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		<title>Qui Est</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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58&#8220;Believe me,&#8221; said Jesus, &#8220;I am who I am long before Abraham was anything.&#8221; (John 8:58 ~The Message (MSG))
It used to be that when people would ask me how I felt I would respond simply with, &#8220;I am.&#8221;  The reason?  I didn&#8217;t want to limit myself in any way by saying I was either feeling well, or not feeling up to par and that how I felt at any given moment didn&#8217;t define who I was as a person.  But the Christ &#8211; the physical Divine presence of our God used those two words for a much different reason.
Without thinking, many of us set enormous limitations on ourselves based on what we put after those simple two words &#8211; I Am.  Pay attention the next time someone asks how you are doing.  What&#8217;s you&#8217;re response?  &#8220;I&#8217;m fine?&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m doing well thank you,&#8221; or I&#8217;m not doing so well today.&#8221;  ...]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Means Universal, Not Selective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Whatever religion you like, GO FOR IT.
But never CRITICISE another religion or sect.
Why? It may not be for you, but that doesn&#8217;t make it wrong.
Whatever school of Buddhism you like or what ever Dharma center you prefer, GO ALL THE WAY!
Prove it&#8217;s efficacy by your TRANSFORMATION not your criticism of another school,  but not at the expense of putting down another religion or belief system.
Putting down another religion or belief system just shows you are insecure [about your own].&#8221;~Tsem Tulku Rinpoche




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There should never be a need to defend one&#8217;s self or one&#8217;s beliefs.  No matter how you choose to look at it, putting down ANYONE for their beliefs is bigotry and those who do follow in the footsteps of hate and injustice.  One of the most famous people for putting others down for their beliefs was Hitler.  There is no difference in the mindset of one ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Double Standard Catholic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Double Standards is a common affliction among many Catholics. It is also a particularly dangerous one. This is because the double standard Catholic is not aware of the seriousness of their condition and has become complacent.  Fortunately, Catholics have many ways to combat this particular complacency. One of the most powerful ways is by first becoming aware of their complacency.
double standard
noun
1. any code or set of principles containing different provisions for one group of people than for another, especially an unwritten code of sexual behavior permitting men more freedom than women. Compare single standard. 
cath·o·lic
adjective
1. broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
2. universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all.
3. pertaining to the whole Christian body or church.
So just how are double standard catholic dangerous?  Because it&#8217;s perfectly okay for them to act in a certain manner, but no one else ...]]></description>
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		<title>Contextomy &#8211; On Quote Mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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Even though many of the links contained within this blog point to articles from it, I&#8217;m not particularly fond of quoting Wikipedia, but the following line from one of its articles caught my attention. &#8220;The practice of quoting out of context, sometimes referred to as &#8220;contextomy&#8221; or &#8220;quote mining&#8221;, is a logical fallacy and a type of false attribution in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended meaning.&#8221; (&#8220;Fallacy of Quoting out of Context.&#8221; Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 30 Jan. 2012.) (Engel, S. Morris. With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin&#8217;s, 2000. Print. pp. 106-107 (ISBN 0-312-15758-4))  Perhaps some day Zemanta, the link plugin this blog uses, will offer other options like peer-reviewed journals for hot-linking.
That the above definition of contextomy exists speaks directly to a growing problem where people feel free to misquote ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Needed Reminder &#8211; A Reality Check.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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I truly needed to hear something inspirational today.  You see, I&#8217;ve been feeling a bit unsettled lately and can always count on receiving some sort of inspiration from the least expected places so today I was paying more attention than usual &#8211; the key is to remain open enough to hear the message when it comes through.  Lately I&#8217;ve been feeling down due to some unfortunate events involving two friends &#8211; or at least they used to be friends.  What came through today is something all people who claim to believe in the teachings handed down by the Christ need to be reminded of regularly &#8211; and without exception I believe even those who claim to follow those teachings need a reality check now and then.
