Mark P. Shea's Blog, page 1235

Were the apostles a bunch of illiterates?

A reader writes: I was in an argument with my brother who is an atheist, who was arguing that none of the writings in the New Testament could have been written by the Apostles, because they were illiterate fishermen. I … Continue reading →

Praise Report

A reader writes: A couple weeks ago I sent you a prayer request for little Sammy, desperately sick with e-coli poisoning. Here is the latest update from his Mom, as of last Saturday. Pretty wonderful news! (You had told me … Continue reading →

Tech Geekery and "How I Make a Living" Stuff

Some folks are asking why the feeds don't give the whole text of the posts I put here Basically, the answer is that the value of the virtual real estate here depends on the number of click throughs that come … Continue reading →

Over at the Register…

A reader has a) a great quote from JPII and b) a question about the sinlessness of Mary.l

The Patheos Book Club…

has a nifty interview with Fr. Robert Barron, as well as a tasty chapter up from his cool new Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith.  Check thou it out!

I am so totally going to this

At Seattle's Town Hall, November 7: In 2005, The Areas of My Expertise, a handy little book of Complete World Knowledge, gathered fascinating trivia and "facts" completely made up by its author, John Hodgman. But during an interview on The … Continue reading →

The People's Democratic National Security State of Heaven

…making all sort of things you never thought about illegal and severely punished, just in case you start thinking you are equal to our Ruling Classes. Ignorance of a 20,000,000 page legal code full of absurd laws is NO EXCUSE! … Continue reading →

You learn something every day!

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You Know Obama is Being Overbearing

…when even Notre Dame is complaining about the HHS campaign to crush freedom of conscience. The bishops were, of course, right. Alas, this blog launches too late to urge people to tell our God King to back off on his … Continue reading →

Hey Western Washington!

The excellent Ted Naff writes: Catholic Professionals of Seattle is very privileged to welcome His Excellency, Archbishop Sartain, at our next event on October 7th. The title of his talk is, "Following Christ in the Everyday". We hope you will … Continue reading →