This web log is a place to conduct a conversation on the elusive nature or features of listening to and following God’s will. That is, it is concerned with the “how and why” of seeing with Eyes of Faith. Besides the “how and why” it is also about the “what.” What does one see in the world through Eyes of Faith? This component of the weblog is, alas, likely to be the preponderant content for some time. There are fundamental axioms that I propose here for what it means to “see with eyes of faith.” Seeing with eyes of faith is ultimately about viewing the world as a creature of a personal God.

Constitutionalism

The Wikipedia article on Constitutionalism predictably opens in a balanced, yet ambiguous and ultimately confusing, view of the nature of Constitutionalism. The first paragraph highlights the progressive blathering of an instrumentalist (even the "preferred" term, "legal realism," displays a delusional understanding of the impact of instrumentalism in law) view, as enunciated by Prof. Stephen M. Griffin. The second paragraph, essentially a quotation from Prof. David Fellman, gets more to the point of what real Constitutionalism is, rather than what progressives would like to believe it should be.

Questioning the idolatry of "choice"

Jeff Miller is particularly eloquent in his examination of the hypocrisy of the "pro-choice" movement in "Stop using reality against us."

Invincible ignorance in the mass media

Invincible ignorance

The President is developing a habit of minimizing, and even denying, the efforts of Republicans to solve the nation's problems. Every chance they get, it seems, the Republicans talk about their ideas for solving problems like high unemployment, sluggish economic growth, health care coverage gaps, energy dependency, and so on. (See, for example, "A Roadmap for America's Future.") Every chance they get, Democrats complain about the lack of cooperation from Republicans, "the party of No!" The President seems to be leading the pack in these denials, but he is followed closely by Speaker Pelosi, and even by Senator Reid. When they all get together, the mantra becomes a choral refrain. (See "Obama's Address to DNC Winter Meeting.")

A classic unanswered question

"How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" According to Wikianswers, the answer provided by New York State wildlife expert Richard Thomas is 700 pounds.

Prop 8 trial plaintiffs rest

For some reason, my connection to the ADF alert list got bollixed up, so this notice is coming pretty late. See Perry v. Schwarzenegger Resource Page for details. At the end of day 9 of the trial, January 22, 2010, the defense team had yet to call any witnesses, while the plaintiffs had finished with theirs. According to the defense characterization, the plaintiffs failed in all the significant particulars of the case:

Moody's: AAA rating depends upon growth, sustainability

Moody's Investors Service, the top business and government credit rating institution in the world (having a 40% share of the world market in credit rating), warned yesterday that the U.S. could lose its AAA rating if the economy does not grow at the rate predicted by the 2011 Obama budget. Massive government borrowing will put downward pressure on the government's credit rating, causing creditors to raise interest rates.

Special Inspector General for T.A.R.P., Quarterly Report to Congress -- The Barofsky Report

Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), has declared oversight of the T.A.R.P. to be "a mess." In the January 30, 2010, Quarterly Report to Congress, Mr. Barofsky declared, (See, also, "TARP Cop: Some Bailout Goals Still Unmet.")

Pope Benedict XVI exhorts his theologians to be humble, but not amnesiac.

This according to a Zenit interview with Archbishop Bruno Forte, of Chieti-Vasto, president of the Italian bishops' Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith, Proclamation and Catechesis. (See "What a Theologian-Pope Tells Theology (Part 1)" and "What a Theologian-Pope Tells Theology (Part 2).")

Benedict XVI exhorts theologians to adopt an attitude of listening, replacing with the virtue of humility the temptations to consider themselves great.

This exhortation, according to Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, president of the Italian bishops' Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith, Proclamation and Catechesis, is a safeguard against the "only authentically Christian heresy."

"What did you go out to the desert to see--a reed swayed by the wind? Then what did you go out to see? Someone dressed in fine garments? Those who dress luxuriously and live sumptuously are found in royal palaces. Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom scripture says: 'Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, he will prepare your way before you.' I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."
Jesus, commenting on John the Baptist — Luke 7:24b-28
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