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Email received January 30 2011 - I've tried to understand the story, but all i get a sense of is strange injured exaggerations, statements which try to draw ire. The below-linked report is one of the most bizarre cases we have reported in quite a while. A high-paid, prestigious professor at the Catholic Duke University, who was recently appointed to the Vatican's Academy of Sciences, mind you, is not only pro abortion and in favor of gay marriage, but he also is threatening to call the police on people who disagree with him on these issues -- specifically, one pastor (Julio Severo, a friend of ours) who works with troubled homosexuals desiring to quit the lifestyle, and another Christian who has spoken only in the mildest terms of this professor. Now picture this if you will: Here we have a homeless Pastor, Julio Severo, who has been banned from his homeland for sincerely practicing his life work of helping homosexuals cope with unwanted desires. These are poor men who are terrified of contracting AIDS and dying. Some already have tested HIV positive. They come to Julio out of desperation for psychological and spiritual assistance, guidance from the Word of God. And now, for the crime of heeding God's call to help them, Pastor Severo is forced to leave his country or be jailed for the "crime" of helping homosexuals desirous of raising themselves out of a situation they deplore and fear. Because Brazil is in the hands of leftist elitists who have outlawed any public speech unfavorable to homosexuality. Meanwhile, the desolate Pastor Severo is living in poverty with a wife and children, desperately trying to fend for himself and find work to buy food for his family. All for the crime of lending people a helping hand as he felt called to do by his Savior. And now comes an elitist, high-paid, pampered professor from a prestigious university surrounded by luxury, enjoying all the finer things of life and going to the finest restaurants, working ridiculously easy hours, with lots of leisure, time and money to travel. And what does this wealthy, influential professor do? Does he offer to help the poor man who has been persecuted unjustly by a godless, heartless government for the "crime" of helping others? Why no, the professor simpers and whimpers that he is afraid of the homeless pastor who is out of work and has a hungry family with nowhere to go and no one to help them. And in an interview with a like-minded elitist blogger, this rich, comfortable professor who has all the comforts one can imagine -- things the poor pastor never even has dreamed of, brags of the high security at his lab and says that if he ever feels 'threatened' by this unfortunate penniless, harmless pastor, living in poverty and hiding somewhere in an unknown part of the world, why he will just call the police from the comfort of his luxurious home or his multi-million dollar fully equipped lab and they will arrest the homeless man so that he, the rich, pampered, powerful professor, can be even more comfortable surrounded by his art collection, his latest model car, his designer clothes, his plasma TV and his well-stocked wine cellar. Here are the details: http://laiglesforum.com/pro-abort-pro-gay-marriage-duke-u-prof-threatens-to-sic-cops-on-detractors/2091.htm Please take the time to call or email Dr. Nicolelis and ask him why he is threatening a homeless pastor for adhering to the Bible in his beliefs? And why does he think that homosexuals should be obliged to remain in their dangerous lifestyle? Does he not know that many want to quit this lifestyle for health and safety reasons? You may also ask the good doctor whether he would like to report me too for the "crime" of speaking out against this outrage. Thank you and God bless. Don Hank | ||
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Rethinking the American Dream by David Kamp
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This was written for the plik-l mailing list, Nov 16 2007 I actually had a bit of an argument yesterday with my dentist, no less, about global warming:
Mostly I'd have to agree with the dentist - the oil is going to be burned eventually, because it is just such a cheap source of energy. We are going to have to deal with the consequences. However, for coal - of which we have a far greater supply, and is considerably more dangerous / expensive to obtain - there is good reason to search for alternatives, and putting a tax on oil/natural gas now fund development of alternatives is probably very future-responsible, and will shift the energy climate so we relinquish coal (and maybe some oil) earlier, resulting in less CO2 in the atmosphere. There are infinitely many things more worthy/long-range responsible than the war, but our leaders have not touched on that. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is little evidence that they even measured the worth of all alternatives, and decided rationally, based on integrating (over time and path probability) best-of-present knowledge of benefits and consequences. Or maybe they decided rationally, but with the worth of alternatives measured *personally*. It is this that truly angers me. Bayes for president 2008! Comments:
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a very nice synopsis of how leadership works: |