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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentSince the Council, an idea has been spreading that Judaism is not superseded by the New Covenant of Jesus Christ; that Jews still have available to them the Covenant of the old Law, by which they can be saved. It is therefore unnecessary for them to turn to Christ; unnecessary for anybody to convert them to faith in Christ. Indeed, attempting to do so is an act of aggression not dissimilar to theFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com11
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentS Paul loved his fellow Jews, his 'kinsmen' and believed "the gifts and call of God are irrevocable". He believed that at the End, those among them who had rejected Christ would be brought in to the chosen people. He believed that they were like olive branches which had been cut off so that the Gentiles, wild olive branches, could be grafted in. But, when the fulness of the Gentiles had entered Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com3
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentLex orandi lex credendi. I have been examining the Two Covenant Dogma: the fashionable error that God's First Covenant, with the Jews, is still fully and salvifically valid, so that the call to saving faith in Christ Jesus is not made to them. The 'New' Covenant, it is claimed, is now only for Gentiles. I want to draw attention at this point to the witness of the post-Conciliar Magisterium of theFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com13
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentWe have seen that the Two Covenant Theory, the idea that Jewry alone is guaranteed Salvation without any need to convert to Christ, is repugnant to Scripture, to the Fathers, even to the post-Conciliar liturgy of the Catholic Church. It is also subversive of the basic grammar of the relationship between the Old and the New Testaments. Throughout two millennia, in Scripture, in Liturgy, in her Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com7
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentThe sort of people who would violently reject the points I am making are the sort of people who would not be impressed by the the Council of Florence. So I am going to confine myself to the Magisterium from the time of Pius XII ... since it is increasingly coming to be realised that the continuum of processes which we associate with the Conciliar and post-Conciliar period was already in operationFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com0
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentIn 1980, addressing a Jewish gathering in Germany, B John Paul II said (I extract this from a long sentence): " ... dialogue; that is, the meeting between the people of the Old Covenant (never revoked by God, cf Romans 11:29) and that of the New Covenant, is at the same time ..." In 2013, Pope Francis, in the course of his Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium, also referred to the Old Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com10
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Site: AsiaNews.itNovices took their vows in a service led by Archbishop Card Ignatius Suharyo of Jakarta. The prelate urged them to proclaim the Gospel like boat that sails and floats to remote areas. Founded in the Netherlands, the congregation is now headquartered in Indonesia. This reversal has been marked by the arrival of Indonesian Sisters in the Netherlands to breathe new life into the mission.
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It’s hard to imagine anyone being proud to champion the goal of legalizing killing babies in the womb for any reason up to birth.
But that is exactly what Kamala Harris is doing.
This week, Teen Vogue published an interview with Harris and Planned Parenthood abortionist Colleen McNicholas at the White House where they discussed efforts to make abortion on demand legal again in all 50 states.
Reflecting on the upcoming anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, Harris invoked God’s name to claim that legalizing abortion on demand is a just and moral cause.
“It’s a shame that in this year of our Lord 2023, people are trying to take us back,” she said. “… It’s causing a lot of folks to really reconsider that we have to be vigilant and understand all the ramifications of this and have a federal law that protects reproductive care in all 50 states.”
Abortions occur post-reproduction and killing unborn babies is not health care, but the law that she and President Joe Biden are urging Congress to pass would force states to legalize abortion on demand again.
Nicknamed the Abortion Without Limits Up to Birth Act by pro-life leaders, the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act would force states to legalize abortions for basically any reason up to birth, end bans on sex-selection and taxpayer-funded abortions, and jeopardize laws requiring parental consent for minors, informed consent and conscience protections for pro-life medical professionals.
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McNicholas, who joined Harris for the interview, has been open about her radical pro-abortion views for years. In 2019, she told the AP that “EVERY reason to have an abortion is a valid reason,” including for sex selection and because the baby has Down syndrome.
Speaking with the vice president this month, McNicholas complained that some states now have laws that jail abortionists for killing unborn babies in such cases.
