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That is the question Blade Runner 2049 poses to the viewer. Manufactured replica humans versus naturally born humans are presented as two very different things; the trump card being a real human is born with a soul, has a childhood and along with that growing up phase, treasured memories. Replicants are produced as slaves to society with imbedded memories that seem real, while real humans with true childhoods are represented as having more depth and choices – and a soul. Or do they?
It didn't happen instantly, but along the line, from my seat, the Ryan Gosling replicant versus human storyline blurred into my experience with unwanted, unplanned, unloved children, versus, those lucky people whose families planned for them, wanted them and treasured them. In other words, my split worldview of unloved versus loved.
In the film society had divided itself into slave and free in order to colonize other worlds and rebuild the original ruined one. That required massive numbers of compliant, law-abiding slaves. My internal debate as a movie-goer was who to root for, the replicant who had to process human feelings just like everyone else, who was capable of loving and being loved, or the master/or superior rank of real humans, whose task was to keep order?
Sitting next to me, my husband viewed the film as simply a free man versus slave story, with slavery essentially just being a state of mind. In the film, any slave that tried to pass as human faced a death sentence – or "retirement" by a Blade Runner from the LAPD. Ryan Gosling as a Blade Runner was emotionally flat, and job focused. But during private moments, we saw his human side.
The story delivered a challenge: What if a manufactured replicant somehow gave birth to a baby? So what is that baby? A replicant or a human? A half-replicant, half-human? Or is that baby the line being erased between two classes of humans? A point of no return and societal chaos?
I think sometimes adult children of unloving or toxic parents can feel a little bit like the replicant character in Blade Runner 2049. You exist, but due to childhood trauma or neglect, you have lots of memory gaps. You treasure a few happy memories but know you should have more or you may not even trust your own memories – that you had a sweet experience worth remembering. We are human beings with souls, but there can be an emotional flatness that comes with understanding that many of us were viewed as burdens or even curses to our mothers/parents. Many of us become people pleasers (doing our jobs), we can have a flat effect emotionally, and we may have trouble asking for help, or connecting with others. We know we are different in some ways and strive to fit in with others whom we view as better or luckier than us because of their loving family relationships.
And yet, many of us managed to bloom as adults, creating strong bonds within our own family and social structures. Sometimes we are so good at appearing human that people are shocked when they learn of our origins. Some of us don't talk about our backgrounds, except for a few trusted confidants. Talking about our stories often feels dangerous, as if we are exposing ourselves, as "less than" people.
As the popcorn in my bag got lower and lower, I debated what qualities make us human and how much of my own life has been about choosing to live as fully as humanly possible. As the film concluded I was reminded that there are qualities that confirm our humanness, such as the ability to love and be loved, to consider the feelings of others, and to make sacrifices for a good cause. To be truly human is to assume that every living thing also possesses a soul, an inner life, and to treat others with kindness and respect regardless of origins.


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Indian-American community honors Congressman Joe Crowley
New York, Feb 4 -- Indian American community in Jackson Heights and broader Queens area of New York has honoured Joe Crowley, Democratic member of the US House of Representatives for his efforts on behalf of the community.
During the event in Queens, New York last week, Crowley, vice chair of the Democratic Caucus was recognized for his successful efforts to convince the federal government to begin collecting data on hate crimes committed against Sikh-Americans and Hindu-Americans.
His leadership in establishing the first-ever, breakthrough Congressional Diwali celebration in the US Congress in October 2013 and his ongoing work to end the presumptive ban on Sikhs serving in the US military, were also lauded.
"The Indian-American community is an integral part of Queens and our city, contributing to our economic success and enriching our culture," said Crowley, who serves as the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans in the House.
"I am proud to have fought for and won concrete victories on behalf of the community and I will continue to do so," he said.
Nearly 100 community members and leaders from New York's Sikh-American and the broader Indian-American community attended the event.
Over the past two years, Crowley has been at the forefront of a major effort in Congress to convince the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to begin collecting data on hate crimes committed against Sikh-Americans and Hindu-Americans.
He has introduced legislation and sent multiple letters to DOJ and FBI. In July 2013, then-FBI director Robert Mueller announced that the bureau would begin to implement this programme.
Crowley is also leading the call on the US military to end its presumptive ban on Sikh articles of faith, including turbans and beard.
He is spearheading a bipartisan letter requesting that the US Armed Forces update their appearance regulations to allow Sikh Americans to serve while abiding by their articles of faith.


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Alli: Staying grounded
It's been a whirlwind past 12 months for Dele Alli but the young midfielder is looking to keep both feet firmly on the ground.
Alli, 17, has made 22 appearances for MK Dons since signing a three-year professional deal in July and has firmly established himself as an important member of Karl Robinson's first-team.
But the England youth international, who doesn't turn 18 until April, is keen to stay grounded and help his team pick up more crucial points between now and the end of the season.
Speaking to tonight's edition of reddot, Alli said: "I thought I had a good pre-season in the summer but I didn't expect to go straight in to the side and I certainly wasn't expecting to play as much as I have done.
"I do feel like a first-team player now and that transition has happened relatively quickly, which is largely down to the boys who have helped me fit in really well.
"I'm keeping my feet on the ground, though, because I know I can still improve. The manager has played a key role in that. He's not afraid to play the younger players but I know that while I'm this age I can't be expected to play every game and when he leaves me out of the team he'll always speak to me and explain why."
Read more from Alli in this evening's edition of the reddot, which is priced at £3 and available to buy from sellers around stadiummk.
Tonight's reddot also includes all your favourite pages including notes from the Chairman, Karl Robinson and Dean Lewington; Bootroom and What's the Score with Daniel Powell.
