{"id":8607,"date":"2020-12-26T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T12:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8607"},"modified":"2020-12-26T14:42:08","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T12:42:08","slug":"adventist-and-catholic-news-views-021-26-dec-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8607","title":{"rendered":"Adventist and Catholic News &#038; Views 021 &#8211; 26 Dec 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DiscussingAdventismBook\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8607\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"400px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button  \" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8607\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"small\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3e0ab\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Adventism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=3828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"Dutch frikandellen\" class=\"wp-image-3828\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-300x270.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-1024x920.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-150x135.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-768x690.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-1536x1381.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-2048x1841.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/frikandellen-847x761.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dutch frikandellen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/jews-muslims-decry-court-decision-backing-belgian-ban-on-kosher-halal-slaughter\">Jews, Muslims Decry Court Decision Backing Belgian ban on Kosher, Halal Slaughter<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>National Catholic Register<br><\/em>I&#8217;m putting this under Adventism because a) Adventism is half way between Judaism and Islam, b) Adventists have similar dietary laws (but not specific ritual slaughter rules), and c) Adventists are interested in religious freedom. Basically, the restriction permits ritual slaughter but only after the animal has been stunned (with gas, an electric shock, or a non-lethal bolt shot into the head). Catholics have sided with the Muslims and Jews on this. It&#8217;s worth noting that Poland, knowing more about religious tolerance than many, rejected the restriction in 2014. Most countries do not have such a restriction applicable to ritual slaughter, either because no such restriction exists or ritual slaughter is exempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/adventism\/comments\/kenai0\/your_thoughts_on_the_new_mobile_gaming_app_of_the\/\">Your Thoughts On The New Mobile Gaming App of The SDA Church?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>u\/BemOrchestrator, Reddit<\/em><br>So, Adventism has a new gaming app. Characters from the Bible, trivia questions \u2026 The Catholic Church has prayer apps, Pope apps \u2026 not sure about Catholic games though. Good idea maybe. <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrummagazine.org\/news\/2020\/adventist-church-releases-new-bible-trivia-game-app\">See also<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=5108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elasmotherium-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Horned beast\" class=\"wp-image-5108\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elasmotherium-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elasmotherium.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Elasmotherium &#8211; a horned beast<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0233182\"><strong>Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an <em>Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis<\/em><\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>PLOS One<\/em><br>aka Snyder K, McLain M, Wood J, Chadwick A. Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an <em>Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis<\/em>. Liu J, ed. PLoS ONE. 2020;15(5):e0233182.<br>Certainly interesting. The article hints at the dinosaurs dying in a flood. You have to dig a bit into the authors&#8217; history, but they appear to be young earth creationists, as Adventists typically are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/adventist.news\/news\/southwestern-adventist-university-professors-publish-cutting-edge-research-paper-in-peer-reviewed-journal\">Southwestern Adventist University Professors Publish Cutting-Edge Research Paper in Peer-Reviewed Journal<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Adventist News Network<\/em><br>ANN reporting on the previously cited PLOS One article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f5e7f3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-size:24px\"><strong>News and commentary on Catholicism:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scross.co.za\/2020\/12\/st-stephen-and-the-holy-vaccine\/\">St Stephen and the \u201cHoly Vaccine\u201d<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Southern Cross \/ Catholic News Service<\/em><br>Very good idea. I can just imagine, though, the cries of \u201cHeresy!!\u201d that will issue forth from the protesting Catholic ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2020\/12\/abby-johnsons-downfall-and-the-heresy-of-americanism\/\">Abby Johnson\u2019s Downfall and the Heresy of Americanism<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Mary Pezzulo<\/em><br>Correctly pointed out: Abby Johnson has gone the &#8220;<em><strong>My body, my choice<\/strong><\/em>\u201d route. Well done, Abby. Now pipe down. You&#8217;re out of control. See more below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/steelmagnificat\/2020\/12\/abby-johnson-publicly-rejects-catholic-moral-teaching\/\">Abby Johnson Publicly Rejects Catholic Moral Teaching<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Mary Pezzulo<\/em><br>I know she has a very public profile, and is misleading a lot of people and causing a lot of damage, both medical and spiritual \u2026 but think of where she came from. She was a Planned Parenthood clinic director, and when she saw an abortion done, her entire existence crumbled. Her job, her life, everything she&#8217;d done for however many years was an abomination to her. She has simply gone on the rebound to the other extreme. Someone who realised in horror that they were a cannibal wouldn&#8217;t be able to chew their fingernails. Abby can&#8217;t go near abortion, no matter how distant or proximate or non-cooperative it would be. Her trauma was massive. Forgive her \u2026 it&#8217;s no more a choice than a fear of spiders is.