Currently, 15 states protect unborn babies by banning all or most abortions, and others are fighting in court to do the same.
Polls consistently show a strong majority of Americans support limits on abortion, including heartbeat laws, parental consent for minors, and bans on late-term abortions and taxpayer funding for abortions. Earlier this year, LifeNews highlighted 25 recent polls that show Harris and other Democrat leaders are extreme and out of touch with most Americans on abortion.
For nearly 50 years under Roe v. Wade, states were forced to allow abortions for any reason up to viability, and more than 64 million unborn babies were aborted. Now, because of Dobbs, 15 states protect unborn babies by banning all or most abortions, and others are fighting in court to do the same. Research from Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America estimates roughly 60,000 unborn babies have been saved from abortion so far.
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Site: AsiaNews.itToday is World Food Safety Day, an observance meant to highlight the need to ensure food safety standards. For this occasion, Sri Lankan authorities announced that they are working on standards for the popular but hitherto unregulated drink made from coconut flowers.
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Nearly 5,000 churches have left the United Methodist Church denomination this year for deviating from the Bible on abortion, homosexuality and other issues.
Pro-life pastors and members of the UMC have been increasingly concerned with the denomination’s actions on abortion. For years, the UMC was affiliated with the pro-abortion group Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and some of its pastors promote killing unborn babies in abortions by “blessing” abortion facilities and praying for “abortion rights.”
According to the Catholic News Agency, 4,876 churches officially disaffiliated from the denomination this year, many of them joining the biblically-based Global Methodist Church.
Nearly one fourth of the churches in the UMC denomination have left in the past two years alone. The denomination reported 30,543 churches in the U.S. in 2019, and about 1,800 more congregations left last year, bringing the total to nearly 6,700 that have disaffiliated, the Christian Post reports.
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Jay Therrell, one of the leaders of the exodus and president of the Wesleyan Covenant Association, told CNA that UMC leaders have been straying from “the authority of Scripture and the lordship of Christ … for many, many years,” especially on matters of human sexuality.
“We absolutely believe that the United Methodist Church is drifting day by day ever more progressive,” Therrell said.
Concerns include the ordination of two openly homosexual bishops in contradiction of official UMC beliefs and the promotion of abortions.
Here’s more from CNA:
In the United States, the UMC is divided into five “jurisdictions.” Each of these jurisdictions passed similar measures in 2022 stating that “LGBTQIA+ people will be protected, affirmed, and empowered” in the church, according to the AP. …
At the 2022 South Central Jurisdiction Conference, RMN reported that Rev. Katie McKay Simpson, a pastor from Louisiana, “called the jurisdiction to collective confession and apology for challenging the historic election of Bishop Karen Oliveto, the Church’s first out gay bishop.”
For many years, pro-life pastors in the UMC also have been warning about the growing acceptance of abortion among denomination leaders.
The current United Methodist Church position does not condemn the killing of unborn babies as a sin. Instead, the position statement describes abortion as a “complex” issue. It says: “Our belief in the sanctity of unborn human life makes us reluctant to approve abortion. But we are equally bound to respect the sacredness of the life and well-being of the mother and the unborn child.”
In 2021, the United Methodist Women, an organization within the denomination, went further by issuing a statement that openly promoted legalized abortion on demand. In the statement, the United Methodist Women criticized the Texas heartbeat law, which has saved thousands of unborn babies from abortion, and promised to “pray” for abortions to become legal again in Texas.
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Site: AsiaNews.itThe former head of state is visiting Damascus for a meeting with the Syrian president toexplainreasons for supporting Azour and opposition to the candidacy of Frangié, close to Damascus. The topic of Syrian refugees and the attack on Europe that "rejects" their "return" and pushes for "integration" in Lebanon (and Turkey).
