MTV Movie Awards is now being aired live via MTV channel. Currently, MTV Movie Awards 2010 online are  not available to popular live.

In the mean time check the MTV movie awards 2010 list of nominees.

BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2010 Movie Awards ceremony)

“Alice in Wonderland”

“Avatar”

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

“The Hangover”

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Amanda Seyfried – “Dear John”

Emma Watson – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Kristen Stewart – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”

Zoe Saldana – “Avatar”

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Channing Tatum – “Dear John”

Daniel Radcliffe – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Taylor Lautner – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Zac Efron – “17 Again”

BEST BREAKOUT STAR

Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”

Chris Pine – “Star Trek”

Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”

Logan Lerman – “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”

Quinton Aaron – “The Blind Side”

Zach Galifianakis – “The Hangover”

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Ben Stiller – “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”

Bradley Cooper – “The Hangover”

Ryan Reynolds – “The Proposal”

Sandra Bullock – “The Proposal”

Zach Galifianakis – “The Hangover”

BEST VILLAIN

Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

Helena Bonham Carter – “Alice in Wonderland”

Ken Jeong – “The Hangover”

Stephen Lang – “Avatar”

Tom Felton – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

BEST FIGHT

Beyonce Knowles vs. Ali Larter – “Obsessed”

Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds – “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thie”f

Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – “Sherlock Holmes”

Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – “Avatar”

BEST KISS

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – “The Runaways”

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – “The Proposal”

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner – “Valentine’s Day”

Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington – “Avatar”

BEST WTF MOMENT

Betty White – “The Proposal,” Cops a Feel

Bill Murray – “Zombieland,” Bill Murray?! A Zombie?!

Isabel Lucas – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” Unexpected Transformation

Ken Jeong – “The Hangover,” Naked Trunk Surprise

Megan Fox – “Jennifer’s Body,” Vomits a Mysterious Black Ooze

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewart

Taylor Lautner

Johnny Depp

Daniel Radcliffe

BEST SCARED-AS-[HELL] PERFORMANCE

Alison Lohman – “Drag Me To Hell”

Amanda Seyfried – “Jennifer’s Body”

Jesse Eisenberg – “Zombieland”

Katie Featherston – “Paranormal Activity”

Sharlto Copley – “District 9”

BIGGEST BAD[expletive] STAR

Rain

Angelina Jolie

Channing Tatum

Sam Worthington

Chris Pine

Wanna bet? Here are my bets

• Best Movie - Avatar
• Bess Female - Sandra Bullock , The Blind Side
• Best Male - Channing Tatum – “Dear John”
• Best Comedic - Ben Stiller – “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
• Best Villain - Helena Bonham Carter – “Alice in Wonderland”
• Best Fight - Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – “Sherlock Holmes”
• Best Kiss - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
• Best WTF Moment - Megan Fox – “Jennifer’s Body,” Vomits a Mysterious Black Ooze
• Global Superstar - Johnny Depp

I don't wanna bet to other categories :) Hope my bets will win their respective categories though. 

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MTV Movie Awards is now being aired live via MTV channel. Currently, MTV Movie Awards 2010 online are  not available to popular live.

In the mean time check the MTV movie awards 2010 list of nominees.

BEST MOVIE (voting stays live throughout the 2010 Movie Awards ceremony)

“Alice in Wonderland”

“Avatar”

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

“The Hangover”

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE

Amanda Seyfried – “Dear John”

Emma Watson – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Kristen Stewart – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Sandra Bullock – “The Blind Side”

Zoe Saldana – “Avatar”

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

Channing Tatum – “Dear John”

Daniel Radcliffe – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Taylor Lautner – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Zac Efron – “17 Again”

BEST BREAKOUT STAR

Anna Kendrick – “Up in the Air”

Chris Pine – “Star Trek”

Gabourey Sidibe – “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”

Logan Lerman – “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”

Quinton Aaron – “The Blind Side”

Zach Galifianakis – “The Hangover”

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE

Ben Stiller – “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”

Bradley Cooper – “The Hangover”

Ryan Reynolds – “The Proposal”

Sandra Bullock – “The Proposal”