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Poet Lemn Sissay to give keynote address at University of Winchester Writers' Festival 2017
Award-winning poet, broadcaster and writer Lemn Sissay MBE is today announced as keynote speaker at the 37th University of Winchester Writers' Festival this summer (16-18 June 2017).
The three-day University of Winchester Writers' Festival is renowned for its programme of workshops and talks and for connecting writers on a one-to-one basis with key figures in the publishing industry, including literary agents, commissioning editors, best-selling authors and publishing experts.
"Lemn is an inspirational poet and writer who has become one of the nation's best-loved voices and whose work has garnered outstanding reviews and many awards. We are delighted to welcome him to speak at this year's Winchester Writers' Festival," said Judith Heneghan, Festival Director and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing.
"As well as writing poetry, plays and articles, Lemn also has a track record of developing and supporting many new writers, so for him to speak to the emerging writers attending the Festival is particularly exciting."
Lemn Sissay is the author of several books of poetry alongside articles, records, public art, and plays.
He is associate artist at Southbank Centre, patron of The Letterbox Club and The Reader Organisation, and inaugural trustee of World Book Night.
His Landmark Poems are installed throughout Manchester and London, in venues such as The Royal Festival Hall and The Olympic Park. He was an official poet for the London Olympics, and his specially commissioned poem Listening Post concluded the National Commemoration of the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme in Manchester in 2016. In 2010, he was awarded an MBE for services to literature.
His latest collection of poems, Gold from the Stone, was published earlier this year and is a selection of his poetry from age 16 to the present day, which fellow poet Kate Tempest has described as 'passionate and powerful' and the Financial Times describes as 'railing with passion and prowess'.
Previous keynote speakers at the University of Winchester Writers' Festival have included Sebastian Faulks, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Morpurgo, Joanne Harris, Meg Rosoff and Sir Terry Pratchett.
The University of Winchester Writers' Festival takes place from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 June 2017. Attendees may book to attend one, two or all three days.
Tickets will also be available for Lemn Sissay's keynote address only, which takes place at 9am on Saturday 17 June in the Stripe Auditorium, King Alfred Campus, University of Winchester, Sparkford Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4NR.
The University of Winchester Writers' Festival 2017 programme is to be announced in February 2017 and will be available to view at: www.writersfestival.co.uk.
Photo of Lemn Sissay by Aida Muluneh
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We work at your convenience - after hours or weekends when necessary to minimize disruption of your business. Since we use fast drying epoxy paint with no overspray, your filing cabinets, metal desks, chairs - almost anything metal - can be refinished to the color of your choice, on-site and overnight! The next morning, you arrive to a fresh, vibrant place of business.
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[WATCH] 1995 News Clip Of Tupac Associate/Friend Stretch's Death Appears Online
January 18, 2022 ItsHipHop	Leave a comment
A news byte from 1995 has been getting a lot of clicks lately as it is the FOX 5 News report of the death of Live Squad's Randy "Stretch" Walker who was killed just three blocks from his home in Jamaica, Queens. Stretch, who was a friend of late rapper/actor Tupac Shakur, was killed on the one year anniversary of the Quad Studios shooting of Shakur.
Posted exactly two months ago and almost two weeks prior to the date of Stretch's murder, the clip shows Walker's family mourning and in disbelief of his death. The clip mentioned Stretch as a member of the Live Squad, but did not mention his affiliation with 'Pac's new group and street movement, Thug Life.
There were rumors that Walker died over drugs, jealous people from his past and even over the Quad Studios shooting, in which 'Pac blamed walker for not helping him during the robbery. Stretch was killed exactly one year after the Quad incident.
The post [WATCH] 1995 News Clip Of Tupac Associate/Friend Stretch's Death Appears Online appeared first on The Source.
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Today In Hip Hop History: Paramount Pictures Released 'Juice' In Theaters 30 Years Ago
On this date in 1992, Paramount Pictures presented the highly anticipated hood flick Juice, which stars a still rising rap star by the name of Tupac Shakur, who plays a crooked crimie from Uptown by the name of "Bishop".
His co-star, Omar Epps(Higher Learning, In Too Deep), plays a local DJ with industry potential named "GQ", alongside Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins(Lean On Me) and Khalil Kain, who all form a loosely knit crew of truants who are headed in the wrong direction.
This movie was very instrumental in bringing Hip Hop artists onto the silver screen, with cameo appearances from Treach of Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, EPMD's DJ Scratch and Special Ed. Juice also helped to introduce the soundtrack as a way to market movies for larger budgets.
For those who never took notice, it wasn't until after 'Pac made everyone love to hate his character Bishop that Shakur's run-ins with the law became more frequent and his "Thug Life" persona became more noticeable and for its own intent, purposeful. Many will say that it was life imitating art. Some will say that this was the real Tupac; he was just being filmed.
The post Today In Hip Hop History: Paramount Pictures Released 'Juice' In Theaters 30 Years Ago appeared first on The Source.
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Tupac's Sister Takes Legal Action and Sues Executor & Trustee
All eyes are on a Petition filed in the Superior Court of The State of California by Tupac's only sister, Sekyiwa 'Set" Shakur. Several media reports have already confirmed this lawsuit, which involves a dispute over the duties, control, finances, and rights related to the Shakur family's estate, which comprises most of Tupac's music and other cherished assets.
In the lawsuit filed this week, on Monday, January 10, Set Shakur (a/k/a "Set") and The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation ("TASF") has sued the family estate's executor and Trustee, Tom Whalley, for allegedly violating his duties, including failure to provide "compliant" accountings required under the Trust, failure to provide Set and the Foundation with an inventory of estate assets, violating the wishes of Afeni Shakur, misappropriating estate assets, converting and withholding personal assets Set claims to belong to her (not under the control of the Trustee), and creating a "conflict of interest" by serving as Executor and Trustee while also placing himself as the sole manager of Amaru Entertainment (the music and entertainment company that operates all of Tupac's music and intellectual property). When Tupac died in 1996, his mother, Afeni Shakur, was named the beneficiary of the estate and fought tirelessly to acquire all of his music rights and assets to benefit her family and preserve Tupac's legacy. When Afeni passed away in 2016, Whalley was named the beneficiary of the estate.