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At long last I intend to read a book I should have read long ago, Spiritual Combat. This book was a favorite of St. Francis de Sales, and one he highly recommended. So it is beyond time to take it on. I may therefore post excerpts from time to time in the space. First one is today, and at the advice of Vizzini to Inigo Montoya, I need to go “back to the beginning. So this is the beginning.”:
CHRISTIAN SOUL! If you seek to reach the loftiest peak of perfection, and to unite yourself so intimately with God that you become one with spirit with Him, you must first know the true nature and perfection of spirituality in order to succeed in the most sublime undertaking that can be experienced or imagined.
Some, who judge by appearances, make it consist in penances, in hair shirts, austerities of the flesh, vigils, fasting, and similar bodily mortifications. Others fancy themselves extremely virtuous when they indulge in long periods of vocal prayers, hear several Masses, spend many hours in church . . . Others, and this does not exclude some of the religious who have consecrated themselves to God, think that perfection consist in perfect attendance in choir, in observing silence and in a strict observance of their rule. Consequently, different people place perfection in different practices. It is certain that they all equally deceive themselves.
Since exterior works are nothing more than dispositions for achieving true piety, or the effects of real piety, it cannot be said that Christian perfection and true piety consist in them. They are, without doubt, powerful means for becoming truly perfect and truly holy. When used with discretion they are of unique value in supporting our nature which is always indifferent to good and inclined to evil; in repelling the attacks and escaping the snares of our common enemy; in obtaining from the Father of Mercies those helps that are so necessary for the faithful, and especially for beginners. They are, moreover, precious fruits of the consummate virtue achieved in truly holy persons. Such men chastise their bodies either in punishment for past offenses or for greater humiliation and subjection to their Creator. They seek solitude and observe silence that, withdrawn from the world, they may preserve themselves free from the least stain of sin, and speak only with Heaven and Angels. Their time is spent in works of piety and in the service of God. They pray and meditate on the life and Passion of our Redeemer, not through curiosity, nor for the sake of some sensible pleasure arising from this, but from a desire of knowing better, on one hand, the grandeur of the Divine Goodness, and on the other hand, the depth of their own ingratitude. They do this in order to increase their love of God and detestation of self, to follow their Lord in shouldering His Cross, and in renouncing their own will. They receive the Sacraments for no other reason than the honor of God, a closer union with Him and greater security from the power of the devil.
The situation is much different with those who ignorantly place their devotion in external acts, which frequently are the cause of their own downfall, and are of far deeper consequence than open crime. In themselves they are not evil, but only when wrongly applied. They are so attached to these acts that they utterly neglect to watch the inner movements of their hearts; but giving them free rein, they leave them prey to their own corruption and to the tricks of the devil. It is then that this destroyer, seeing them go astray, not only encourages them to go on their way, but fills their imagination with empty ideas, making them believe that they already taste the joys of Paradise, the delights of Angels, that they see God face to face . . .
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Since, therefore, you seek the highest degree of perfection, you must wage continual warfare against yourself and employ your entire strength in demolishing each vicious inclination, however trivial. Consequently, in preparing for the combat you must summon up all your resolution and courage. No one shall be rewarded with a crown who has not fought courageously.
But remember that as no war can be carried on with greater fierceness, the forces, no other than ourselves, being equal on both sides, so the victory when gained is most pleasing to God and most glorious to the conqueror. For whoever has the courage to conquer his passions, to subdue his appetites, and repulse even the least motions of his own will, performs an action more meritorious in the sight of God than if, without this, he should tear his flesh with the sharpest disciplines, fast with greater austerity than the ancient Fathers of the Desert, or convert multitudes of sinners.
It is true, considering things in themselves, that the conversion of a soul is, without doubt, infinitely more acceptable to the Divine Majesty than the mortification of a disorderly affection. Yet, every person, in his own particular sphere, should begin with what is immediately required of him. Now what God expects of us, above all else, is a serious application to conquering our passions; and this is more properly the accomplishment of our duty than if, with uncontrolled appetite, we should do Him a greater service.