Zach Galifianakis – “The Hangover”

BEST VILLAIN

Christoph Waltz – “Inglourious Basterds”

Helena Bonham Carter – “Alice in Wonderland”

Ken Jeong – “The Hangover”

Stephen Lang – “Avatar”

Tom Felton – “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

BEST FIGHT

Beyonce Knowles vs. Ali Larter – “Obsessed”

Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber vs. Ryan Reynolds – “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”

Logan Lerman vs. Jake Abel – “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thie”f

Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – “Sherlock Holmes”

Sam Worthington vs. Stephen Lang – “Avatar”

BEST KISS

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning – “The Runaways”

Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds – “The Proposal”

Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner – “Valentine’s Day”

Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington – “Avatar”

BEST WTF MOMENT

Betty White – “The Proposal,” Cops a Feel

Bill Murray – “Zombieland,” Bill Murray?! A Zombie?!

Isabel Lucas – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” Unexpected Transformation

Ken Jeong – “The Hangover,” Naked Trunk Surprise

Megan Fox – “Jennifer’s Body,” Vomits a Mysterious Black Ooze

GLOBAL SUPERSTAR

Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewart

Taylor Lautner

Johnny Depp

Daniel Radcliffe

BEST SCARED-AS-[HELL] PERFORMANCE

Alison Lohman – “Drag Me To Hell”

Amanda Seyfried – “Jennifer’s Body”

Jesse Eisenberg – “Zombieland”

Katie Featherston – “Paranormal Activity”

Sharlto Copley – “District 9”

BIGGEST BAD[expletive] STAR

Rain

Angelina Jolie

Channing Tatum

Sam Worthington

Chris Pine

Wanna bet? Here are my bets

• Best Movie - Avatar
• Bess Female - Sandra Bullock , The Blind Side
• Best Male - Channing Tatum – “Dear John”
• Best Comedic - Ben Stiller – “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
• Best Villain - Helena Bonham Carter – “Alice in Wonderland”
• Best Fight - Robert Downey Jr. vs. Mark Strong – “Sherlock Holmes”
• Best Kiss - Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”
• Best WTF Moment - Megan Fox – “Jennifer’s Body,” Vomits a Mysterious Black Ooze
• Global Superstar - Johnny Depp

I don't wanna bet to other categories :) Hope my bets will win their respective categories though. 

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Shady's back! Back again!

Great! Eminem's Not Afraid video finally out. It's been a long time since Eminem been inactive in music scene. His latest album "Recovery" may give him a chance to gain back his popularity during his early career.

From Not Afraid lyrics,

It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you
So I could come back a brand new me, you helped see me through

We might expect something different from his upcoming singles. I guess.

Another line from Not Afraid, And to the fans, I'll never let you down again, I'm back


We'll expect that!




Here's Not Afraid lyrics

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Shady's back! Back again!

Great! Eminem's Not Afraid video finally out. It's been a long time since Eminem been inactive in music scene. His latest album "Recovery" may give him a chance to gain back his popularity during his early career.

From Not Afraid lyrics,

It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you
So I could come back a brand new me, you helped see me through

We might expect something different from his upcoming singles. I guess.

Another line from Not Afraid, And to the fans, I'll never let you down again, I'm back


We'll expect that!




Here's Not Afraid lyrics

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Your Grace, What are the main differences between the protestant "Penal Substitutionary" view of Christ's redemption and the Catholic "Satisfaction" Dogma of of Redemption? - Ken

Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement within Christian theology, especially associated with the Reformed tradition. It argues that Christ, by His sacrificial choice, was punished (penalised) in the place of sinners (substitution), thus satisfying the demands of justice so God can justly forgive the sins. It is a specific understanding of substitutionary atonement, where the substitutionary nature of Jesus' death is understood in the sense of a substitutionary punishment. Early church fathers who have expressed this notion of penal substitution are Justin Martyr (100-165), Eusebius of Caesarea (275-339), and Augustine of Hippo (354-430).

