Comments for Informed Comment http://www.juancole.com Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:44:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Ricky Bobby http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92122 Ricky Bobby Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:44:56 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92122 Clearly you are not *getting* the fact that the issue in question involves institutions OWNED and OPERATED by the Catholic Church. The government has no right the healthcare, schooling, and charity services provided by the Church, yet the liberal mindset is that they do. Clearly you are not *getting* the fact that the issue in question involves institutions OWNED and OPERATED by the Catholic Church. The government has no right the healthcare, schooling, and charity services provided by the Church, yet the liberal mindset is that they do.

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Northgs http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92120 Northgs Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:41:33 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92120 If there was a medicine for men that treated a disease or condition - say, an enlarged prostate - but had the side effect of sterility (aka birth control), the bishops wouldn't be quite so quick to deem its use a mortal sin. If there was a medicine for men that treated a disease or condition – say, an enlarged prostate – but had the side effect of sterility (aka birth control), the bishops wouldn’t be quite so quick to deem its use a mortal sin.

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Northgs http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92119 Northgs Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:39:50 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92119 Having been that non-Catholic, I'll tell you: you're out of luck. You have to pay out of pocket for your pills, and they can be expensive. In my case, I also had to find an out-of-network healthcare provider and pay that cost out of pocked -- thank you Planned Parenthood for being accessible. Having been that non-Catholic, I’ll tell you: you’re out of luck. You have to pay out of pocket for your pills, and they can be expensive. In my case, I also had to find an out-of-network healthcare provider and pay that cost out of pocked — thank you Planned Parenthood for being accessible.

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Ricky Bobby http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92118 Ricky Bobby Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:37:59 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92118 "Giving all your money to the poor" was the highest order of personal sacrifice that Christ prescribed to the rich young man as a way for him to save himself. It has never been in a universal context. “Giving all your money to the poor” was the highest order of personal sacrifice that Christ prescribed to the rich young man as a way for him to save himself. It has never been in a universal context.

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Northgs http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92116 Northgs Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:33:04 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92116 What alternative "preventative service" would you have them offer? What alternative “preventative service” would you have them offer?

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Ricky Bobby http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92112 Ricky Bobby Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:30:30 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92112 The Church isn't imposing anything on the United States. What the Church wants is to be free to adhere to the standards of the Faith in regards to the schools, hospitals, and institutions that the Catholic Church OWNS AND FUNDS. This is for Catholic institutions, and the government should not be allowed to force them into any such requirement. The Church isn’t imposing anything on the United States. What the Church wants is to be free to adhere to the standards of the Faith in regards to the schools, hospitals, and institutions that the Catholic Church OWNS AND FUNDS. This is for Catholic institutions, and the government should not be allowed to force them into any such requirement.

]]> Comment on Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Rejects while Obsessing about Birth Control by Ricky Bobby http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-rejects-while-obsessing-about-birth-control.html#comment-92111 Ricky Bobby Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:23:41 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15700#comment-92111 Yes Catholicism is a religion. In fact Catholicism IS Christianity in that Protestantism only started in the 1500s. The Word "Catholic" means "Universal", which is to say, a Catholic is a "universal Christian." Yes Catholicism is a religion. In fact Catholicism IS Christianity in that Protestantism only started in the 1500s.

The Word “Catholic” means “Universal”, which is to say, a Catholic is a “universal Christian.”

]]> Comment on Omar Khayyam (27) by Moji Agha http://www.juancole.com/2012/02/omar-khayyam-27.html#comment-92110 Moji Agha Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:20:42 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=15637#comment-92110 Mirroring what Omar Khayyam says, this other Persian poem, by Rumi talks about why we ALL need to work together in these dark times for our imperiled planet, in "compassionate action," thus living "the story of passionate love" (if we are awake enough); please see: http://www.payvand.com/news/04/feb/1183.html The Far Mosque The place that Solomon made to worship in, called the Far Mosque, is not built of earth and water and stone, but of intention and wisdom and mystical conversation and compassionate action. Every part of it is intelligence and responsive to every other. The carpet bows to the broom. The door knocker and the door swing together, like musicians. This heart sanctuary DOES exist, but it can't be described. Why try!? (Rumi, via "translation" by Coleman Barks) Mirroring what Omar Khayyam says, this other Persian poem, by Rumi talks about why we ALL need to work together in these dark times for our imperiled planet, in “compassionate action,” thus living “the story of passionate love” (if we are awake enough); please see: link to payvand.com

The Far Mosque

The place that Solomon made to worship in,

called the Far Mosque,

is not built of earth and water and stone,

but of intention and wisdom

and mystical conversation

and compassionate action.

Every part of it is intelligence

and responsive to every other.

The carpet bows to the broom.

The door knocker and the door

swing together, like musicians.

This heart sanctuary DOES exist,

but it can’t be described.

Why try!?

(Rumi, via “translation” by Coleman Barks)

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