Now that you know what Christian perfection is and that, in order to attain it, you must resolve on a perpetual warfare with yourself, begin by providing yourself with four weapons without which it is impossible to gain the victory in this spiritual combat: DISTRUST OF ONE’S SELF, CONFIDENCE IN GOD, PROPER USE OF THE FACULTIES OF BODY AND MIND, AND THE DUTY OF PRAYER.
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Domestic violence is a stain on society, but it is worse if we only care about violence committed against people of one sex.
Original Article: "Committing Domestic Violence against Men . . . Just for a Giggle"
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North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum announced today that he is running for the Republican nomination for president.
The little-known governor from a small state doesn’t seem to be fazed by the fact that virtually no one has heard of him or is familiar with his record as he takes on massively popular candidates like former President Donald trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and others.
The two-term governor and businessman enters the growing Republican primary field that just has former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie join. Burgum will try to position himself as the best fiscal conservative, according to his announcement.
“We need a change in the White House. We need a new leader for a changing economy. That’s why I’m announcing my run for president today,” Burgum wrote. “The economy must be our top priority. We need to get inflation under control, cut taxes, lower gas prices and reduce the cost of living.”
“When we jumped into the race in North Dakota, we were down in the poll 69% to 10%, and people literally said, ‘you can’t win, it’s less than six months into the primary in June.’ There was an established leader with 100% name recognition, and we said ‘okay, well, we’re just gonna do our thing, and we’ll see how it turns out, and of course we ended up winning the primary by 60% to 40% in a race that people six months earlier said we couldn’t win,” Burgum previously told the DCNF in an interview. “We’re undaunted by the idea that we’ve got low name recognition.”
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In April, Burgum signed the pro-life bill into law that bans abortions starting at 6 weeks when an unborn baby’s heartbeat can easily be detected. The measure takes effect and becomes state law immediately due to the emergency clause contained in the law.
“I do believe in the Dobbs decision, and the Dobbs decision leaves this up to the states,” said Burgum. “I’ve said that before, and I’ll keep saying that again.”
When asked if he would sign a federal abortion ban if he became president, Burgum said he prefers not to comment on hypothetical legislation, as “100 things” could change before the bill hits his desk, he told the DCNF. The governor also argued that restricting abortion nationally is even more hypothetical considering the unlikelihood for there to be enough Republican votes in the Senate to pass it.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and conservative radio personality Larry Elder are other candidates currently in the race.
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Site: AsiaNews.itBefore he was admitted to the Gemelli Polyclinic for surgery, Francis welcomed the relics of the Carmelite patroness of missions, in St. Peter's Square. On the 150th anniversary of her birth, which falls this year, he announced his intention to write an Apostolic Letter dedicated to her. For the feast of Corpus Christi, he urged the faithful to reach out, 'frequently and with devotion, to Jesus, the Bread of Life'.
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Site: Mundabor's blogIn my innocence, I thought that those degenerate parents who offer their 5 years old child a trannie show did so because they are so deluded that they think it will help their children grow to “tolerant” and “open minded” adults (why this would be good, only they know). This morning, I was alerted on […]
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Site: Novus Motus LiturgicusTomorrow, the Oratory of Ss Cyril and Methodius, the ICRSP’s Apostolate in Bridgeport, Connecticut, will have a solemn Mass for the feast of Corpus Christi, with music by Byrd, Palestrina, Joannes Eccard and Peter Philips, followed by a Eucharistic procession, and Benediction at an outdoor altar. The Mass begins at 10:15 a.m.; the church is located at 79 Church St. Gregory DiPippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13295638279418781125noreply@blogger.com0
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At 11:00 am on that day, it was already about 100 degrees in downtown Savannah with very high humidity. As I type this on Hilton Head Island, it is only 72 degrees and low humidity. We’ve had an extremely cool May and thus far, June.
I was ordained along with Fathers John Lyons and Thomas Campbell. Fr. Campbell was an older man at the time and died several years ago. Requiescat in Pace!