Instead of salvation being conditional upon sin, Roman Catholicism has long attached the belief in Jesus Christ to the concept of salvation itself, and for non-Christians has asserted various "dispensations" ranging from "eternal damnation" to "salvation conditional upon conversion." Catholic controversies regarding universalists, such as Origen, are notable events in Church history, and have typically resulted in the proclamation of Catholicism being the "one true faith," along with dispensationalist concepts.

Catholics profess belief that Jesus Christ brought about redemption from sin and assert that salvation is possible only within the Roman Catholic Church. This doctrine remains, but is not always articulated with clarity. Modern teaching usually uses language similar to the following: Jesus was a divine sacrifice who brought about "redemption for all mankind."

Roman Catholics believe "Man stands in need of salvation from God," and "Divine help comes to him in Christ through the law that guides him and the grace that sustains him." It was for our salvation that "God loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins; the Father has sent His Son as the Saviour of the world, and He was revealed to take away sins." "By His death (Jesus, the Son of God) has conquered death, and so opened the possibility of salvation to all men."

Roman Catholicism teaching on justification is the principal cause of division from Protestantism, and holds a soul is justified "by reason of a perfect act of charity elicited by a well disposed sinner or by virtue of the Sacrament either of Baptism or of Penance." This condition can be appropriated by proxy, in recognition of the faith of a qualified sponsor, and is held to be effected by an actual change in the recipient's heart, that of the infused love of God, so that the justified are not only reputed to be righteous, "but we are truly called and are just, receiving justice within us."

A further teaching is that this justification can be increased by doing works enabled by the grace of God dispensed through Roman Catholic sacraments, and which grace includes that of the merits of saints. Such works of faith are also held to help merit eternal life. Regarding those who co-operated with such grace, the Council of Trent concludes that "nothing further is wanting to the justified, to prevent their being accounted to have, by those very works which have been done in God, fully satisfied the divine law according to the state of this life, and to have truly merited eternal life." Canon 32 similarly states, "If anyone says that the good works of the one justified are in such manner the gifts of God that they are not also the good merits of him justified; or that the one justified by the good works that he performs by the grace of God and the merit of Jesus Christ, whose living member he is, does not truly merit an increase of grace, eternal life, and in case he dies in grace, the attainment of eternal life itself and also an increase of glory, let him be anathema."

Jesus Christ has provided the Church with "the fullness of the means of salvation which [the Father] has willed: correct and complete confession of faith, full sacramental life, and ordained ministry in apostolic succession." Baptism is necessary for salvation, and is sufficient for those who die as children and those permanently deprived of their use of reason. The sacrament of Penance is necessary for salvation for those who have fallen after Baptism, just as Baptism is necessary for salvation for those who have not yet been reborn. But these are not the only sacraments of importance for salvation: "The Church affirms that for believers the sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary for salvation." This holds especially for the Eucharist. "Every time this mystery is celebrated, the work of our redemption is carried on and we break the one bread that provides the medicine of immortality, the antidote for death, and the food that makes us live for ever in Jesus Christ."

At the same time, however, the Roman Catholic Church teaches that through the graces Jesus Christ won for humanity by sacrificing Himself on the cross, salvation is possible even for those outside the visible boundaries of the Church. Christians and even non-Christians, if in life they respond positively to the grace and truth that God reveals to them through the mercy of Christ may be saved. This may include awareness of an obligation to become part of the Catholic Church. In such cases, "they could not be saved who, knowing that the Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through Christ, would refuse either to enter it, or to remain in it." Catholics believe that people, even those who are not explicitly Christian, have the moral law written in their hearts, according to Jeremiah 31: 33 (prophecy of new covenant): "I will write my law on their hearts." St Justin wrote that those who have not accepted Christ but follow the moral law of their hearts follow God, because it is God who has written the moral law in each person's heart. Though he may not explicitly recognise it, he has the spirit of Christ. St Thomas Aquinas, the premier theologian in the Catholic Church, explains this paradox as follows. If a person lives according to the natural law written on his heart, God will send him a means of knowing the truth by either natural or supernatural means; that is, he will send a missionary to teach him the faith or, if necessary, even an angel.

