Why Care?

1. Jesse Phillip II Gospel of Judas Why the Catholic Church matters Why Care?

2. Teachers and crusades 1/2 of Bartolome de las Casas story Galilieo Cannon to a law

3. Popes Crusades Sex scandals Money Da Vinci Code Rigid morality Vague Hollywood references Stereotypical characterizations Superstition No proof What do you know of a 2000 year old Institution?

4. “Philip Jenkins, distinguished professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University, has called anti-Catholicism the one remaining acceptable prejudice in America.  His assessment is difficult to dispute. ... My own students, to the extent that they know anything at all about the Church, are typically familiar only with alleged Church “corruption,” of which they heard ceaseless tales of varying credibility from their high school teachers.  The story of Catholicism, as far as they know, is one of ignorance, repression, and stagnation.”  Is anti catholicism as fashionable as a pink shirt is trendy?

5. Read this reference to atrocities of the crusading period: “Those of us who come from various European lineages are not blameless. Indeed, in the first Crusade, when the Christian soldiers took Jerusalem, they first burned a synagogue with 300 Jews in it, and proceeded to kill every woman and child who was Muslim on the Temple mound. The contemporaneous descriptions of the event describe soldiers walking on the Temple mound, a holy place to Christians, with blood running up to their knees. I can tell you that that story is still being told today in the Middle East and we are still paying for it.” Bill Clinton But what if the accepted history is wrong or flawed?

6. Sack of Constantinople 1453 Enslavement of half of population of Jerusalem 15 000 dead at Antioch, 100 000 sold into slavery Forced conversions Unequal tax burdens Horrible crusade era atrocities

7. Read this primary source from Antioch: 'Baibars distributed the booty among his soldiers the Mamelukes reserving as their portion the women girls and children [...] A little boy was worth twelve dirhems, a little girl five dirhems. In a single day the city of Antioch lost all its inhabitants and a conflagration lighted by order of Bibars completed the work of the barbarians. Most historians agree in saying that fourteen thousand Christians were slaughtered and a hundred thousand dragged away into slavery.' There is more to it than you know

8. There is always accepted history and less than accepted history Why? Far easier to explain Conspiracies fit a tight worldview Convenient Serves a purpose Fits an ideology But what if the accepted history is wrong or flawed?

9. This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle, and we won't get out of it by simply waiting for a better day to come or relying on the worn-out dogmas of the past. We arrived at this point due to an era of profound irresponsibility that stretched from corporate boardrooms to the halls of power in Washington, D.C. For years, too many Wall Street executives made imprudent and dangerous decisions, seeking profits with too little regard for risk, too little regulatory scrutiny, and too little accountability. Banks made loans without concern for whether borrowers could repay them, and some borrowers took advantage of cheap credit to take on debt they couldn't afford. Politicians spent taxpayer money without wisdom or discipline and too often focused on scoring political points instead of problems they were sent here to solve. The result has been a devastating loss of trust and confidence in our economy, our financial markets and our government. Barack Obama What caused the meltdown of 2008?

10. Primarily this is because the rulers of the exchange of mankind's goods have failed, through their own stubbornness and their own incompetence, have admitted their failure, and abdicated. Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men. 4   True they have tried, but their efforts have been cast in the pattern of an outworn tradition. Faced by failure of credit they have proposed only the lending of more money. Stripped of the lure of profit by which to induce our people to follow their false leadership, they have resorted to exhortations, pleading tearfully for restored confidence. What caused another meltdown?

11. They know only the rules of a generation of self-seekers. They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish. 5   The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. FDR AFTER READING THESE EXCERPTS: What conclusion to you arrive at? Who is to blame? And it continues…

12. No Created in 1913 Sponsors a vast inflation if dollars To benefit government and their cronies Creates bubbles Bubbles pop Meltdown‘ Who caused it? – government Popular history blames someone else Can’t get re elected without $ or if it is your fault Do you ever learn about the Fed?

13. THE STANDARDS ARE: Re wrote/ hidden bible Pope stole authority Crusades Hitler’s Pope Suppression of women Anti fun Anti science So what if some ideas about the catholic church are misleading also?

