Few people realize how severely America’s universities and colleges have degenerated. Georgetown University is a national disgrace, employing numerous apologists for jihad and professional dissemblers about the teachings of Islam that incite believers to commit acts of jihad violence. The millions it is alleged to have taken from Qatar may be a partial explanation for its steep decline from academic institution to Islamic dawah and propaganda outfit. Not only should it not be regarded as an academic institution, but the Catholic Church, if it had not completely lost its way in this regard, should reevaluate its status as a Catholic university. But that would be in a sane world. In ours, Catholic hierarchs will probably direct other Catholic colleges and universities to follow Georgetown’s lead.
“Catholic university’s religion panel on COVID ignores Easter, focuses on Ramadan,” by Jeremiah Poff, The College Fix, April 8, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A Georgetown University panel event hosted by its religion center on Monday about the religious response to the coronavirus pandemic did not delve into how billions of Christians across the globe will not be able to celebrate Easter together.
The “COVID-19 Crisis: Taking Stock of Religious Responses” panel was held at the start of Holy Week, which culminates with Easter this Sunday. As the globe is in something of a lockdown, most churches have cancelled in-person Holy Week services and plan for online ones instead.
Georgetown University, a private Catholic institution in Washington D.C., has cancelled all of its in-person religious services. It plans to livestream its various Easter Week observances on its Facebook page, according to the university website.
At the panel, neither the virus’ impact on the campus and the globe’s Christians, nor the topic of the Jewish Passover, was raised. Instead the religion experts zeroed in on how the lockdown has complicated observing the upcoming month of Ramadan for the Islamic community, as well as how the COVID-19 response has hurt the marginalized in society, such as refugees.
The presentation was hosted by Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. The panelists called on the religious to consider the most vulnerable in society and how the coronavirus crisis hurts them more than traditional households….
Monday’s panel featured Berkley Center Senior Fellow Katherine Marshall as moderator, Imam Mohamed Magid, independent consultant on humanitarian emergencies David Robinson, and Olivia Wilkinson, director of research at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities.
Wilkinson, whose online bio states that her research focus is on secular and religious influences in humanitarian action, said in her initial comments that “people with vulnerabilities are disproportionately affected” by crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
While she mentioned poor and sick individuals as just some of those “with vulnerabilities,” Wilkinson pivoted the discussion to migrants and refugees.
“We’re very well aware that systemic issues from the lack of funding and defunding of support for refugees and migrants, marginalization that refugees and migrants experience economically or otherwise, influence their vulnerability at any time. Now that we’re in a time of pandemic as well, these vulnerabilities are compounding,” Wilkinson said.
She cited food baskets in the lead up to Ramadan as a service that is being affected by the global crisis….
Imam Magid began his comments by saying that the world needed a “theology of crisis,” in which religious leaders can bring faith to the faithful in a time of crisis….
notnolib says
allah will protect the ackbarbarians. allahu’s ackbarbarians have told us so.
Tony Naim says
Islam seeks to erase the Christian narrative of Jesus to replace it with the persona of Muhammad.
Some, Catholics, Protestants and Jews are playing into this endeavor.
James Lincoln says
Imagine someone spending good money to attend this “Catholic” University.
Alumni should stop ALL donations until it returns to its Christian origins…
Wellington says
Completely agree, James. Of course, this ultimately depends on Georgetown alumni being more enlightened than not. Verdict still out.
GreekEmpress says
And there wasn’t even a priest on the panel!!!
gravenimage says
Good point.
RegT says
Evidently, they no longer need donations from alumni, since they are receiving sufficient, perhaps even munificent, funds from Qatar.
CogitoErgoSum says
Jesus made it through 40 days and nights of fasting in the desert. Muslims do it at home for just 30 days plus can eat all the food they can stomach during the nights. Jesus makes the Muslims seem kind of lame.
CogitoErgoSum says
Oh, and another thing. Jesus didn’t ask anybody else to fast the way he did during those 40 days and nights. That’s because He knew not eating for that long a period was dangerous and some people would not be able to survive doing it. Even the fasting that Muslims practice during Ramadan can be bad for a person’s health. So, if Georgetown really cared about the well being of Muslims the university would be advising people not to fast that way. People should be told to try to perform some type of self-sacrifice that is less likely to result in bodily harm.
Rufolino says
Last year I fasted for 20 days taking only water and black coffee. I became unable to walk and had started to die. By pure coincidence I happen to have exactly the same weight and height calculated for Jesus on the basis of the Shroud of Turin (1.79cm., 79kilos).
If it’s of interest. The Shroud of Turin, the purported burial cloth of Jesus, suggests that he had a magnificent physique, with fine muscles and almost no bodyfat.
Jesus is often described as “a carpenter”, which is slightly misleading. His work almost certainly included the chopping down of trees, and the transport and handling of heavy timber. He was probably as much lumberjack as carpenter, and he had a lumberjack’s physique.
This still does not explain how he apparently survived a fast of forty days without physical collapse. He certainly must have suffered by it and almost certainly became physically weakened.
