tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post4000554980259324576..comments2024-01-28T03:23:39.580-08:00Comments on Late in the Day: The most harmful element in the Republican PartyBarney Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-42590355492851288192017-06-27T13:48:01.696-07:002017-06-27T13:48:01.696-07:00That bishop's position is not what is at issue...That bishop's position is not what is at issue in religious-freedom situations. Obviously, he is in the wrong denying them last rites, since none of us are without sin.<br /><br />Re: Zen: there can be no "enlightenment" until the individual human being says in utter sincerity to the Most High, "I am sorry, and thank you for the redeeming blood of your son."Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-32884018922526555692017-06-26T03:49:51.196-07:002017-06-26T03:49:51.196-07:00Here is an example of a Catholic Bishop who needs ...Here is an example of a Catholic Bishop who needs to be more consistent in his hate and spurning sin replete with denial of sacraments such as the Eucharist & Extreme Unction (last rites):<br /><br />"If bishops ban members of same-sex marriages from receiving a Catholic funeral, they also have to be consistent. They must also ban divorced and remarried Catholics who have not received annulments, women who has or man who fathers a child out of wedlock, members of straight couples who are living together before marriage, and anyone using birth control. For those are all against church teaching as well." <br /><br />https://www.yahoo.com/style/priest-refusing-gay-people-last-190031697.htmlMr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-18478426707512415382017-06-26T03:42:21.811-07:002017-06-26T03:42:21.811-07:00ZEN AND WESTERN CATHOLICS
A road has been opened ...ZEN AND WESTERN CATHOLICS<br /><br />A road has been opened up for a Catholic understanding of Zen by men like Heinrich Dumoulin, H.M. Enomiya LaSalle, William Johnson and Thomas Merton. Where does it lead? Where does it go once we see that Catholics can appreciate and practice Zen? What will happen when Catholics begin to attain enlightenment? It is then that it will be crucial for us to understand as clearly as possible the differences between Zen enlightenment and the ultimate goal of Christian life, and the different inner horizons that distinguish the Catholic from the Zen Buddhist.<br /><br />For the Catholic, enlightenment is an absolute only in a particular order. It is not an absolute absolutely, which is reserved for union with God through love. But if Catholics begin to advance on the way of enlightenment under the guidance of Zen Buddhists, then it is possible that they will feel a tension between these two different ways of looking at enlightenment. Having gone through the gateless gate, how readily can they come forth and understand this experience, not in the traditional categories of Zen Buddhism, but within the perspectives of faith? How transparent will enlightenment be to divine union? How much will it capture the Catholic by its deep actuality and bedazzle him so he will have great difficulty in reflecting on this experience in a Christian way, especially since Christian reflection on Zen enlightenment has just begun?<br /><br />The more a Catholic penetrates deeply in Zen the more will he have to ponder these questions, be aware of their potential dangers and strive to overcome them in order that the riches of Zen will flow into Catholic life.<br /><br />http://www.innerexplorations.com/catew/gz8.htmMr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-86592947367595583342017-06-25T05:51:48.898-07:002017-06-25T05:51:48.898-07:00I'm afraid I can't help you untangle a mes...I'm afraid I can't help you untangle a mess like that.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-68417514045315754172017-06-25T01:54:46.959-07:002017-06-25T01:54:46.959-07:00Hard left kinda won-out, did they not?Hard left kinda won-out, did they not?Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-52827407122526911812017-06-25T01:53:47.876-07:002017-06-25T01:53:47.876-07:00PBS Forever!PBS Forever!Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-74680258148298159312017-06-25T01:52:53.050-07:002017-06-25T01:52:53.050-07:00Title IX rocks!Title IX rocks!Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-41582859964385572952017-06-25T00:37:36.551-07:002017-06-25T00:37:36.551-07:00I know, but I just need more help recognizing my i...I know, but I just need more help recognizing my inconsistencies so I can work on them. Remind me again how I can be against abortion and war and for universal health care, public education (especially including higher public education, also including free college tuition along the lines of the GI Bill for All), the total legalization of marijuana, amnesty for illegal immigrants, Title IV, the IU Hoosiers, FSU Seminoles, NASA, the Jews out of the occupied territories, the UN, NATO, Cheerios, Cheetos & Oreos and still be a ZenCatholic?Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-32533967852397201932017-06-24T05:36:03.750-07:002017-06-24T05:36:03.750-07:00"I know this is rambling, unparagraphed and i..."I know this is rambling, unparagraphed and inconsistent."Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334288715908396824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-83295632793542753802017-06-24T04:56:54.074-07:002017-06-24T04:56:54.074-07:00I'm really not convinced I am inconsistent, so...I'm really not convinced I am inconsistent, so please outline where I am in conflict with loving God and loving my neighbor as myself. Are there any more commandments?Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-90966952677176689042017-06-24T04:48:21.610-07:002017-06-24T04:48:21.610-07:00my position is very consistent with the current Po...my position is very consistent with the current Pope and I am so grateful that the reforms of Vatican II back in 63 are finally being implemented. The conservatives still want to hold on to their old pharisaic ways. And there is something to be said about consistency, but I'm not sure it is the way of the universe. Unless you want to be sure your oxygen supply works that way.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-71900946955225746232017-06-24T04:06:01.949-07:002017-06-24T04:06:01.949-07:00Glad to see you admit your position is inconsisten...Glad to see you admit your position is inconsistent.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-63646743102059709382017-06-24T04:05:16.569-07:002017-06-24T04:05:16.569-07:00Yes, I sent letters to the editor about Central Am...Yes, I sent letters to the editor about Central America in the 1980s. The hard left - including "peace fellowships" - was trying to obscure what was really going on - namely, that the FSLN and the FMLN were hard-core marxist-Leninist organizations.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-75746415554579608162017-06-24T04:03:04.658-07:002017-06-24T04:03:04.658-07:00Would you care to spell out what this reason is th...Would you care to spell out what this reason is that Jews have been detested throughout humanity?<br /><br />Re: most of them being atheists: Then let's pray for them to return to the God who chose them.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-47108606442579967172017-06-24T04:01:55.360-07:002017-06-24T04:01:55.360-07:00Re: "got the goods" on Madame BleachBit ...Re: "got the goods" on Madame BleachBit and Billy Jeff the Zipper: Well, they were never convicted of anything - although BJ was impeached - but the books by the likes of Edward Klein and Peter Scweitzer make plain their criminality and utter lack of humanity.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-66370361779483749072017-06-24T03:59:57.990-07:002017-06-24T03:59:57.990-07:00How is Trump playing me? You read this blog. It...How is Trump playing me? You read this blog. It's quite clear I think it's unfortunate that he's president.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-42137587125455798632017-06-24T03:34:05.471-07:002017-06-24T03:34:05.471-07:00I cannot trust a market run like Vegas casinos. I...I cannot trust a market run like Vegas casinos. I know I have money invested but I don't trust it. I make my own way. And if I did not have a nickel I'd find a way to get one. And hopefully to share at least something, if only my time, love and assistance. Whatsoever you do to the least of his brethren.....Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-52041427137083705792017-06-24T03:31:54.765-07:002017-06-24T03:31:54.765-07:00As for the coming market crash, google it, like I ...As for the coming market crash, google it, like I do. I ain't no market prognoscateer, in fact the whole subject bores the crap out of me. I hear people all the time wrapped up in the market and buying and selling shit, their materialism, keeping up with the Joneses, all that are signs that they are hypnotized by consumerism. Boom/bust, I know it must. Gold rushes, killing for land, all that, not my bag, but I may have been hypnotized by Jesus and even monasticism and as I grew to read and reflect more, zen. Just google it. I binged it here. I have no faith in the market. You can if you want. https://www.bing.com/search?q=the+coming+stock+market+crash&form=IE11TR&src=IE11TR&pc=EUPP_DCJBMr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-43190248231398913892017-06-23T19:57:19.649-07:002017-06-23T19:57:19.649-07:00And how are you going to deal with China this time...And how are you going to deal with China this time around? You might have trouble building a standing army after you go through all the volunteers. Because this war will be started by US.