Posted on 12/08/2008 9:43:31 AM PST by This Just In
NewsWEAK, a INFLUENTIAL magazine?
Only in your dreams.
Now I understand why. Like Scientific American it
‘s run by a bunch of gays. Emotionally disturbed people, which is what gays are lack the ability to produce quality. Perhaps if they straightened themselves out, it would be reflected in their magazines.
Are they still even being published?
Why?
I would read Newsweek for cogent thinking on religious matters like I would read Scientific American for grooming tips.
Cardinal on Biblical Condemnation of Homosexuality: We’re Not Allowed the Cowardice of “Politically Correct” Silence
“A page of the inspired book that no human authority can force us to censor”
By John-Henry Westen
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112509.html
BOLOGNA, November 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Italian Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, the former Archbishop of Bologna who last year was selected by Pope Benedict XVI to preach the papal Lenten retreat, has authored a new book in which he addresses, among other things, the question of homosexuality. In ‘Sheep and Shepherds’, Cardinal Biffi notes that the Biblical condemnation of homosexuality is explicit and Christians are not “allowed, if we want to be faithful to the word of God, the pusillanimity of passing over it in silence out of concern of appearing ‘politically incorrect.’”
The Cardinal’s book is replete with references to the Sacred Scriptures, with which he makes his case that the societal acceptance of and spread of homosexuality is both “the proof and the result of the exclusion of God from collective attention and social life, and of the refusal to give him due praise.”
In a chapter on The Challenge of Chastity, Cardinal Biffi writes:
“The exclusion of the Creator leads to the complete derailment of reason:
“’They became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While claiming to be wise, they became fools’ (Romans 1:21-22).
“As a result of this intellectual blindness, both theory and behavior have fallen into complete dissoluteness:
“’Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies’ (Romans 1:24)
“And in order to prevent any misunderstanding or any convenient interpretation, the Apostle continues with a striking analysis, formulated in perfectly explicit terms:
“’Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper’ (Romans 1:26-28).
“In fact, Saint Paul is careful to observe that extreme abjection occurs when ‘they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them’ (Romans 1:32).”
The Cardinal acknowledges the modern day pressures on Christians to remain silent on the subject; however, he notes that these quotes are “a page of the inspired Book that no human authority can force us to censor.”
Rather than be silent, Cardinal Biffi says, “We must instead point out the singular relevance of this teaching of divine Revelation: what St. Paul identified in the culture of the Greco-Roman world prophetically demonstrates its correspondence with what has taken place in Western culture in recent centuries: the exclusion of the Creator - to the point of proclaiming grotesquely that ‘God is dead’ - has had the consequence, almost as an inevitable punishment, of the spread of an aberrant sexual ideology, with an arrogance unknown to previous times.”
The 256-page book “Pecore e pastori. Riflessioni sul gregge di Cristo”, is available in Italian only. Here:
http://www.shopforall.it/shop3/product_info.php?pid=9788882724207?=it
(translation of text courtesy of Sandro Magister http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/?eng=y )
Note the use of buzz words to justify any position: “living document”, “progressive”, “modern”, etc.
Never once does the author offer any proof that homosexuality is preferred, condoned, healthy - only the tearing down of what most rational people believe. The arrogance of today’s free thinkers is monumental and, at the same time, so rooted in whimsical arguements as to be laughable.
Laughable, if it were not so dangerous.
We, as conservatives, may use Newsweek as a fire starter, but there are a number of American’s, unfortunately, that read this tripe and believe this to be news worthy.
I just had a conversation with two individuals several days ago, and they were expressing concern over “Global Warming”. These are the same kinds of people that read Newsweek without a discerning or skeptical eye.
Dr. Mohler isn’t using hyperbole, unfortunately, when recognizing Newsweek’s subscribers. Fortunately, these magazines are going running out of steam.
The Cardinal has hit the nail squarely on the head.
The only thing that has changed in all these years is technology. People are still people and the lust, hatered, greed, murder, et cetera of the 'old' world still plagues the 'new'. The only solution is at the cross of Christ.
And we’re surprised by this because...?
tbpiper, Amen
Dick Bachert, No, we’re not.
It's a business call - they've determined that there are enough gays to support their magazine - and that they don't need Americans with traditional values. It's their call.
Anyone want to make bets on how long it'll be before we hear of major layoffs?
INTREP
When were they not gay?
typical newspaper or magazine reader is:
White, older than 30. The exact same demographic the media has been ostracizing.
No wonder their going do so quickly
It's a business call - they've determined there are enough gays to support their magazine - and they don't need Americans with traditional values. It's their call.
Anyone want to make bets on how long it'll be before we hear of major layoffs?
She (Lisa Miller) started her journalism career as an editorial assistant (1984) at the Harvard Business Review and later became manuscript editor there (1985-87) before moving to The New Yorker (1987-92) and then Self magazine (1992-93), where she was senior editor for arts coverage and created their "In Focus" section in the front of the book.
If you are over 65 you can get a year’s subscription for $10 and a free clock radio with your paid subscription. NO KIDDING! The same with Time magazine. I saw the offer the other day in the mail.
Newsweek NOW!!! goes gay? Are they serious? It went gay about forty years ago.
It's the same argument made by apostate Christians/denominations for their endorsement and even blessing of homosexual behavior. And it's dead (eternally) wrong.
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