James Lincoln says
Rufolino,
In certain instances, a fast of 40 days is possible.
It is, however, very dangerous – and I am certain that Jesus was very weak following that fast.
Included is a link to an article in the British Medical Journal. It references a PDF that you can download.:
https://www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/how-long-can-you-live-without-food#individual-time-period
Rufolino says
Thanks James.
Kepha says
Jesus makes all of us look lame, and we ourselves ought to feel lame before him.
Note that during Jesus’ fast in the wilderness he was also tempted by the Devil (cf Mt. 4, Lk. 4). Jesus appears as the second Adam, but whereas Adam succumbed to the temptations of the Devil, and brought sin, death, and damnation into the world, Jesus banished Satan with the words of the Scriptures. Hence, this should be read as part of his work of redemption.
This is part of his active obedience; the perfect keeping of the law of God, which he offered in his sacrifice on our behalf on the cross. “For he [God] hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (II Corinthians 5:21).
I would pray we would all be mindful of this
As for G’town U and so many others (considering how Harvard and Yae started as Congregationalist; Princeton as Presbyterian; Rutgers as Dutch Reformed) started out to proclaim the Gospel, I am saddened. But much of this comes from higher education becoming increasingly dependent on government handouts, and these are administered by people for whom “separation of church and state” means the establishment of the “progressive”, secualrist agenda. G’town and the rest need to prove their tolerance credentials.
They are now staffed by people who no longer believe the doctrines they are ostensibly hired to propagate; or, at best, they are focused only on externals. Hence, you probably have a lot of gushy garbage about how both “Christianity” and Islam are oh-so keen on fasting. But, to avoid giving offense, our good Jebbie fathers at G’town probably don’t dare mention the atoning work of Christ on the cross to their Muslim guests. However, you just have to crack open the New Testament to see that the Apostles Peter and Paul would have some very harsh word for these characters who claim to be following in their footsteps.
Boromir's Horn says
When will the generous alumni donors finally figure out the college they graduated from has turned its back on the values they hold dear? There’s more long term damage peculating at these Universities than anyone can imagine. The only way to turn this tide it is to stop the funding. Do it now, before it’s too late.
DBM echo says
Not just Georgetown. In the late 1960s I was a student at Boston College, once known as a Catholic college built with the nickels and dimes of poor Boston Irish who sacrificially gave so much that their children and their children’s children (like me) could have a better future. I personally witnessed the cruxifices being removed from the front walls of classrooms. In answer to my Why I was told it was necessary “to get federal dollars.” I remember saying to Dean Flynn, “Then that kind of money isn’t worth it.”
Those poor Boston Irish were betrayed. And the betrayals continue. The RCC is a very corrupt organization leading millions to religious death
I of course was a nobody at Boston College. Unknown to me at the time was the existence of the then newly inked (1967) Lake of the Clouds Statement through which the then Catholic colleges said FU to Jesus. This was initiated by one Ted Hesburgh, then president of Notre Dame, and more significantly a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Christian JW readers and those seeking spiritual guidance are best advised to follow, not the RCC, but the words of Jesus Himself, ““Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11.
Come to Jesus, not the RCC.
Ray Jarman says
DBM, Perfectly stated and very eloquent also.
CogitoErgoSum says
DBM, I’m too am disappointed in the leadership of the Catholic Church as it now is but what form of church do you think Jesus had in mind when he spoke of Peter being the rock upon which he would build his church? Should not a distinction be made between a church and its leadership? The church may be sound but it could be that the rock beneath it has begun to crumble.
Kepha says
The rock on which the church is built is Christ and the confession that he is the Messiah. That rock is petra, a large massy thing; and Peter, in his confession, is the “petros”, a little piece. Perhaps this is why in his own letter to us, Peter urges us to become “living stones” in the spiritual temple of Christ.
The rock isn’t crumbling. The men are.
somehistory says
The very best advice, or counsel. Follow Jesus, obey His commands and look to Him for guidance on living and pleasing His Father.
No human, no matter what title he might have, how much money or people he calls friend, is able to do what Jesus can and will. Say, as the Apostle John in the Book of Revelation said, “Amen!, Come, Lord Jesus,”
Kepha says
Why, dear DBM, you sound like you’ve become a Protestant, whether you know it or not. Welcome.
RegT says
Well, Francis the pseudo-Pope has said that the coronavirus is our punishment for not doing enough to ameliorate “climate change”, so perhaps he also believes that there is just too much damned Christianity in the Catholic Church. After all, he would much rather wash and kiss muslim feet than to save the lives of Christians in the Middle East.
Wellington says
Georgetown University has become a joke and, far more sadly and expansively, represents in microcosm what has happened to Western Civilization.
In any case—verily, indubitably and so on—informed friends do all they can to not let their friends send their children to Georgetown.
Georgetown has become execrable (as sadly so many other universities have) and the twin reasons for this are Leftism and Islam. Doubt me? Well then, take both Leftism and Islam out of this “equation.” If you do, then Georgetown University would be overall OK and one knows this or should know it.