The Petition alleges that "Whalley has already received more than $5.5 million that he has paid himself in the last five years through Amaru…[and] he has effectively embezzled millions of dollars for his own benefit well in excess of what would be reasonably necessary to retrain a property qualified third-party to perform such services."
In the Petition, Set alleges that Whalley has refused to give up property that was inherited by their mother Afeni, including Tupac's cars, jewelry, his RIAA certified gold plaques, Tupac's artwork and sculptures, items of Tupac's clothing, shoes, and accessories, and furniture taken from his homes.
The TASF Foundation, reportedly an additional beneficiary of the Trust, is a party to the lawsuit due to the community service work it provides coming from the funds it receives from the Trust and Estate.
Set and the TASF Foundation have assembled an all-star lineup of attorneys, including prominent attorneys L. Londell McMillan, who represented Prince, Michael Jackson, and Prodigy of Mobb Deep before their untimely deaths (and represented their families following their deaths), and Donald David, who formerly represented Afeni Shakur in a number of her legal cases including her lawsuit against Death Row.
In a statement to The Source, McMillan stated: "Set and the Foundation deserve the care, accountings, property, funds, and trust that Afeni expressly required and bequeathed, as well as the respect Tupac's legacy and family deserves. That's a fact."
Howard King, an attorney for the executor, denies the allegations raised by Set and TASF, describing Whalley as a "long time friend and confidant" of Tupac and his mother. King states that "these legal claims are disappointing and detrimental to all beneficiaries of the trust. We are confident the Court will promptly conclude that Tom has always acted in the best interests of Amaru, the trust, and all beneficiaries."
The suit requests that Whalley be ordered to "recompense" the estate in a minimum amount of $4 million and provide a full accounting in connection with his role as executor of the Shakur estate.
A hearing on the Petition has been scheduled for March 21, 2022, and TheSource.com will update the story as further details become available. Attorney McMillan is also the owner of The NorthStar Source Group, the parent company of The Source.
The post Tupac's Sister Takes Legal Action and Sues Executor & Trustee appeared first on The Source.
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ICYMI: Tupac Poem Hits Market, 'All Eyez On Me' Inspiration
January 2, 2022 ItsHipHop	Leave a comment
A love poem written by Tupac Shakur over two decades ago that inspired his hit song "All Eyez On Me" is hitting the market.
The piece is titled "All Eye Was Lookin' 4." The auction house confirmed it's dated for August 26th, 1995, and 2Pac's hit song came out the next year.
The iconic rapper penned a handwritten poem to one of his old girlfriends. It tells the story of how he fell in love with a woman named Simi and how he hoped their relationship would go.
"4 Romeo there was Juliet, 4 Sampson was Delilah, 4 Heaven there was hell, 4 water there is fire, but me, I walk alone w life, w search of something pure, then I came across a woman who was All I wasz looking for."
The authentic poem and piece of Tupac history is selling for a mere 95-thousand-dollars.
"All Eyez on Me" featuring Big Skye, appeared on 2Pac's fourth studio album, All Eyez on Me, Disc 2. It was the last project released while Tupac Shakur was living.
All Eyez on Me made history as the first ever double-full-length Hip Hop solo studio album released commercially.
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Tupac Poem Hits Market, 'All Eyez On Me' Inspiration
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Wake Me When I'm Free | Tupac Shakur | A Museum Experience
December 4, 2021 ItsHipHop	Leave a comment
Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I'm Free is a groundbreaking museum experience that will provide a deeper understanding of this legendary artist who used his creative platform to speak for the voiceless and oppressed.
Created in collaboration with the Shakur Estate, this exhibit leverages technology, contemporary art, and never before seen artifacts from Tupac's personal archives. Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I'm Free will delve into the greater meaning of his activism, music, and revolutionary art.
Be one of the first to witness this legendary experience. Opening Night is January 21st @ L.A. Live. Tickets On Sale Now!" WMWIF.COM
Ticket link: wakemewhenimfreetickets.com
Source: UndergroundHipHopBlog.com
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Today in Hip-Hop History: 2Pac's "California Love" Featuring Dr. Dre Was Released 26 Years Ago
On this date in 1995, Death Row Records released one of the label's most successful singles featuring Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, and Zapp frontman, the late Roger Troutman aptly titled "California Love" from 'Pac's All Eyez On Me LP.
As Tupac's first single as a Death Row artist and as a free man after his 1994 rape conviction, California Love dropped during the height of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry and helped to propel Death Row to the top of the Hip Hop food chain, featuring the game's hottest rapper and the most sought after producer. The B-side to the Jodeci-powered "How Do U Want It?" posted up in the Billboard pole position for a solid two weeks and 'Pac was posthumously nominated for Grammys in the Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group categories.
"Only In Cali where we riot not rally, to live and die/ In L.A., we wearing Chucks, not Ballys(yeah, that's right).."
Salute to the late, great Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, the entire Death Row staff, the legend Roger Troutman and everyone involved with this smash single that will forever live in Hip Hop history.
The post Today in Hip-Hop History: 2Pac's "California Love" Featuring Dr. Dre Was Released 26 Years Ago appeared first on The Source.
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Today In Hip Hop History: Death Row Records' 'Christmas On Death Row' LP Turns 25 Years Old!