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-12936081979221923612017-06-23T19:48:36.965-07:002017-06-23T19:48:36.965-07:00You investigated the crap out of everything Hillie...You investigated the crap out of everything Hillie and Bill ever did and you never got the goods on them. Your Republican president trashed her ass in an internationally viewed debate and now we're supposed to feel badly for him and let go and let him unite us? You tried to get rid of Obamacare which was passed without a single Republican vote and are now turning around and doing the same damned thing by trying to cram an unknown bill up our posteriors. Trump is playing you like he plays the fundies making you think he has made all these great choices to run the government. As rich as he was born he's tried to come off as a salesman but I don't buy a friggin' bit of what he says or does. He knows how to work lawyers who are as bad or worse than he is working for that coinage. But I don't think the Russian thing is going anywhere any further or faster than your eight years of trashing everything Obama did and your idiotic claims that Hillary Clinton did something illegal and anti-American in Benghazi. I know you will rant and rave and call me clueless but that is my take on it. As for the Paris thing, it never was binding. And statecraft is give and take on everything and everything is subject to change and renegotiation. I hear America has broken every treaty they ever entered into. Is that true? I know this is rambling, unparagraphed, even inconsistent. Over half the country did not vote for Trump 6 months ago and I am sure over half the country would not vote for him now. He might still win the electoral vote today but I am certain all this craziness and ill will would not be occurring under anyone else. Yes, in 4 short months he has wrecked everything. Playing to his base. And your recalcitrant ilk who just love his choices. His son-in-law was a goddam liberal up until the time his rich father in law decided to run for president. How does that stick in your craw? You know all that, of course, and about his daughter too. Super Trump and his 3rd wife and 4th or 5th child by another mutha. I don't care if he chooses the Pope to run something, this man is bad for the world!Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-44494411998417177902017-06-23T19:34:27.122-07:002017-06-23T19:34:27.122-07:00Yeah, and why? And why should I believe you when t...Yeah, and why? And why should I believe you when the past has shown the hawks and the MI lies about this crap. Marxist-Leninism, scare me. Israel does not belong in the disputed territory, so cry me a river there too. The jews are largely atheists and hugely materialist and clannish. I weep me not for them. There is a reason they have been detested throughout history. You've been griping about the UN for decades now. You used to send these weird letters to the editor in our little town about accelerating everything down in Central America. After war should come peace. We have fucked up every damned incursion in my lifetime. What makes this time different? You damn science, higher education, public education, the press, public broadcasting, want to return to the fifties and earlier on homosexuality and are now thumping your Bible. And you and your ilk are far less than half of America. You lose.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-45247755056674519702017-06-23T17:21:37.262-07:002017-06-23T17:21:37.262-07:00Armistice isn't going to work anymore. The Kim...Armistice isn't going to work anymore. The Kim regime's program is gathering momentum like never before. They are also actively working on an EMP, which would take out the entire North American power grid.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-3561968435023134182017-06-23T17:21:18.611-07:002017-06-23T17:21:18.611-07:00We have to deal with China on all that, as always....We have to deal with China on all that, as always. Are they weaker than 66 years ago? We also need our international coalitions. Have you seen a successful war we have waged in our lifetime? You are always quick to blame why not, and the hubris is that you think we can get er done with the right people.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-15737151311279903742017-06-23T17:18:37.805-07:002017-06-23T17:18:37.805-07:00"cape" should be "cable"."cape" should be "cable".Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-51860979656564512682017-06-23T17:17:31.208-07:002017-06-23T17:17:31.208-07:00"Things not going my way" at the UN: IS ..."Things not going my way" at the UN: IS that anything like <br /><br /> - Secretary General Gutierrez sending Bashar al-Assad a cape of congratulations on the occasion of Syria's independence day ("warmest congratulations")?<br /><br /> - such past heads of the General Assembly as Nicaraguan Marxist-Leninist Miguel D'Escoto and or Ghaddafi-era Libyan career diplomat Ali Treki?<br /><br />- Former Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon using the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day to say that "Palestinians are losing hope"?<br /><br />- General Assembly attempts to declare Israeli development in Judea and Samaria "illegal"?<br /><br /> - the Human Rights Commission's Goldstone Report, that tried to make Operation Cast Lead, which went out of its way to avoid civilian casualties, into some kind of unprovoked atrocity<br /><br />- Former UN Relief & Works Administration Commissioner Peter Hansen saying on record that "I am sure there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll . . . I don't see this as a crime."?<br /><br /> - Iran as vice-chair of the Disarmament Commission? <br /> <br />- Zimbabwe on the Human Settlements Governing Council?<br /><br /><br /><br />Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.com