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Monday, April 14, 2014

Blood Moon Tonight

Blood Moon (full lunar eclipse) tonight starting at 2am. Best viewing will be at 3am.

Friday, April 11, 2014

So, how many people went to jail for harming so many people ?? After all, this crime was significantly worse than someone who sticks up a liquor store and shoots the clerk and wounds them---MILLIONS of people were effected. The person who shoots the clerk would get life in prison--what about the BP and Halliburton executives who caused this by knowingly using shoddy equipment to save a few bucks ?? In addition, the oil caused massive damage but what about the Corexit chemical that was sprayed into the Gulf to disperse the oil ?? The Georgia Institute of Technology concluded that "mixing oil with dispersant increased toxicity to ecosystems" and made the gulf oil spill worse. Oh and when we all eat Gulf fish and shrimp, we're getting a nice dose of Corexit which is suspected of causing cancer. Where's the justice ?? I guess in this country if you have Billions of dollars then there is NO justice and the victims can just be quiet and suffer and the perpetrators can keep raking in millions and living the high life.

Monday, April 7, 2014

My Opinion on Catholic Annullments

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench/2014/04/fr-lombardi-responds-to-reports-on-popes-phone-call-to-divorcee/

My opinion may put me at odds with many of my Catholic friends, but I believe that the Pope "gets it" and the Vatican is totally out of touch when it comes to divorce and remarriage. This is the #1 reason that people leave the Church and the Church has turned something that should be a pastoral issue into a legal one and for most people (including Me) it is the final straw for them and they leave the Church. From what I have seen, the annullment process is overly legalistic, intrusive, and time consuming. People find out about the steps they have to go through to remarry and will have to wait YEARS for it to go through and then it may be denied. Most say goodbye and go to another denomination that welcomes them with open arms. I know dozens of former Catholics and every single one left due to this issue. When I read the Church's response, I see no compassion at all for people hurting and feeling like the Church is turning its back on them (except for the Pope) rather I see a bunch of lawyers in clerical collars talking about medieval cannon law. I pray that the Pope and Vatican can really look at this issue and totally modernize the annullment process along with rules on divorce and remarriage.