<br>Or \u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/fact-fiction-pro-life-celebrity-abby-johnson-unplanned\/\">am I wrong? Is she simply a megalomaniac<\/a> who demands attention and commands her worshippers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=8605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abby-Johnson-tweet-22-Dec-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Abby Johnson tweet 22 Dec 2020\" class=\"wp-image-8605\" width=\"635\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abby-Johnson-tweet-22-Dec-2020.jpg 847w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abby-Johnson-tweet-22-Dec-2020-300x229.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abby-Johnson-tweet-22-Dec-2020-150x114.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Abby-Johnson-tweet-22-Dec-2020-768x586.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Abby Johnson tweet, 22 Dec 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wherepeteris.com\/a-dangerous-bishop\/\">A Dangerous Bishop<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Where Peter Is<\/em><br>Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, USA. See the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous News &amp; Views post<\/a> as well. He is downright dangerous. He needs to be reined in. Conspiracy theorists are bad enough, but when they&#8217;re prominent clergy they just make the rest of us look like fools. Bishop Strickland, you are making a fool of yourself, and dragging us down into the dirt with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/cna\/czech-cardinal-coronavirus-crisis-is-drawing-people-to-the-catholic-church\">Czech Cardinal: Coronavirus Crisis is Drawing People to the Catholic Church<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>National Catholic Register<\/em><br><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Previously I noted<\/a> that Adventists in Mexico had attracted people to their churches and asked if Catholics had done the same. It seems so. A troublemaker, in good ways and bad, Cardinal Dominik Duka of Prague got it right. Good for him. Let there be more like him, and more people coming back to the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?attachment_id=8606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Francis with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in 2015\" class=\"wp-image-8606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-1024x736.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-768x552.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-1536x1103.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015-847x608.jpg 847w, http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pope-Francis-with-Cardinal-Luis-Antonio-Tagle-in-2015.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Pope Francis with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/12\/09\/pope-francis-taps-filipino-cardinal-to-vaticans-evangelization-powerhouse\/\">Pope Francis taps Filipino Cardinal to Vatican\u2019s evangelization powerhouse<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Religion News Service<\/em><br>A year old, but interesting. The Church is moving in a direction many don&#8217;t like. Unfortunately, it takes a century or two to iron that sort of thing out. So 2220 AD is a time to look forward to. No more COVID-19 either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/science\/news\/anti-abortion-groups-say-they-stand-behind-trumps-use-of-a-drug-tested-on-cells-derived-from-an-aborted-fetus-because-the-president-was-not-involved-with-that-abortion\/articleshow\/78583722.cms\">Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump&#8217;s use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president &#8216;was not involved with that abortion&#8217;<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; <em>Business Insider<\/em><br>So \u2026 vaccines with a history of HEK-293 cells in their development are bad, but drugs Trump takes with the same history are okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">COVID-19 and vaccines and Catholics:<br><\/span><\/strong>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2020\/12\/21\/archbishop-wenski-covid-19-vaccine-239565\">Archbishop Wenski: Why I got the Covid-19 vaccine<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; America<br>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughcatholiclenses\/2020\/12\/12-things-less-remote-cooperation-in-evil-than-covid-vaccines\/\">12 Things Less Remote Cooperation in Evil Than COVID Vaccines<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Fr Matthew Schneider<br>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/throughcatholiclenses\/2020\/12\/errors-in-fr-dave-nixs-covid-vaccine-video\/\">Errors in Fr. Dave Nix\u2019s COVID Vaccine Video<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Fr Matthew Schneider<br>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vagrantcatholic.com\/2020\/12\/18\/on-the-covid19-vaccines-and-cooperation-with-evil\/\">On the COVID19 Vaccines and Cooperation with Evil<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; The Vagrant Catholic Blog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?page_id=6954\"><strong><span style=\"color:#065b12\" class=\"color\">More in New and Views \u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: Abby Johnson, Adventist mobile gaming app, Cooperation with evil, COVID vaccine, Dave Nix, Dominik Duka, Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis, HEK-293 cells, Holy Vaccine, Joseph Strickland, Luis Tagle<\/p><p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=8607\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Adventist and Catholic News & Views 021 - 26 Dec 2020\n@AbbyJohnson = #MyBodyMyChoice @bishopofTyler #antivaxxers #happysabbath \n\n","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1234],"tags":[1694,1698,1695,1615,1696,1697,1701,1700,1699,1525,1702],"class_list":["post-8607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-views","tag-abby-johnson","tag-adventist-mobile-gaming-app","tag-cooperation-with-evil","tag-covid-vaccine","tag-dave-nix","tag-dominik-duka","tag-edmontosaurus-thanatocoenosis","tag-hek-293-cells","tag-holy-vaccine","tag-joseph-strickland","tag-luis-tagle","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3fpVQ-2eP","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Elasmotherium.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}