This are out of order because the dang Blogspot does not placed them in the order that I input them! Why? Oh, Why, oh, Lord?
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Ryan and Zack look at how China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are reshaping the Middle East into a region where the United States no longer dominates. This is a good thing for ordinary Americans.
Additional Resources
"Thanks to Sanctions, the US Is Losing Its Grip on the Middle East" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/WES_11_A
"The Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran" by Gary Richied: Mises.org/WES_11_B
"Peace is Breaking Out in the Middle East… and Washington is Not Happy!" by Ron Paul: Mises.org/WES_11_C
"Why the End of the Petrodollar Spells Trouble for the US Regime" by Ryan McMaken: Mises.org/WES_11_D
"Washington Miffed as China Makes Peace" by Joseph Solis-Mullen: Mises.org/WES_11_E
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I was the only blogger who correctly called yesterday’s hospital visit a “euphemism.” Am I correct today calling today’s abdominal surgery to repair a hernia, a euphemism.
Jesuitical Father Thomas Reese wrote yesterday that “hardline” conservatives, a euphemism for Orthodox Cardinals, are doing background checks on cardinals appointed by Pope Francis in view of the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. They want to dig up dirt.
I have been concerned that Pope Francis may not have done due-diligence in looking into the background of cardinals he has made, worried that we could very well get a “McCarrick” type pope at the next conclave.
Jesuitical Father Thomas Reese scoffed at the Orthodox Cardinals for initiating such a thing as to dare look for dirt in the lives of cardinals named by Pope Francis. It isn’t anything to scoff at! The Orthodox Cardinals are doing the work of the Holy Spirit in this kind of due-diligence!
Pope to undergo abdominal surgey, expected to be hospitalized ‘several days’
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Site: Moon of AlabamaI do not know what Washington Post columnist David Ignatius or the Biden administration officials he is talking to are smoking, but it must be extraordinary strong stuff: Administration officials were encouraged by better-than-expected progress Monday, as Ukrainian units pushed...
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Just as the month of May is dedicated to Our Lady, that of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart. Devotion to the Sacred Heart accompanies the spiritual life of every Catholic, and every year, in the month of June, it must be renewed, nourished, deepened. Nourishing and deepening a devotion means not limiting […]
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Following Professor Roberto de Mattei’s exploration of attacks against the family in revolutionary history, and Dr Pat Fagan’s revealing insight into social science data on the benefits of marriage and religious worship for children and society, Dr Jennifer Roback Morse has made a further contribution to the Family and Life Academy’s catalogue of webinars unpacking […]
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“This is the bread which has come down from heaven.” On the day before He suffered, when our Lord took into His venerable hands first the bread and then the chalice, and consecrated the Holy Eucharist for the first time, and commanded the apostles to do the same, He had at least three distinct purposes […]
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The Evidence of Big Pharma’s Criminality is Overwhelming, but Nothing Is Being Done About It
Dr. Naomi Wolf Uncovers Pfizer’s Depopulation Agenda, as Evidenced by Its Own Documents
Dr. Naomi Wolf Uncovers Pfizer’s Depopulation Agenda, as Evidenced by Its Own Documents
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Roman Balmakov on Epoch TV Explains how the FDA and Presstitutes Worked to Prevent Covid Treatment with Ivermectin
FDA is committed to Big Pharma profits, not to public health. The use of the Covid “vaccine” on emergency use basis requires that there be no cures. Thus the FDA had to hide the fact that there was a cure.
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Be Forewarned: Is This What Bill Gates & Company Are Going to Release Next?
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Does a Presidential Candidate this Good Have a Chance?
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Site: AsiaNews.itThe Vatican Press Office announced: he will be operated on in the early afternoon. This morning he held his customary general audience with the faithful in St. Peter's Square. The operation made necessary by "recurrent, painful and worsening" occlusions. The precedent of 2021 and the trips scheduled for August confirmed this week.