On this date in 1996, Death Row Records, led by then CEO Suge Knight, dropped an exclusive Christmas project for the holiday season. Sadly, this album was released just shy of three months after the tragic shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.
The album featured all of Death Row's favorite acts including Michel'le, who at the time was involved with Knight, Snoop Dogg and The Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Danny Boy, and several other up-and-coming artists on the label. The star-studded line-up rehashed many Christmas soul classics and carols including "Silver Bells," "Frosty Thee Snowman," and "White Christmas." With 200K in sales, the virtually unheard of album didn't do too bad. The best part was that it was reportedly all for charity.
Salute to the entire Death Row for releasing this under-the-radar Hip-Hop classic!
The post Today In Hip Hop History: Death Row Records' 'Christmas On Death Row' LP Turns 25 Years Old! appeared first on The Source.
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Happy Birthday To Treach Of Naughty By Nature! 6 Degrees Of Success
Today in 1970 in "Illtown" New Jersey, the king of "OPP", better known as Treach, was born. For those who don't know, Treach was the frontman for the New Jersey rap collective Naughty By Nature. Born Anthony Criss in East Orange, New Jersey, Treach got his musical start in his hometown. He, Vin Rock, and DJ Kay Gee came together as the group New Style and released an album called Independent Leaders in 1989. Treach and Naughty by Nature saw the majority of their success with their 1991 single "O.P.P". This song featured a sample from The Jackson 5's "ABC" and debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart making it one of the most popular crossover songs in rap history. The success of this single opened the doors for Treach to venture into other elements of Hip Hop culture in the 90s. Starting with a guest appearance in the 1992 cult classic Juice, Treach began the next wave of his career as an actor. His biggest role came in 194 when he starred as "A-1" in Jason's Lyric.
In honor of his birthday, we have put together a list of the six degrees of success that put Treach in the room with other influential voices in Hip Hop and popular culture.
1. Sandra 'Pepa' Denton- First on this list is "Pepa" of the legendary Salt N Pepa. From 1998 to 2001, the two were joined together in holy matrimony. They share a daughter beautifully named Egypt Jahnari Criss born September 2, 1998.
2. Tupac Shakur- In his first big-screen appearance, Tupac played the role of "Bishop" in the cult classic Juice. If you remember correctly, Bishop was not a character who made friends easily. At the beginning of the movie, Bishop has beef with a character named Radames and if you pay attention, you can see Treach standing behind Radames as he and Bishop have one of their many verbal altercations.
3. James Gandolfini- Who doesn't love a good mob story? In 2006, Treach's TV acting prowess landed him a gig on an episode of The Sopranos as the character "Marvin". His role was short-lived, but not many are able to say they played the opposite of the infamous Tony Soprano.
4. Queen Latifah- This fellow New Jersey rapper was in and out of Treach's musical and acting career. She was one of the first successful artists to give Naughty By Nature the attention they deserved. She has featured Treach on songs throughout her discography. She was even cast alongside Treach in his first big-screen appearance (although they were never on screen together).
5. Leonardo DiCaprio-Although this relationship may be more loosely based than the rest, it's important none the less. Naughty's track "Hip Hop Hooray" was featured on the soundtrack of the very successful film Wolf of Wall Street starring Leo DiCaprio in 2013.
The post Happy Birthday To Treach Of Naughty By Nature! 6 Degrees Of Success appeared first on The Source.
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Tupac Shakur Hard Drive Containing Unearthed Photos/Music Goes To Auction. Could Reveal New Clues To His Unsolved Murder.
A hard drive containing previously unheard Tupac Shakur songs and "intimate" photos of the rapper will be auctioned off, revealing new insights on the late rapper's life and associations leading up to his death. Photos Reveal Mike Tyson, Andre Harrell, Jodeci With 2Pac Prior To Death A hard drive containing previously unheard Tupac Shakur songs […]
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Giant aquarium bursts, releases flood of fish into Berlin tourist attraction
by: The Associated Press via Nexstar Media Wire
BERLIN (AP) — A huge aquarium in Berlin burst, spilling debris, water and hundreds of tropical fish out of the AquaDom tourist attraction in the heart of the German capital early Friday.
Police said parts of the building, which also contains a hotel, cafes and a chocolate store, were damaged as 1 million liters (264,000 gallons) of water poured from the aquarium shortly before 6 a.m. Berlin's fire service said two people were slightly injured.
The AquaDom tourist attraction. (Getty Images)
Mayor Franziska Giffey said the incident had unleashed a "veritable tsunami" of water but the early morning timing had prevented far more injuries.
"Despite all the destruction, we were still very lucky," she said. "We would have had terrible human damage" had the aquarium burst even an hour later, once more people were awake and in the hotel and the surrounding area, she said.
What's the difference between freezing rain, sleet and snow?
The 25 meters tall (82 feet tall) AquaDom was described as the biggest cylindrical tank in the world and held more than a thousand tropical fish before the incident. Among the 80 types of fish it housed were blue tang and clownfish, two colorful species known from the popular animated movie "Finding Nemo."
"Unfortunately, none of the 1,500 fish could be saved," Giffey said.
Efforts were underway Friday afternoon to save an additional 400 to 500 smaller fish housed in aquariums underneath the hotel lobby. Without electricity, their tanks were not receiving the necessary oxygen for them to survive, officials said.
"Now it's about evacuating them quickly," Almut Neumann, a city official in charge of environmental issues for Berlin's Mitte district, told German news agency dpa.
Various organizations, including the Berlin Zoo, offered to take in the surviving fish.
Members of the media tour the "AquaDom" inside the "DomAquaree" in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 1, 2003. The one-million-liters seawater aquarium, which is 25 meters high, has a build-in elevator that visitors can ride frpm Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
Aquarium operator Sea Life said it was saddened by the incident and was trying to get more information about the incident from the owners of the AquaDom.
