Monday, September 28, 2015

In the news, Wednesday, September 16, 2015


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from CNN
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from Conciliar Post

IS IT UNETHICAL TO CONSTRUCT OUTRAGEOUSLY ELABORATE PLACES OF WORSHIP?
The cover image for this article is from my recent pilgrimage to the cathedral-infested country of Poland, where I attended an Orthodox young adult conference, and it depicts the largest Orthodox church in the country of Poland; complete with a bell tower that could possibly compete with the Washington Monument.  I of course exaggerate, but it was a difficult process for me to come to terms with the lavish and ornate presence of the ancient Christian faith—especially in the old world—and showing pictures of this trip to folks back home provoked questions of the moral implications behind expensive Christian architecture.  Didn’t Christ desire for us to focus on “feeding his sheep?” There appears to be a sharp division on this issue between members of high-church traditions with more embellished worship centers versus more informal or non-denominational groups, (although even among the low-church groups there is a rising fad in expensive church buildings with sound equipment, instruments, and fancy stage lights, even if the building itself cannot be described as “ornate”).  Having been raised in a community that holds worship services in a basketball gymnasium, where the pastor has expressed the opinion that it would not affect him at all if the church building were to burn down because physical space is completely irrelevant to Christian worship, it was a different world for me to encounter the concern of parishioners for creating a beautiful and elaborate place dedicated to worship.  What follows is a consideration of the dilemma we are faced with in encountering the historic practice of making sacred space for worship when the Church is called to care for the poor and feed the hungry; is it a waste displeasing to God to spend resources on the physical place of worship?

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from Israel Video Network

Sen. Marco Rubio speaking on Senate floor concerning the Iran deal.

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from Jews News
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

Putin Sends Out Warning To World On ISIS’s Intentions To Invade Jerusalem, Europe – New ISIS Video Claims ‘We’re Back In America!’
The breaking story this morning from RT shares the dire urgency of a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin to the entire world; the Islamic State has plans to invade the holy cities of Mecca and Jerusalem and is now a threat to all of the countries of the European Union as well as to Russia itself.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from The Telegraph (UK)
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from TPNN (Tea Party News Network)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

ALERT: Kids Are Now Getting ‘Drunk’ On This…Dangerous And Way More Common Than You’d Think
According to analysis by the Georgia Poison Center, poison hotlines across the country have seen a 400% increase since 2010 in the number of calls where children under 12 have purposely swallowed hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer can have alcohol levels ranging from 45% to 95%. The problem is that many brands of the product contain isopropyl alcohol, which is not the same stuff that’s in the vodka bottle in the liquor cabinet. Two, three or four squirts can cause severe alcohol poisoning, which can result in blindness, organ damage, even death.

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from The Washington Examiner (DC)
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