Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 1233

Prayer Requests, Praise Reports, and a Special Request to New Yorkers

A reader writes: I'd like to request prayer for an 81 year old man who is dying of renal failure, congestive heart disease and pulmonary fibrosis. He has been arguing with me about the existence of God for over 30 … Continue reading →

This is something new

Both Ross Douthat at the New York Times and Andrew Sullivan at the Daily Beast link to a piece I wrote for the Register on whether Evolution (specifically polygenism) constitutes a threat to Catholic theology. Not a common experience for … Continue reading →

The Republican Follies Continue

What an absurd joke this field of candidates is. Today's focus: The Android. The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook That the Thing That Used to Be Conservatism cannot mount a … Continue reading →

Prayer Requests

A reader writes: I am too weak to continue fighting. I've reached the end. I need help from others to continue. My fatigue is so great that I want to die. I come to you to pray for us. Father, … Continue reading →

Bad Lip Reading

This killed me: I think our political discourse could be immeasurably helped if we could turn the sound down on the debates and just have this guy interpret for us.

From our "Consequentialism is a Faustian Bargain" file

The Faustian Bargain is a favorite theme of fiction and horror fantasy writers, such as Rod Serling. The idea, for them whut don't know, is that you attempt to do evil that good may come of it, a fundamental no … Continue reading →

Ridiculous All-Explaining Theory of Everything #93487

So Stephen Greenblatt has a mother tormented by fear of death as he grew up in a northeast corridor atheist household. He goes to college, reads the atheistic poetry of Lucretius and finds some measure of consolation there. Now here … Continue reading →

Catholic theologians Dissent from Combox Capital Punishment Experts

Join rebellious Magisterium and call for abolition of death penalty. It's a sad day when Catholic theologians join their voices to the teaching of two Popes, the bishops of the world and the Catechism in calling for the end of … Continue reading →

This Cracked Me Up

HT: Kathy Shaidle The other day, somebody was denouncing The Anchoress as one of them damn libruls. I have to wonder what bubble one has to live in to imagine that the Anchoress is a liberal. Leftism seems to have … Continue reading →

Prayer Request and Praise Report

A reader writes: Please ask your readers to pray today for a boy born 26 weeks premature in April. His name is Wyatt, and has been struggling with his lung development. He has had infections of his internal organs, and … Continue reading →