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Religion as a Virtue
Filed under: religion, Thomas Aquinas, Virtue | Tags: aquinas, atheist, New York Times, religion, Roman Road, Virtue, worship
"There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." So says the advertisement placed on over 800 buses in England as part of the atheist bus campaign, featured in this New York Times article. The ad campaign was initiated to respond to advertisements sponsored by this website, quoting John 3:16 and listing the website. The website, I think, is what is often called a Roman Road website, which my esteemed fiancé addresses in this blog post.
My intention is not to talk about atheism or the problems with the Roman Road mentality (which my fiance does a very fine job addressing), but rather to talk more generally about what religion is, which I hope may clear up some misconceptions between atheists and Christians.
Aquinas says that religion is a virtue which is characterized by giving due honor to God. Because religion is about "giving what is due," Aquinas includes it as a virtue of justice, which is defined as the habit "whereby a man renders to others what is due to them by a constant and perpetual will." When I repay a loan, I am giving what is due to a person, which is an act of justice. When I punish a misbehaving a child, I am giving what is due, which is an act of justice. When I give God gratitude and worship, I am giving God what is due, which is an act of justice.
Habits are differentiated according to their objects. The theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) have God as their object while the moral virtues have a natural or human good as their object. The object of temperance, for example, is pleasures of touch. The object of fortitude is the arduous good. The object of religion is "reverence to one God under one aspect, namely as the first principle of the creation and government of things" (II-II, Q. 81, art. 3).
The moral virtues are about the moral good according to human, not divine standards. The acts conducive to the development of the moral virtues are in accordance with the dictates of natural human reason. So Aquinas, by listing religion as a moral virtue, is saying that religion is a natural, human virtue, not something supernatural. He says, "the good to which religion is directed is to give due honor to God. Honor is due to someone under the aspect of excellence: and to God a singular excellence is competent, since He infinitely surpasses all things and exceeds them in every way. Wherefore to Him is special honor due: even as in human affairs we see that different honor is due to different personal excellences, one kind of honor to a father, another to the king." (I-II, Q. 81, art. 4).
What Aquinas is saying here is really quite remarkable–religion is something everybody should practice, not just select people who believe in God. Moreover, religion is not about our human state of mind, but about giving God what is due to him as God. Good, or virtuous religious practice does not give God worship in order to avoid Hell, as this http://www.jesussaid.org/gods-wrath-against-sin.php Roman Road website suggests, and atheists often assume. Virtuous religious practice recognizes God as the giver of all good things and believes he should be given gratitude and honor as a result.
So what about the Atheist Bus Campaign's claim that all those religious people should "stop worrying and enjoy life?" Or what about the Australian atheists who wanted to advertise for their point of view with the appeal "Atheism: Sleep in on Sunday mornings." You get the impression that atheists are the happy, carefree ones and religious people are uptight, paranoid, and miserable. Aquinas would disagree. "the direct and principal effect of devotion is the spiritual joy of the mind . . . Caused by a twofold consideration: chiefly by the consideration of God's goodness, because this consideration belongs to the term, as it were, of the movement of the will in surrendering itself to God, and direct result of this consideration is joy. . . Secondarily, devotion is caused by the consideration of one's own failings; for this consideration regards the term from which man withdraws by the movement of his devout will, in that he trusts not in himself, but subjects himself to God" (II-II, Q. 82, art. 4).
Good and virtuous religion, whereby God is praised and adore as the supreme principle of all being, and the giver or all good things is not a burdensome act, according to Aquinas, but one which humans are meant to enjoy. This is consistent with his idea that virtue is not just when we do good acts against our inclinations, but when our inclinations align with good acts: "we must allow that sorrow for things pertaining to virtue is incompatible with virtue: since virtue rejoices in its own. On the other hand, virtue sorrows moderately for all that thwarts virtue, no matter how" (I-II, Q. 59, art. 4).
Most of us, however, do not have the virtue of religion. It is hard for us to wake up on Sunday mornings, we do get bored in church, and we almost always have other things to do besides pray. Almost all virtues are difficult to develop at first. It is hard for an alcoholic to be temperate towards alcohol, there is always an excuse to not justly give money and time to different charitable activities as an act of justice, and judging by the divorce rates in this country, lots of oaths are being broken. Yet it takes virtuous acts like keeping promises and giving money to the poor to develop the virtue of justice. It takes virtuous acts of moderation towards food, drink, and sex to develop the virtue of temperance.
My point is that most of us are not virtuous people and so we find it difficult to do virtuous things. But Aquinas' psychology says that the more we grow in virtue, the easier it is for us to continue to act virtuously. So also is the case with religion. We start off practicing religion because it is our duty, but as we revere and honor him, "our mind is subjected to Him; wherein its perfection consists, since a thing is perfected by being subject to its superior" (II-II Q. 81, art. 7). As we become more religious, we become sanctified, or made holy, whereby we give God not only what He is due in worship, but also as we refer to God "the works of the other virtues." In like manner, "man by certain good works disposes himself to the worship of God" (II-II, Q. 81, art. 8).
So religion and other good acts are related in Aquinas' systems because religion itself is a virtue. And virtues dispose their owner towards more and more good acts. So don't sleep in on Sunday mornings, but look at going to church and worshipping God as just another part of enjoying life, and more importantly, as part of becoming a better person. And above all, remember that in the end, the worship you give isn't about you and what you are getting out of it, but about what you owe God.