So what snapped me back?  M*A*S*H.  Hard to believe, I know, but now and then something truly poignant happens and someone says something inspiring.  Today ...]]></description>
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		<title>Call No One Father</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my 11 years of being a priest in the Independent Catholic tradition I have seen my fair share of projected issues and turned around admonishments, but never as I have in recent years. It seems individuality and self-centered-ness is becoming an epidemic problem in just about every country. People feel they are owed something in life and that the thing owed must be handed to them both willingly and on a silver platter. Interestingly they have this expectation especially from those they put in high and lofty places, or on enormous pedestals.
No one &#8211; not a parent, child, political leader, or religious leader are immune from being human and failing from time to time, but it&#8217;s the last one we&#8217;re going to focus on in this article.
Put no one on a pedestal, not even a priest or other religious leader.  There are both scriptural and psychological teachings to support ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Truest of Teachings &#8211; Live Them&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many of us claim we follow a particular tradition, but following is much different than living them.  In the Christian tradition there are teachings on how we are to live our lives &#8211; with peace in our minds, love in our hearts, and an eye always on the Divine.  It isn&#8217;t enough to just hear the teachings every Sunday during the celebration of the Mass (or other celebratory service), but there must at least be the smallest attempt to live the lessons learned.
It is very easy to get caught up in believing that by following a tradition we live the teachings of that tradition, or that we live what we believe, but often reality and perception are two very different things.  For example, in the Christian tradition there is a great deal that happens between Jesus&#8216; birth and His ascension &#8211; many lessons were given to us on how ...]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook ~ Not Me</title>
		<link>http://sacredwandering.com/blog/?p=8540</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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Update (Feb 10, 2012): For those of you who think there aren&#8217;t problems with/on Facebook, or who think people know how to handle themselves on and off Facebook, read this following article: &#8220;Facebook Defriending Leads to Double Murder&#8221;.
In case there is any question, yes, I have deleted my Facebook account and will NOT be using Facebook for my own personal profile. I am choosing to remove myself from its sad and destructive influence.  I have set up business pages for this blog, for Sacred Wandering, and for St. Elizabeth Oratory.
For those of you remaining on Facebook, I sincerely hope you take one bit of advice: Facebook is NOT the end-all, be-all of relationships.  Using a computer as your primary source for interpersonal relationships is dangerous. Facebook is NOT the perfect example of social ability. Get off the damned Facebook page and try talking to someone face to face or by ...]]></description>
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		<title>Could Judas Have Been Anything Other Than Judas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is NOT intended to be real biblical teaching or interpretation.  It is nothing more than a thought process &#8211; a Devil&#8217;s Advocate argument &#8211; which is part of the scholarly process.  Do NOT take my writings out of context or interpret it in any other context than what I have provided &#8211; as another way to think beyond the limitations we humans set on everything else around us.  Let the Spirit guide, not personal fear or vitriol.
Could Judas Iscariot, a one time apostle and follower of the Christ, have been anything other than Judas?  That is a question which enters and then lingers in my mind from time to time.  There are just so many ways to answer the question, but we can never really know the truth of it.  Asking the question raises other questions, not the least of which is do we have free will?  If ...]]></description>
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		<title>God Is &#8211; Truths vs. Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Nelan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[God Created Everything.  -  Sounds simple enough right?  Well, it seems as if it&#8217;s not all that easy.  Apparently God didn&#8217;t create many things which are ordinarily included in a concept of everything, because they are not things in and of themselves.  One example of that statement is that God did not create evil because evil is the absence of good and is therefore not an actual thing in and of itself. (As argued at http://www.comereason.org/phil_qstn/phi020.asp) However, if we claim the God created EVERYTHING, then surely everything must include those things which we think exist as well as those things we do not even know can, has, or will ever exist. (Remember, the God exists in all of time so whose to say that God didn&#8217;t create everything all in &#8220;one big bang,&#8221; but instead creates in an ongoing process throughout all of time.)  But to begin properly, we must first ...]]></description>
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