14. Individuals have committed errors Popes have been bad People have been injured Money lost/wasted/improperly spent Believers/non believers shamed THIS IS FOR ANOTHER TIME Has there been issues? YES!!

15. My ten years spent working for Edmonton Catholic Schools: Some context:

16. Foundation of who we are (Christianity in general) see Ferguson Chapter on work What has the Church contributed to our society?

17. Those who worship creation itself cannot investigate it in a scientific way.  For example, someone who worships a tree cannot look into what elements make up the tree, what causes it to grow etc.   The Jewish Scriptures, on the other hand, show creation to be rational and orderly and a reflection of God’s wisdom, goodness and beauty. God has ordered all things by measure, number and weight (Wisdom 11:21).   Contrast with random modern philosophies Creation, not treated as something ‘divine’ itself, can then be investigated. The idea of a creator not creation “sustained scientific inquiry” and the scientific method emerged from Catholic thought.  Ordered, predictable, Scientific Achievements

18. The great universities of Europe began as Cathedral schools or gatherings of Masters and students under the patrimony of the Church.  I t was during the Middle Ages that the universities of Bologna, Paris and Oxford were instituted and the papacy played an important role in their establishment. For example, Pope Innocent IV granted the privilege of awarding degrees to Oxford in 1254.  Education

20. Charitable acts, although not unknown in early Greek and Roman cultures, were unique in Christianity.  Even though the Stoics taught that man should do good to his fellow-man without expecting anything in return, they also taught that they were to remain indifferent to everything and everyone.  A problem in the teaching of some religions is that illness and other misfortunes are the results of the individual’s sin (in this life or in a previous one) and any help given to the individual interferes with his future re-incarnations. If this is true, people reasoned, it is better not to give charity. Charity

21. You are the student leader of a class in which there are: Sherwood Park people Asians Africans Females Male Create an inclusive definition that acknowledges all of their rights Activity

22. An older teacher Different political persuasion Different sexual orientation Neo nazi views Now add

23. Inalienable Rights What good can come from this?

24. the mistreatment of peoples in the New World caused a ‘crisis of conscience’ amongst Spanish theologians and philosophers at that time as well.  This is unusual in history.  Did Attila the Hun have any moral qualms about his conquests.  Or did the human sacrifices of the Aztecs themselves cause any ‘philosophical reflection’ on their part?   International Law

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27. The outcries of such Spaniards as Dominican friar, Antonio  de Montesinos, and Father Francisco de Vitoria were the beginnings of international law.  In fact, Father de Vitoria is called the ‘father of international law’ but how many of us have ever heard of him?  Another Spaniard, a bishop, Bartolome de Las Casas, suggested that the natives “... be attracted gently, in accordance with Christ’s doctrine and said that Aristotle’s views on slavery as being natural to some should be rejected because “... we have in our favour Christ’s mandate: love your neighbour as yourself.”

28. "Tell me by what right of justice do you hold these Indians in such a cruel and horrible servitude? On what authority have you waged such detestable wars against these people who dealt quietly and peacefully on their own lands? Wars in which you have destroyed such an infinite number of them by homicides and slaughters never heard of before. Why do you keep them so oppressed and exhausted, without giving them enough to eat or curing them of the sicknesses they incur from the excessive labor you give them, and they die, or rather you kill them, in order to extract and acquire gold every day." Antonio de Montesinos

29. The sermon outraged the conquistadors, including Admiral Diego Columbus (son of Christopher Columbus) and other representatives of the King, there present How did he acquier this view?

30. Development of cohesive idea of natural law from church canon law Basis for consent for marriage Is inside free will and contract law v trial by ordeal (idea to end dispute) Breaking down “rights” is an excersice Natural Law

31. After disputes inside heart of church Certain people have rights but what about everyone… Develops into idea that ‘rational people’ have rights to own property Rights of natives to property, self government, life liberty Neat example of foreign people recognizing rights of individuals 1150 -- 1300

32. It really is all religious. The idea of atonement or non lethal punishment God made earth Humans introduced sin Frustrated God Defiled god This is an assault on justice attack on God Justice demands atonement by society to cure rupture of justice Wrong is not simply between you and another ie trial it is between you an society have public punishment A crime is wrong justice itself therefor justice demands redress not just an anarchic situation punishment must equal offense Last thiNg