Why Religion Might Make You Better Behaved and Happier
Filed under: Christianity, religion, Theology, Thomas Aquinas, Uncategorized | Tags: acquired, beatitude, grace, happiness, infused, internal strength, McCullough, New York Times, religion, self-control, temperance, University of Miami, Virtue, Willoughby
University of Miami researchers David McCullough and Brian Willoughby have issued a report claiming that religion promotes self-control, described in this recent New York Times article. The article, written by a non-religious person, evaluates the claim backed up by other research that religion makes people better-behaved and overall happier that non-religious folk. The most fascinating part to me was that McCullough and Willoughby do not conclude that the success religious people enjoy is attributed to obedience to external rules imposed by a religious belief system, but rather to an internal strength that religious people have: "Brain-scan studies have shown that when people pray or meditate, there's a lot of activity in two parts of brain that are important for self-regulation and control of attention and emotion," McCullough said. "The rituals that religions have been encouraging for thousands of years seem to be a kind of anaerobic workout for self-control." I think an alternate explanation may be what Aquinas calls "infused moral virtues."
In Thomas Aquinas' system, a moral virtue is a good habit by which a person is disposed to act well as if it were second nature. A virtue is formed by acting well over and over again. He thinks that the development of virtue is something that both believers and non-believers can do. In other words, there is nothing specifically religious or theological about the moral virtues. Anybody can theoretically discipline their passions to be virtuous, though in practice, the development of virtue is difficult and frequently unsuccessful.
However, there is another category of virtue which Aquinas calls "infused moral virtues." The infused moral virtues are not caused by acting well over and over again. Thomas says that the moral virtues must ordinarily be "acquired" through the arduous process of habituating ourselves to the good. Rather, the infused moral virtues are implanted in us by God through grace.
Infused moral virtues are similar to their acquired counterparts. We can still speak of infused and acquired temperance, for example, and both are habits that perfect the concupiscible appetite which is the appetite for things like food, drink, and sex. However, there are two major differences between acquired and infused virtues, besides how they are caused. The first difference is the matter with which the virtues are concerned, what Aquinas calls the object (materia circa quam):
the object of temperance is a good in respect of the pleasures connected with the concupiscence of touch. . . it is evident that the mean that is appointed in such like concupiscences according to the rule of human reason, is seen under a different aspect from the mean which is fixed according to Divine rule. For instance, in the consumption of food, the mean fixed by human reason, is that food should not harm the health of the body, nor hinder the use of reason: whereas, according to the Divine rule, it behooves man to "chastise his body, and bring it into subjection" (1 Corinthians 9:27), by abstinence in food, drink and the like" (I-II, Q. 63, art. 3).
So the object of acquired moral virtues is some earthly good like health according to what human reason dictates, whereas the object of the infused moral virtues is obedience to the command of God. The second difference is that the infused and acquired virtues are directed towards different things. The acquired virtues are directed towards are directed towards earthly goods that make people good "citizens of earth," whereas the infused moral virtues are directed toward spiritual goods that make one a good "citizen of heaven."
We need the infused moral virtues because human beings are given a supernatural end of eternal happiness (beatitude), which we cannot reach by our own effort, as well as a natural end of happiness in this life, which we can achieve based on our own effort and cultivation of virtue. Just as the acquired moral virtues habituate us to behave virtuously and flourish in this life, the infused moral virtues habituate us to flourish in the next life as well.
We receive the infused moral virtues through grace. We receive grace by going to church and worshiping collectively, by receiving the sacraments, and by praying. Their source is religious in nature–Thomas does not think that pagans can receive the infused moral virtues.
The infused moral virtues could explain why religious people tend to be better at self-control as well more successful and happier than their non-religious counterparts. Virtue is very difficult to acquire and most people are unsuccessful. If a person through grace is infused with temperance, this will still manifest itself as self-control towards food and drink, even if on their own, they were unsuccessful at developing temperance through acquisition.
What is Metaphysics and What Use is it for Christians?
Filed under: Thomas Aquinas, Uncategorized | Tags: Aristotle, Christianity, Metaphysics, Philosophy, religion, Theology, Thomas Aquinas
The word "metaphysics" has its origins in Aristotle's corpus, meaning literally "after the physics." In his treatise On Physics, Aristotle studied the natural world; his concern in On Metaphysics is the world beyond the natural, that is, the immaterial world. Aristotle considered metaphysics the first philosophy (prôtê philosophia) because it had as its object the first causes of things, and he considered it a theological science (theologikê) because it culminated in considerations of God's existence and nature.
Metaphysics, however, is distinct from theology as a discipline, and the main difference is in their starting points. Theology starts with the authority of God revealed in Scripture and made manifest in the articles of faith. It is a revealed science, meaning that we cannot empirically prove theology's starting principles such as the incarnation, the resurrection, or the ascension. We take these matters on faith.
Metaphysics takes as its starting point the sensible world, which is the same starting point as physics. The metaphysician studies things which can be empirically validated in the natural world and finds in this intelligible traces of that which is not natural and which cannot be empirically validated—God. It is on the study of God that theology and metaphysics converge while still remaining distinct as disciplines.
One may ask why metaphysics would be necessary at all for those who have faith. The idea behind this objection to the use of metaphysics is that we have the truth concerning God revealed to us in Scripture, and thus we need only study that to know God. This is not a new objection. Thomas Aquinas and his teacher Albert dealt with "some who in their complete ignorance want to oppose the use of philosophy. This is especially true among the Dominicans, where no one stands up to contradict them. Like brute animals they blaspheme against things they do not understand."
Instead, Albert and Thomas shared a robust confidence in the use of reason to illuminate and deepen knowledge and understanding regarding matters of faith. They thought this possible because they saw faith and reason as two different approaches to the truth. So long as both kept the eternal and immutable truth as their subject, faith and reason could never be contradictory. Moreover, Thomas adamantly advanced the position that metaphysics could greatly supplement theology, and that those who "by bringing [philosophical arguments] into the service of faith, do not mix water with wine, but rather change water into wine."