Modern Western Leftism and Islam are the double whammy posing a death threat to the West. Really, by now one who does not know this is deficient in one way or another and I for one have become exceedingly tired of this deficiency since it is rooted in all kinds of negatives, including overall ignorance, a dearth of common sense and moral intelligence, and, yes, also both avarice and cowardice.
somehistory says
They may as well change their name to something that represents who they are and what they care about. As for being “Christian”…anyone can say that, just as anyone could claim anything else under the sun, but claiming doesn’t make something True.
Jesus told it like He saw it and He saw things perfectly, even being able to read minds and hearts. He would never be slobbering over moslims and their wretched and evil ‘ram a dan’ of not eating during the day and engaging in greedy gluttony at night. He would never force His ways on others, but invited people and if they didn’t come and listen to him, He didn’t abuse them; He left them alone to do as they wished. And Jesus would not be depriving small children of food and water.
Georgetown should begin advertising their grafted shoots…and acknowledge its dead roots, because the evidence is in that they care more for the tenets of islam than for the Commandments of God and His Son.
x says
We are in a spiritual world war. There are three gods, the true God against the false God of Islam and the false God of the state. The two false gods have formed a coalition to destroy all of the true believers. They think that, if they rule the world they will gain something, but they will lose everything, for it is written:
What does it profit a man to gain the world but lose his soul.
Christians need not fear, but only pity the enemy, because their doom is horrible beyond imagination.
somehistory says
All true. Christians know that they have the reward of eternal life ahead, and the True God will win this spiritual war. As Jesus said, “Have no fear for I have conquered the world.”
gravenimage says
Georgetown, a Catholic university, holds panel on religion and the coronavirus, focuses on Ramadan, ignores Easter
……………….
And they ignored Passover, as well–despite the fact that Easter and Passover are being celebrated now. Ramadan is not just a minority religious holiday–it is not happening until late this month.
To what extent is dhimmi Georgetown a Catholic university any more?
Kepha says
The Muslims at least believe that Jesus sits body and soul in Heaven, whereas my guess is that the average Jebbie at G’town believes that Jesus stated dead. The tragedy is that the Muslims deny the cross, the true and actual death that the Messiah bore on our behalf, and his reusrrection that preceeded Jesus’ crown. The other big tragedy is that the supposed “Christian” leaders at G’town are only playing a game, but denying the power of godliness found only in the Gospel.
gravenimage says
Kepha, as you likely already know, Muslims also believe that Jesus’ main role in the last days is to *murder Christians*.
Kepha says
Definitely, Graven. I’m completely against Islam, and its twisting of certain things that seem ultimately derived from Paul’s Thessalonian letters does scant justice to Paul and seriously misrepresents the Messiah. But the supposedly “Christian” Jebbies and other clergy at G’town and too many once-Christian institutions twist and misrperesent even more.
Lydia Church says
Yes, it is a travesty!
Some news I heard lately about pope francis:
1. He claims the corona virus is ‘nature’s revenge’ for what is happening to the environment. I knew he was going to do this. This whole thing is Orwell 19.0. A global tyranny in the name of ‘saving the environment.’ It has begun. Anyone watching the news (the real news), knows it too.
2. He claimed that populist nationalist leaders are sounding like hitler. Very ironic of him, with all his globalists in his back pocket, to say.
3. He claimed that Judas might not be in hell after all, because Jesus called him His ‘friend.’ He forgot that Jesus was betrayed by a friend, you can’t be truly betrayed by an enemy, it’s by someone you trusted. And things change. Jesus knew this would happen all along, anyone who read the Gospels knows that too. So yes, he is not in heaven now. But that too is something typical for him to say, being a Judas himself.
This was all over at LifeSiteNews today. When I looked back the Judas item had been removed already.
On a more joyous note:
HAPPY RESURRECTION SUNDAY!!!
And have a good observance of the commemoration of Good Friday!
You can still celebrate in many ways!
JESUS, BY THE WAY, DID NOT STAY IN THE TOMB, BUT HE CAME OUT!!!
HALLELUJAH!
: D
Kepha says
Yes, Jesus did indeed rise on the Third Day. It’s why we meet to break bread and hear the Word on Sundays, that monument to the New Creation we have in Christ.
And let us all be a Judas–the guy also called Thaddeus, or “not Iscariot” in John; or the one surnamed Barsabbas; or the one who wrote the short epistle before Revelation.
Niemoller says
Are there covert conversations among Catholic, Islamist and secular elite that normal people are just not privy to? I can’t believe some of the solid Catholics I’ve known aren’t out in front of Georgetown U with picket signs ready to storm the admin building to take it back.
gary fouse says
Surely at Al Azhar University in Egypt, they are lamenting how the virus has upset Easter celebrations.
Aren’t they?
gravenimage says
Ha ha
Phemmy says
This is what happens when we allow Money to influence matters and situations
QiPo says
Georgetown? Don’t you mean, “Judas-town”? Thirty pieces of silver was a bargain compared to the untold mega millions the islamic world have spent to get Judas-town to roll over and beg.
RegT says
+1