thy mother's near kinswoman." Hence it follows, that a niece is guilty of incest if she marries her uncle on either side. As to brothers and sisters, God pronounces that marriage with a sister, although she be not uterine, is unlawful; for He forbids the uncovering of the turpitude of a sister, who is either the daughter of thy father or thy mother.
16. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. They are bad 9292 In Willet this exposition is attributed to Radulph., Blesensis, and Borrhaus. interpreters who raise a controversy on this passage, and expound it, that a brother's wife must not be taken from his bed, or, if she be divorced, that manage with her would be unlawful whilst her husband was still alive; for it is incongruous to twist into different senses declarations which are made in the same place, and in the same words. God forbids the uncovering of the turpitude of the wife of a father, an uncle, and a son; and when He lays down the same rule respecting a brother's wife in the very same words, it is absurd to invent a different meaning for them. If, therefore, it be not lawful to marry the wife of a father, a son, an uncle, or a nephew, we must. hold precisely the same opinion with respect to a brother's wife, concerning whom an exactly similar law is enacted in the same passage and context. I am not, however, ignorant of the source from whence those, who think otherwise, have derived their mistake; for, whereas God gives a command in another place, that if a man shall have died without issue, his surviving brother shall take his widow to wife, in order that he may raise up of her seed to the departed, (Deuteronomy 25:5,) they have incorrectly and ignorantly restricted this to own-brothers, although God rather designates other degrees of relationship. It is a well-known Hebrew idiom, to embrace under the name of brother all near kinsmen in general; and the Latins also formerly so denominated cousins-german. 9393 Thus Augustine (De Civit. Dei. 15:16. Section 2,) says, — "quod fiebat cum consobrina, pene cum sorore fieri videbatur: quia et ipsi inter se propter tam propinquam consanguinitatem fratres vocantur, et pene germani sunt." The law, then, now before us, respecting marriage with a deceased brother's wife, is only addressed to those relations who are not otherwise prohibited from such a marriage, since it was not God's purpose to prevent the loss of a deceased person's name by permitting those incestuous marriages, which tie had elsewhere condemned. Wherefore these two points agree perfectly well, that an own-brother was prohibited from marrying his brother's widow, whilst the next of kin were obliged to raise up seed for the dead, by the right of their relationship, wherever their marriage was otherwise permissible by the enactment's of the law. On this ground Boaz married Ruth, who had previously been married to his near kinsman; and it is abundantly clear from the history, that the law applied to all the near kinsmen. But if any still contend that own-brothers were included in the number of these, on the same grounds the daughter-in-law must be married by her father-in-law, and the nephew's wife by the uncle, and even the mother-in-law by the son-in-law, which it is an abomination to speak of. If any object that Er, Onan, and Shelah, the sons of Judah, were own-brothers, and still that Tamar married two of them, the difficulty is easily solved, viz., that Judah, following the common and received practice of the Gentiles, acted improperly in permitting it. It is plain enough, from the histories of all ages, that there were disgusting and shameless mixtures in the marriages of Oriental nations. By evil communications, then, as is ever the case, Judah was led into giving the same wife to his second son as had before been married to the eldest. And, in fact, God expressly says that this offense was rife among the Gentiles, where tie condemns incestuous connections. This, therefore, I still hold to be unquestionable, that, by the law of Moses, marriage with the widow of an own-brother is forbidden.
18. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister. By this passage certain froward persons pretend that it is permitted, if a man has lost his wife, to marry her own sister, because the restriction is added, not to take the one in the lifetime of the other. From whence they infer, that it is not forbidden that she should succeed in the place of the deceased. But they ought to have considered the intention of the legislator from his own express words, for mention is made not only of incest and filthiness, but of the jealousy and quarrels, which arise from hence. If it had merely been said, "Thou shalt not uncover her turpitude," there would have been some color to their pretext, that the husband being a widower, he would be free to marry his wife's sister; but, when a different object for the law is expressly stated, i e., lest she, who was legally married, should be troubled by quarrels and contentions, it is plain that the license for polygamy is restricted by this exception, in order that the Israelites should be contented with one evil, and, at least, should not expose two sisters to hostile contention with each other. The condition of the first wife was already painful enough, when she was compelled to put up with a rival and a concubine; but it was more intolerable to be constantly quarrelling with her near relative. The name of sister is not, therefore, restricted, I think, to actual sisters, but other relations are included in it, whose marriages would not otherwise have been incestuous. In a word, it is not incest which is condemned, so much as the cruelty of a husband, if he chose to contract a further marriage with the near kinswoman of his wife. Nor can we come to any other conclusion from the words of Moses; for if the turpitude of a brother is uncovered when his brother marries his widow, no less is the turpitude of a sister uncovered when her sister marries her husband after her decease. But hence we plainly see the diabolical arrogance of the Pope, who, by inventing new degrees of kindred, would be wiser than God; whilst he also betrays his cunning, because from this kind of sport he made himself a fat game-bag.