In a Quodlibet written near the end of his life, Aquinas distinguishes between two types of theological disputes. The first uses only revealed authority to make its arguments, a type of disputation that can only take place among those who accept the given source of authority. For example, Catholics and Protestants can debate about issues like the Incarnation and the Resurrection because both accept Scripture as an authority. However, Christians cannot debate on the same terms with atheists, because atheists do not accept Scripture as an authority. Instead, Christians must resort to the second type of disputation which uses rational philosophical arguments to lead the hearer to truth. As Aquinas says in the opening question of the Summa Theologica, "God is constantly at work in the mind, endowing it with its natural light and giving it direction."
Although the mind is capable of coming to knowledge of the truth without faith, this knowledge is limited and partial. Metaphysics can tell us something about God—for example, that God is one, that God is eternal, or that God sets creation in motion—but it is the supernatural illumination of faith which strengthens and elevates the intellect so that it is capable to contemplate God face to face. As Aquinas says in the Summa Theologica I, Question 3, art. 1, human intellect may fail and be deceived, "but the light of faith, which is, as it were, a faint stamp of the First Truth in our mind, cannot fail, any more than God can be deceived or lie."
For Christians in dialogue with Christians, metaphysical language provides a means of deepening our understanding of the tenants of our faith such as the relationship between the three Persons of the one God or the relationship between the two natures in the one Jesus Christ. The very first Christian Counsels relied on metaphysics to develop the creed that Roman Catholics and some branches of Protestants recite in church every week. Metaphysical reasoning can also illumine Scripture. When YHWH tells Moses "I AM who AM," he is using metaphysical language. The Gospel of John is replete with metaphysics, and without metaphysics, the creation narrative in Genesis is just a myth.
But metaphysics is also indispensable if Christians have any desire at all to converse with their non-believing neighbors. The ability to talk of God as the Unmoved Mover, the first efficient cause, or the only necessary being among contingents (I will explain what these mean in a future blog) will ultimately yield more fruit in bringing the atheist or agnostic to at least acknowledging God as logical conclusion than will citing Scripture. Most importantly, the use of metaphysics will show non-believers and believers alike that theology is not an irrational science.
The Virtue of Humility in Theological Inquiry
Filed under: Christianity, Theology, Thomas Aquinas | Tags: Humility, religion, Theology, Thomas Aquinas, Virtue
Yesterday, my boyfriend and I were in the kitchen talking about theology when the subject of Hell came up. I mentioned that I was bothered by people who stopped going to church or believing in God completely because they found the idea of Hell so repulsive. My boyfriend replied that there were different conceptions of Hell but that he found the idea of eternal torture somewhat difficult to swallow because it does not seem that God's justice would include eternal punishment for anything we could do on earth. I responded that God's love makes eternal life with Him possible; why should not His justice include eternal punishment?
The conversation was a long one. My boyfriend and I brought out Scripture, the Church Fathers (and specifically Justin Martyr for this particular conversation), metaphysical speculation, and of course, Thomas Aquinas. We batted around different conceptions of God's justice and tried to figure out which seemed most true in light of the different resources at our disposal. We never got to the point that we could say definitively that we fully understood how God in his justice could condemn people to a Hell of eternal suffering but we also didn't conclude that because we could not fully understand, we were going to either (a) give up our faith or (b) dismiss the concept of Hell as false.
I am sure that all of us know people who say that they refuse to worship Yahweh because the Hebrew Scriptures reveal Him to be a wrathful, angry God who is arbitrary in His punishments and guilty of horrible atrocities like genocide. How many people have you talked to who have rejected the New Testament in response to things like Paul saying that women should keep silent, cover their heads, and stay obedient to their husbands? Christopher Hitchens has built his career on arguing that every religion, but especially Christianity, prove in their sacred texts that God is not great, and therefore not something we should worship.
The Christian faith is a complicated one, and it is perfectly reasonable that even the most pious Christian will have questions and doubts. There is, however, a way to pursue these questions within a faith tradition, without rejecting the faith outright. The conversation my boyfriend and I had illustrates how such conversations can proceed, even regarding topics we may have trouble fully consenting to intellectually.
St. Anselm of Canterbury famously defined theology as "faith seeking understanding." But he too ran into people who, failing to reach understanding, gave up faith. In a text called "The Incarnation of the Word," he describes
the presumption of those who, since they are unable to understand intellectually things the Christian faith professes, and with foolish pride think that there cannot in any way be things that they cannot understand, with unspeakable rashness dare to argue against such things rather than with humble wisdom admit their possibility. Indeed, no Christian ought to argue how things that the Catholic Church sincerely believes and verbally professes are not so, but by always adhering to the same faith without hesitation, by loving it, and by humbly living according to it, a Christian ought to argue how they are, inasmuch as one can look for reasons. If one can understand, one should thank God; if one cannot, one should bow one's head in veneration rather than sound off trumpets.
Anselm is not saying here that we should refrain from asking difficult questions about our faith or even dare to disagree about how a particular doctrinal issue like Hell should be understood. But he is saying that the failure to come to some sort of understanding gives one license to reject the doctrine in question.
Thomas Aquinas identifies a particular virtue necessary for theological inquiry. The virtue of humility lies between the two extremes of pride and despair (see Summa Theologica II-II, Q. 161). The object of humility is the "difficult good," such as knowledge that is hard to achieve, and this virtue serves to protect the mind from the pursuit of things which are against right reason. It is the virtue of humility that allows a person to remember her place in reference to God, and to subject herself to God, and to others for the sake of God, when appropriate.