The Church expressly teaches that "it is necessary to hold for certain that they who labour in ignorance of the true religion, if this ignorance is invincible, will not be held guilty of this in the eyes of God," that "outside of the Church, nobody can hope for life or salvation unless he is excused through ignorance beyond his control," that "they who labour in invincible ignorance of our most holy religion and who, zealously keeping the natural law and its precepts engraved in the hearts of all by God, and being ready to obey God, live an honest and upright life, can, by the operating power of divine light and grace, attain eternal life."

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Many Christian blogs are posting that a woman must cover her hair, and some women are now covering their hair with veils, snoods, etc. I'm not sure what to think about this. Doesn't it say in the Bible (I believe Corinthians 11) that a woman should cover? What is your opinion? Thank you very much for your time. Melissa.

"You yourselves judge: doth it become a woman, to pray unto God uncovered?"

(1 Corinthians 11: 13)

Women who enter a church to pray should cover their head, but not their face, with a veil. That is my view.

"But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonours his head, but any woman who prays or prophesies with her head unveiled dishonours her head — it is the same as if her head were shaven. For if a woman will not veil herself, then she should cut off her hair; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her wear a veil.

"For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man. (For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.) That is why a woman ought to have a veil on her head, because of the angels. ... If any one is disposed to be contentious, we recognise no other practice, nor do the churches of God."

(1 Corinthians 11: 3-10,16)

In obedience to sacred scripture, many Catholic women wear some kind of veil or head-covering. Some wear a head-covering only at Mass. Others feel called to wear a head-covering at other times during the day, as well as at Mass. Many non-Catholic Christian women also wear a head-covering.

These women are following the call of the Holy Spirit. Society discourages women from wearing a head-covering and from doing anything else which shows submissiveness and obedience. Yet these women have found the light of truth in the midst of dark times.

The moral law requires all women to wear the veil on their hearts. A woman should not wear the veil on her head, until she is wearing it first on her heart. A woman who wears the veil on her heart accepts the place that God gives to women in the Church, the family, and society.

Women who wear the veil on their hearts are imitating the Virgin Mary in her humility, submissiveness, and obedience to Christ. The veil should cover her head, but not her face. It is first and foremost symbolic of humility, submissiveness and obedience.

When St Veronica saw Jesus carrying His cross, she took off her veil and gave it to Him to wipe His face. He handed the veil back to her, and it had an image of His face on it. In this way, Christ gave a special blessing to the practice of wearing a veil. Even Veronica's name comes from this event. She is called vera icon because she had a true icon of Christ, her veil with His face on it. Nearly every Catholic Church has the stations of the Cross with this event at one of the stations.

 

 

The Virgin Mary wore a veil or head-covering because she understood this symbol of the different roles given to men and women. Those women who wear the veil are imitating the Virgin Mary in her humility and submissiveness. Nearly every Catholic Church has a statue or image of Mary wearing a veil.

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This is the Abbey Bookshop at Glastonbury. You will find all kinds of items on sale; including gifts, posters, cards, fancy goods, as well as plenty of books and magazines. But you will not find a copy of The Grail Church which is about the history of Glastonbury and how the earliest Christian Church was founded on a site within what is now the ruin abbey grounds, St Joseph of Arimathea's apostleship and the reflowering of a pure branch of Christianity in recent times.

My book used to be on sale at this Christian bookshop back in the 1990s, but something happened when influences bore down on those who run it. These influences are not Christian, needless to say, and visitors are surprised nowadays to discover what is on sale. Some of the books, magazines and other items on display are of a distinctly non-Christian nature. Some are blatantly pagan. One might have thought that there are sufficient shops in Glastonbury already specialising in witchcraft and paganism without it requiring an outlet in what is ostensibly a Christian bookshop run by the Church of England within the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey itself.

Do not imagine for a moment that I have not brought this matter to the attention of the establishment and the local vicar. But they are modernists and liberals. And I am a traditionalist. Moreover, I am Catholic, albeit autocephalous. So there you have it. Glastonbury is a concentrated microcosm of the macrocosm, the British Isles! We need to restore Christianity to not just one small market town in rural Somerset, but to the whole of Great Britain.

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