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PCR Interviewed by Sputnik International on US Economic Outlook
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Many economists believe that economics must emulate the physical sciences with controlled experiments to be credible. Econometric models, they claim, can fulfill the role of laboratory experiments.
Through mathematical and statistical methods, an economist supposedly establishes relationships between various economic variables. For example, personal consumer outlays are related to personal disposable income and the interest rates, while capital expenditure is explained by the past stock of capital, the interest rates, and economic activity. Various estimated relations—i.e., equations, which are grouped together—constitute an econometric model.
A comparison of the model’s dynamic assumptions versus the data establishes the model’s reliability. (In a static simulation, the model is solved using the actual lagged variables. In a dynamic simulation, the model is solved by employing lagged variables calculated by the model). Once the model is built and accepted as a good replica of the economy, economists employ the model to ascertain the possible effects of various government and central bank policies upon the economy.
Is the Mathematical Method Valid in Economics?
By applying mathematics in its analyses, mainstream economics attempts to emulate the natural sciences. In the natural sciences, mathematical formulas measure the response of objects to a particular stimulus in a given condition to see if they can be captured repeatedly.
The same approach, however, is not valid in economics since economics deals with human beings and not objects. According to Ludwig von Mises, “The experience with which the sciences of human action have to deal is always an experience of complex phenomena. No laboratory experiments can be performed with regard to human action.”
Human beings are rational animals, using their minds to sustain their lives and well-being. Human minds, however, don’t follow a fixed mechanical procedure, but rather people employ their minds according to their own circumstances, making it impossible to capture human nature through mathematical formulas.
Individuals have the freedom of choice to change their minds and pursue actions contrary to what was observed in the past. Because human beings are unique, economic analysis can only be qualitative.
Furthermore, quantitative analysis implies the possibility of the assignment of numbers, which can be subjected to all operations of arithmetic requiring an objective fixed unit, something that exists in the realm of human valuations. On this Mises wrote, “There are, in the field of economics, no constant relations, and consequently no measurement is possible.”
There are no constant standards for measuring the minds, the values, and the ideas of humans. Valuations are how conscious, purposeful individuals ascertain the given facts of reality. Once individuals establish what the facts are, they decide which of the established facts best suit their ends.
Individuals’ Goals Set the Standard for Valuation
Individual goals or ends set the standard for valuing various means. For instance, people wanting to improve their health will decide which goods benefit their health and which do not. Among those that will benefit them, some will be more effective than others. There is no way, however, to quantify this effectiveness. All that one could do is rank these goods in accordance with the perceived effectiveness.
The use of mathematics in economics also poses another problem, as using mathematical functions implies that variables determine human actions. For example, contrary to the mathematical way of thinking, an individual’s outlays on goods are not “driven” by income.
While it is true that individuals respond to changes in their incomes, the response is not automatic. An increase in an individual’s income does not automatically imply that his consumption expenditure will follow suit. Every individual assesses the increase in income against the goals he wants to achieve. Thus, he might decide that it is more beneficial to him to raise his savings rather than raise his consumption.
Note again that individuals respond to changes in various factors in accordance with individuals’ goals. This means that causality in economics emanates from individuals and not mathematical variables.
From this perspective an econometric model, which is a group of various equations, is a misleading description of the world of human beings. In the world of econometric models, individuals are reduced to robots that mechanically respond to changes in a mathematical equation.
Further Issues of Using Econometric Models
In conducting the “what if” experiment, a model builder utilizes a model with the equation’s parameters unchanged. Given that human beings have freedom of choice, a policy change by the government or the central bank is likely to alter the parameters of various equations.
Consequently, the employment of the fixed-parameters model in the “what if” experiment is likely to generate questionable results.
For instance, the model builder may want to evaluate the effect of a change in government outlays on the economy. It is quite likely that a change in outlays will affect the parameters of various equations. If the model builder were to ignore this, it would mean that individuals in the economy were frozen.