Since from long custom it is established that cousins-german should not marry, we must beware of giving scandal lest too unbridled a liberty should expose the Gospel to much reproach; and we must bear in mind Paul's admonition, to abstain even from things lawful when they are not expedient. (1 Corinthians 10:23.)
The object of this passage is the same as that of the foregoing ones. For, whilst all fornication pollutes a man, there is grosser impurity in adultery, because the sanctity of marriage is violated, and by the commingling of seed a spurious and illegitimate offspring is derived. Wherefore, God has justly enumerated this crime amongst the abominations of the Gentiles, as may be more clearly seen from the exordium of the chapter from whence this passage is taken.
18:21. Thou shalt not let any of thy seed. In these three precepts Moses more lightly touches on what we have lately seen set forth at greater length in Deuteronomy; for there he condemns impious offerings, as well as the responses of familiar spirits, magical arts, and enchantments. He now in the first place adverts to adulterous sacrifices, especially to that impure and detestable service of consecrating their children to Moloch, as they called him, the idol of the Gentiles; and then adds a prohibition, that they should give no heed to false revelations. But in these two passages of Leviticus he only enumerates two classes,304304 "Il en raconte seulement quatre especes; mais il y comprend toutes celles que nous avons veus par ci-devant;" he mentions only four sorts, but comprehends in them all those which we have before observed. — Fr. viz., to use auguries and divinations, and to seek responses from familiar spirits, and to consult magicians or enchanters; yet he includes all the others of which we have previously spoken. And, lest they should think the crime a light one, he says that all they are "defiled" who devote themselves to this kind of curiosity. The confirmation, which is added at the end of both clauses, has relation to the sum of the First Commandment; for when God declares Himself to be "Jehovah, and the God of Israel," he both claims the worship which is due to Him alone, and also condemns all the superstitions whereby pure religion is adulterated. There is also an antithesis implied, in which God contrasts Himself with all fictitious idols; and therefore the words may be thus paraphrased, — Since I am the eternal God, and separated from all others which the Gentiles foolishly make to themselves, and since I have chosen you to myself as my peculiar people, I would have you, as you ought to be, pure and separated from all defilements.
We learn from these passages that the people were not only prohibited from adultery, but also from all sins 6161 "Toutes dissolutions vilenes." — Fr. which are repugnant to the modesty of nature itself. In order that all impurity may be the more detestable, He enumerates two species of unnatural lust, from whence it is evident that when men indulge themselves in this respect, they are carried away by an impulse, which is more than beastly, to defile themselves by shameful wickedness. The beasts are satisfied with natural connection; it is therefore a gross enormity that this distinction should be confounded by man endowed with reason; for what is the use of our judgment and intelligent faculties if it be not that greater self-restraint should exist in us than in the brute animals? It is plain, therefore, that they must be blinded in a horrible manner who so shamefully defile themselves, as Paul says. (Romans 1:28.) The madness of lust has, however, invented several monstrous vices, whose names it would be better to bury, if God had not chosen that these shameful monuments should exist, to inspire us with fear and horror. It has at length advanced to such excesses, that men created in God's image, both male and female, have had connection with brutes.
Leviticus 18:24. Defile not yourselves in any of these things. An old proverb 6262 See vol. 2, p. 281, and note. says, that good laws have sprung from evil habits; and God reminds us that for this reason He has been induced expressly to advert to these disgusting and wicked things; for the monstrosities which He mentions would have been concealed in eternal silence had not necessity compelled Him to bring them to light. But since the Canaanitish nations had advanced to such a pitch of licentiousness, that the prodigious sins, which else would have been better concealed, had been but too familiarly known from their wicked habits, God warns His people to beware of their fatal examples. First, when He says that these abominations prevailed amongst the Gentiles, He indicates that evil habits by no means avail as an excuse; nay, that public consent is in vain alleged in defense of vice. But the better to deter them from imitating them, He sets before their eyes the vengeance He is about to take. It is true, indeed, that the nations of Canaan were destroyed for other reasons, but it is not without cause that He sets forth this amongst the rest, for undoubtedly God was offended by such pollutions.
26. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes He here contrasts His Law with the abominations of the Gentiles. The exhibition of His severity, which He had referred to, might indeed have sufficed for the instruction of His people; but in order to influence them more strongly, He at the same time adduces the way pointed out to them in the Law, which would not suffer them to go astray, if only they refused not to follow God. For that the Gentiles, who were destitute of light, should have been drawn aside in every direction was not surprising; but whilst they thus proved their blindness, it behooved true believers, on the contrary, to testify that they were not children of darkness, but of light. And to this Paul seems to allude, when he exhorts believers not to walk, like the Gentiles, "in the vanity of their mind." (Ephesians 4:17.) On this account God not only commends to them His precepts and statutes, but also His ordinances (custodias,) because He had omitted nothing in the Law which would be useful for the direction of men's lives. The sum is, that unless they order themselves constantly by the doctrine which enlightens them, the same destruction awaited them also which was about to overwhelm the (Canaanitish) nations.


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