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25 Jan 2005 05:59:25 PM |
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Scalia: Faithful live for Christ |
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
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Scalia: Faithful live for Christ
Supreme Court justice urges Christians to live fearlessly
By PENNY BROWN ROBERTS
Advocate staff writer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that people of
faith should not fear being viewed by "educated circles" as "fools for
Christ."
The justice -- in Baton Rouge to address the Knights of Columbus
Council 969 centennial celebration without charging a fee -- told a
largely Roman Catholic crowd of 350 at the Holiday Inn Select that
there's nothing wrong with "traditional Christianity."
"To believe in traditional Christianity is something else," Scalia
said. "For the son of God to be born of a virgin? I mean, really. To
believe that he rose from the dead and bodily ascended into heaven?
How utterly ridiculous. To believe in miracles? Or that those who obey
God will rise from the dead and those who do not will burn in hell?
"God assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view
Christians as fools ... and he has not been disappointed."
Scalia praised "traditional Catholics" who say the rosary, go on
pilgrimages, kneel during the Eucharist and "follow religiously the
teaching of the pope," adding that "intellect and reason need not be
laid aside for religion. It is not irrational to accept the testimony
of eyewitnesses who had nothing to gain. There is something wrong with
rejecting a priori (deductively) the existence of miracles."
The outspoken conservative justice -- known for his views on religion
in America -- didn't shy from them during his visit to south Louisiana
Saturday. He didn't discuss any specific issues before the high court,
but did tell those in attendance they had "no greater model" for their
faith than St. Thomas More.
The Catholic martyr and considered the patron saint of lawyers,
repudiated Martin Luther and refused to endorse King Henry VIII's plan
to divorce Katherine of Aragon or recognize the king as the supreme
head of the Church of England. More was found guilty of treason and
beheaded in 1535.
"I find it hard to understand people who revere Thomas More but who
themselves selectively oppose the teachings of the pope," said Scalia,
widely cited as a potential nominee for the position of chief justice
when William Rehnquist leaves the bench.
"If I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to
have your wisdom regarded as stupidity. Be fools for Christ. And have
the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world."
President Ronald Reagan named Scalia to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia in 1982. Four years later, Scalia was
nominated and unanimously confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, taking
the seat vacated when was elevated to the court's top post.
The Catholic justice -- raised in the New York City Borough of Queens,
and the father of nine children, one of them a priest -- has become an
anti-abortion hero to many in the American political right and a
leading conservative voice on the court.
He has described himself as an "originalist," following the
Constitution as written by the Founding Fathers, rather than
interpreting it to reflect the changing times.
In November, while speaking to an interfaith conference at a Manhattan
synagogue, Scalia made headlines by saying that a religion-neutral
government does not fit with an America that reflects belief in God in
everything from its money to its military.
More than a year ago, he removed himself from the Supreme Court's
review of whether "under God" should be in the Pledge of Allegiance
after mentioning the case in a speech and complaining that courts are
stripping God from public life.
Last year, Scalia cast one of two dissenting votes in a 7-2 Supreme
Court ruling that states may deny taxpayer-funded scholarships to
divinity students. And in 2000, he stood with a majority of the court
in upholding the constitutionality of taxpayer funding for parochial
school materials in a Jefferson Parish case.
Louis McHardy, a Baton Rouge native who is retired executive director
of the Nevada-based National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges, called Scalia "one of the nation's heroes."
"His message to me is that our constitution is all-encompassing," said
McHardy, who attended Saturday's banquet. "It takes into consideration
all points of view."
Rev. Miles Walsh, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Church and Knights of
Columbus chaplain, said Scalia's address convinced him that the
justice is "committed to the transcendent principles he believes in."
The Knights of Columbus Baton Rouge Council 969 was founded in January
1905 by 30 men who were charter members. The organization founded the
LSU Catholic Center, and over the years has supported orphanages,
mental health facilities and hospitals.
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http://www.theadvocate.com/stories/012305/new_scalia001.shtml
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Scalia: Faithful live for Christ |
25 Jan 2005 04:57:19 PM |
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"Fredric L. Rice" wrote:
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
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Scalia: Faithful live for Christ
Supreme Court justice urges Christians to live fearlessly
By PENNY BROWN ROBERTS
Advocate staff writer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that people of
faith should not fear being viewed by "educated circles" as "fools for
Christ."
And note that he excludes his audience from those "educated circles."
Finally, something upon which he and I both agree.
http://www.theadvocate.com/stories/012305/new_scalia001.shtml
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Gregory Gadow
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and, under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it."
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| User: "Al Klein" |
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| Title: Re: Scalia: Faithful live for Christ |
25 Jan 2005 11:50:02 PM |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:57:19 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
said in alt.atheism:
And note that he excludes his audience from those "educated circles."
Finally, something upon which he and I both agree.
"Excludes"? He's calling them uneducated fools and they're happy
about it - proving him correct.
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| User: "Fredric L. Rice" |
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26 Jan 2005 07:42:30 PM |
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Al Klein <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:57:19 -0800, Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net>
said in alt.atheism:
And note that he excludes his audience from those "educated circles."
Finally, something upon which he and I both agree.
"Excludes"? He's calling them uneducated fools and they're happy
about it - proving him correct.
What's curious is that he's supposed to be a judge -- an impartial,
thinking judge. Instead he's a Taliban kook virtually indistinguishable
from the rest of them.
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| User: "RobH" |
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25 Jan 2005 08:17:42 PM |
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(Fredric L. Rice) wrote in
news:10vcnjtsc6934dc@corp.supernews.com:
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
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Scalia: Faithful live for Christ
Supreme Court justice urges Christians to live fearlessly
By PENNY BROWN ROBERTS
Advocate staff writer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that people of
faith should not fear being viewed by "educated circles" as "fools for
Christ."
"It probably will not be long until the churches will divide as sharply
upon political, as upon theological questions; and when that day comes,
if there are not liberals enough to hold the balance of power, this
Government will be destroyed. The liberty of man is not safe in the
hands of any church. Wherever the Bible and sword are in partnership,
man is a slave."
Robert Green Ingersoll
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| User: "Christopher A. Lee" |
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25 Jan 2005 05:27:28 PM |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:59:25 GMT, (Fredric L.
Rice) wrote:
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
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Scalia: Faithful live for Christ
Supreme Court justice urges Christians to live fearlessly
By PENNY BROWN ROBERTS
Advocate staff writer
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that people of
faith should not fear being viewed by "educated circles" as "fools for
Christ."
More evidence that the man is unfit for his office.
They're only regarded as fools when they show themselves to be fools,
and by more Christians than atheists. Demographically "educated
circles" are mostly Christian.
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| User: "Paul Duca" |
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| Title: Re: Scalia: Faithful live for Christ |
29 Jan 2005 04:36:07 AM |
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in article 10vcnjtsc6934dc@corp.supernews.com, Fredric L. Rice at
FRice@SkepticTank.ORG wrote on 1/25/05 12:59 PM:
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
And what will Scalia do when he gets to Heaven and finds Christ
doesn't live for the faithful?
Paul
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| User: "The Last Liberal / ShyDavid / Desertphile" |
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29 Jan 2005 02:54:30 PM |
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:36:07 -0500, Paul Duca <p.duca@comcast.net>
wrote:
in article 10vcnjtsc6934dc@corp.supernews.com, Fredric L. Rice at
FRice@SkepticTank.ORG wrote on 1/25/05 12:59 PM:
Welcome to Nazi Amerikkka.
And what will Scalia do when he gets to Heaven and finds Christ
doesn't live for the faithful?
What Heaven? Christ who?
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