From a Richmond Logos Bookstore e-mail:
"Everything in the store will be 30% off!! (some exceptions)"
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Since Lisa refuses to name the time of the next contest, we will make it the same: Tomorrow (Tuesday), 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Please recall how quickly the last contest went and plan accordingly. (Note to certain people who cannot get the page to properly refresh: Try instead a hard refresh, which entails holding down the "Ctrl" key while hitting the refresh button.)
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I say the following statement with all sincerity: This revelation strikes me as perhaps the end of the American Catholic Church as it is now known.
The Vatican has prepared a draft document containing directives against the admission of homosexuals to the priesthood...The document takes the position that since the church considers the homosexual orientation as "objectively disordered" such people should not be admitted to the seminary or ordained[.]
Let's not even get into why this is the wrong side to take on this issue1. Let us instead think about this: Practically every knowledgeable outside observer believes a large minority (30 to 40 percent, say many) of American priests are gay. Whether or not a large number of disgruntled priests quit in disgust -- I'd give even odds on this happening -- if this goes into effect, there is going to be an even more tremendous priest shortage than there is now. Priests will have to be shuttled from parish to parish for services, creating a situation where deacons (who can be married, and who can perform most of the same acts that a priest can) will be ubiquitous priest proxies. I'm not sure that this will necessarily a worsening of the status quo, but it will be a massive change in the life of this church in America. Read this entry again in ten years, and let's see how right I am.
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A Dad-worthy "yeah right" on that last sentence, by the way. Like this'll still be up in ten years.
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In D.C. this weekend, where I was not shot by any snipers, I twice thought I saw people from my class at Ames High School before I got closer and saw that they were not. Also, and I can say this because neither of Kim's parents reads this but don't tell them if you see them, Kim and I spent probably 45 seconds discussing whether this woman who looked from the back like Kim's mom actually was Kim's mom. (She was.) (At the end, before we heard her talking, Kim was leaning toward yes and I was leaning toward no. Yay Kim.)
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Hmm. That last parenthetical gives me an idea:
Yays of the week.
I wrote my third- and fourth-ever music reviews. Yay me.
Devon is writing in her journal on a regularish basis, unlike some people. Yay Von.
Iowa State is ranked number nine in the AP poll, which is about six spots higher than they ought to be. Yay stupid sportswriters.
Our server at the sportsbarish restaurant that Kim's parents and she and I were at Saturday turned a TV to TBS so we could watch the Iowa State game (including The Run). Yay our server.
Now that a similar house in our neighborhood is being sold, Kim and I know that our house is worth a bit more than we thought it was. Yay economic theory.
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1 Okay, let's. There are three points of view a Christian (or a group of Christians, e.g. the Catholic Church) can choose among on homosexuality and homosexual behavior: [a] Homosexuality itself is sinful; [b] Homosexuality is not wrong -- no more so heterosexuality -- but homosexual behavior is sinful (the same as, say, having a extramarital affair is sinful); and [c] God will be mad at me if I do not go have some gay sex right now. If one takes believes that homosexuality is not a choice -- as I do and the Catholic Church2 does -- it is impossible to accept [a] without believing that, say, the slothfulness tendencies that God has placed in me are sinful, even if I do not act slothfully upon them. Similarly, however, it is impossible for the Catholic Church to flat-out reject this entire group of people for the priesthood without believing [a]; otherwise, well, all of us have tendencies toward sin, whether or not we act upon them.
The other problem with the Catholic Church's position is this: If gays are not allowed to become new priests, how come the large number of homosexuals already in the priesthood will be allowed to keep their positions? Logically, shouldn't they be jettisoned as well?
2 "The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. They do not choose their homosexual condition; for most of them it is a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. The persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition" (CCC 2358).
oh so lovingly written by
Matthew |
i sincerely do not know what you are doing here. are you lost? were you
looking for your delicate calico cat, and did you follow her up two flights of stairs
to this room? she is not here. she was here, yes. we gave her a warm bowl of milk, we talked with her about campaign finance reform for a time, and then she bid us good day. i believe she was
going to the post office two blocks down, but i don't quite recall.
for surely you did
not find your way from prinsiana, the least traveled site on
the internet. if you did, though, perhaps you are looking for humor. perhaps you are looking for profundity. perhaps you are looking for answers.
i'm sorry, but you shall go naught-for-three.