On this Mises said, “As a method of economic analysis econometrics is a childish play with figures that does not contribute anything to the elucidation of the problems of economic reality.”
According to the Nobel laureate in economics Robert Lucas,
Given that the structure of an econometric model consists of optimal decision rules of economic agents, and that optimal decision rules vary systematically with changes in the structure of series relevant to the decision maker, it follows that any change in policy will systematically alter the structure of econometric models.
Conclusion
The introduction of econometric model building in economics is an attempt to produce a laboratory where controlled experiments can be conducted. The idea of having such a laboratory is appealing to economists and politicians. Once the model is built and accepted as a good replica of the economy, economists could evaluate the outcomes of various policies. When evaluating the effect of the government and the central bank policies on the economy, however, economists employ models with unchanged parameters, thus leading to erroneous conclusions.
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The Escalating Persecution of Truth Tellers
Paul Craig Roberts
This website has committed donors, but it needs more of them. The website is widely read, which raises the question why those who value the website enough to read it do not contribute to the financial security and continuation of the website.
I have in a number of articles explained the fate of truth tellers. They live a high risk, low reward life. Chris Hedges explains in his article below what is happening to Matt Taibbi, formerly Rolling Stone magazine’s top attraction. Taibbi, is a leftwinger who told the truth and was punished for doing so. Today he is being persecuted by the IRS for reporting the Twitter files released by Elon Musk which show that the FBI pressured Twitter to censor truth tellers on every subject.
The suppression of truth is occurring everywhere in the Western “democratic” world. Julian Assange has been in prison for a decade without due process of law simply because he reported leaked documents that revealed US war crimes and US deception of its allies.
Fox News removed Tucker Carlson from his large audience but instead of firing him kept him under contract, paying him $20 million yearly in order to silence him.
I could go on with example after example.
Keep in mind that liberty is a modern creation dating from the Glorious Revolution in England which established the principle that the King and his government were accountable to law and the people.
The enforcement of government accountability requires free speech, so America’s Founding Fathers made free speech the First Amendment to the US Constitution which defines how we are to be governed.
Without free speech there is no justice and no liberty. The Biden Regime is being successful in stamping out free speech. The media doesn’t notice. The universities don’t notice. The law schools and bar associations don’t notice, the courts don’t notice. Indeed, free speech, a Constitutionally protected right, is being actively suppressed as “harmful,” “offensive,” “misinformation.”
The Democrat Party, the law schools, the media, the universities and public school boards are determined to revolutionize American society. They are achieving their goal by redefining truth as what serves their agenda. In other words, a blatant lie can be true if it serves an elite purpose. Expression of the real truth undermines their agenda and is demonized as “misinformation,” “Russian interference,” “domestic terrorism,” “white supremacy,” and is on the verge of being designated as a crime, as many are experiencing, including medical doctors who saved lives with Ivermectin and HCQ for the reward of having their medical licenses pulled for exposing Fauci and Big Pharma’s lie that there was no cure for Covid.
When a country’s institutions become as corrupted, as hostile to truth, as America’s–and indeed the entirety of the Western World’s–the civilization is lost.
I don’t think that I can save Western Civilization, which has already been destroyed. But I can make readers aware that the sky is about to fall on them. If they can escape insouciance, they can be prepared.
The Escalating Persecution of Truth Tellers
Chris Hedges explains what is happening to Matt Taibbi for publishing an analysis of the Twitter Files given to him by Elon Musk.
The cost of telling the truth is rapidly rising, and the rewards have disappeared. If the Democrats are “reelected,” truth will be criminalized.
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Site: Fr Hunwicke's Mutual EnrichmentAs we look prayerfully foreward to the next pontificate, I find the Gamaliel of Acts 5:33-42 more and more in my mind.I pray that we may not fall into the temptation of vindictiveness. I pray indeed that Tradition may recover from the dark stranglehold that this weird pontificate has striven to impose upon it. But the last thing the Church needs, I believe, is a reverse version of the Bergoglian Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.com0
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