Regarding theological inquiry specifically, Aquinas says that humility restrains a person from confiding in her own powers regarding great things (e.g. knowledge of God's essence), but encourages her to aim at greater things "through confidence in God's help . . . especially since the more one subjects oneself to God the more is one exalted in God's sight. Hence Augustine says: 'It is one thing to raise oneself to God and another to raise oneself up against God. He that abases himself before Him, him He raiseth up he that raises himself up against Him, him He casteth down" (II-II, Q. 161, art. 2, ad. 2).
Modern sentiments are wont to follow Machiavelli, Hume, and Spinoza, among others, in rejecting humility as a virtue only for the overly-pious or the feint-hearted. Aquinas' understanding of humility is not one that encourages inactivity or self-deprecation, but rather pushes people to achieve great things and reach great intellectual feats in relation to others, and to God. Aquinas himself was a paradigm of such intellectual humility. He was not afraid to take on difficult points of doctrine, and to disagree with even his most illustrious predecessors like Augustine. But he was also not afraid to admit that some things were a mystery that our human minds could never exhaust. With the aid of humility, one can approach these mysteries as opportunities to grow in faith, rather than abandon it.


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Attorney Denied by New York Court to Represent President Trump Suddenly Dies at 48
Attorney John Meringolo, who represented "We Build the Wall" leader Tim Shea and recently asked the courts to represent Donald Trump, died suddenly last week.
New York City defense lawyer John Meringolo has died, according to his father. He recently represented Timothy Shea in the federal We Build the Wall fraud case.
— Molly Crane-Newman (@molcranenewman) November 17, 2022
Veteran NYC defense lawyer John Meringolo dies at 48.
Meringolo became a thorn in the side of federal prosecutors after winning streaks defending notorious clients in several prominent mafia, RICO, and large-scale narcotics cases.https://t.co/A0rN1XMB8h
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) November 17, 2022
Meringolo, a long-time Manhattan defense attorney, earned a reputation for besting federal prosecutors in high-profile cases.
From the New York Daily News:
The veteran litigator's father, Richard Meringolo, confirmed his death to the Daily News. His cause of death was not immediately apparent, though his father said it was unexpected. Meringolo is survived by his twin 1-year-old sons, his wife, and his parents.
"It's horrifying," his heartbroken father said. "It's a very sad day."
Meringolo became a thorn in the side of federal prosecutors after winning streaks defending notorious clients in several prominent mafia, RICO, and large-scale narcotics cases.
In 2018, he scored a mistrial in the racketeering case of Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino, the reputed head of the Philadelphia crime family.
He convinced a Manhattan jury to acquit former NYPD deputy inspector James "Jimmy" Grant of charges alleging he took bribes from corrupt Brooklyn businessman Jeremy Reichberg in January 2019.
A couple months later, he scored an acquittal for John "Porky" Zancocchio, the alleged lieutenant of the reputed head of the Bonanno crime family. Meringolo argued his client was a victim of ethnic profiling by the NYPD based on his Italian heritage.
He notched another win in the form of a mistrial earlier this year of Steve Bannon associate Timothy Shea in the federal "We Build the Wall" crowdfunding case. He also represented Shea at his second trial, which ended in a conviction last month.
Meringolo requested to represent the Trump team in another lawsuit coming from the state.
However, the judge declined to make adjustments that would enable him to do so.
The New York Daily News noted:
A Manhattan lawyer is trying to move heaven and earth to represent a pair of conflicting cases going to trial the same day — one against a Colorado businessman accused of stealing from Trump supporters, the other against a Trump company for stealing from New York's taxpayers.
Attorney John Meringolo is scheduled to go to federal court with Timothy Shea in the We Build the Wall crowdfunding scam case against him on Oct. 24.
Shea is charged with pocketing donations from supporters of Trump's signature immigration policy to build a wall on the southern border. His case ended in a mistrial on June 7, after a holdout juror refused to convict, alleging a government "witch hunt."
The same day Shea's retrial starts, the Trump Organization and Trump Payroll Corp. are slated to go on trial across the street in Manhattan Supreme Court on tax fraud charges. In that case, prosecutors say the company engaged in a 15-year tax evasion scheme that hid millions in taxable income from authorities.
Meringolo said lawyers for Trump's family real estate business asked him to help defend the case following the recent guilty plea of chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. The company's veteran bookkeeper has agreed to testify against his former employer for less prison time.
In a flurry of correspondence filed over the past two weeks, Meringolo has tried to bend the courts' schedules so he can represent both cases — telling the presiding judges he's the best man for the job.
On Sept. 2, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, presiding over the Trump Organization case, told Meringolo that the answer was no. The judge cited the lawyer's conflicting schedule and described his eleventh-hour arrival to the case at a Monday hearing as "bizarre."


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The foam plugs prevent the water from entering the cockpit of the kayak.


Data from the Committee of Scottish Bankers suggest 3,159 business accounts were opened in the three months to June 30, up 4.2% on the previous quarter but down 0.6 per cent on the same period a year ago.
New business start-up accounts opened with banks in Scotland rose 4.2 per cent in the three months to June, figures from The Committee of Scottish Bankers (CSCB) show.
Its data, taken from new business accounts opened with contributing CSCB member Banks, show 3,159 business accounts were opened in the three months to June 30, up 4.2 per cent on the previous quarter but down 0.6 per cent on the same period a year ago.
The bulk of the quarter-on-quarter growth was from new company accounts, with just four new sole trader accounts added in the second quarter though sole trader accounts were down 11.5 per cent on the same period a year ago, when 1,248 accounts were opened.
New partnership accounts were down by three on the prior quarter to 155 and year-on-year were down 16 per cent compared against the185 accounts reported for the same period last year.
Company accounts opened in the second quarter totalled 1,900, up from 1,746 in the same period a year ago and up seven per cent on the 1,774 opened the previous quarter.
Contributing banks are Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, TSB Bank and The Royal Bank of Scotland.