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Still more of my Creed Book

Here beginneth the third part: Now, you might think, because of Aristotle’s Prime Mover and his interest in natural science, that the key to inventing science was, therefore, monotheism or something like it. Not exactly. Islam is as intensely monotheistic as you can get but wound up persecuting those who might have founded an Islamic […]

I recently had the ever-fascinating Rod Bennett…

…on Catholic and Enjoying It Live! You can listen to the show here.  We had a lot of fun and I learned some stuff about the formation of the canon of Scripture.

A bit more of my Creed book

Yesterday we started talking about the current fad for “Intelligent Design”.  Let’s resume where we left off: Actually, there are several problems with that approach, though not with the basic instinct of intuiting a Designer. The first is this: St. Thomas himself never says “We cannot explain a natural phenomenon, so God did it”, and […]

A bit of my Creed book

From the discussion of God the Creator: Last chapter we looked simply at the argument for God as First Cause.  Taken in isolation this sort of evidence for God gives a solid—but still pretty chilly and abstract—picture of a God who, at least, exists.  But a God who merely exists is not necessarily a personal […]

Ron Belgau will be on Catholic and Enjoying It Live! tonight

Catholic and Enjoying It is on the air live at 7 PM Pacific (10 PM Eastern) every Monday night.  We discuss life, the universe, and everything from a Catholic perspective and give ourselves up to general jollification for the hour.  You can listen here and you can call into the show at 1-866-333-6279 while we are […]

Some books and a video about a heroic priest and his ministry

Sometime back I mentioned the work of Fr. Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries and linked to a great speech he gave. Today, I thought I would post links to some books by Fr. Boyle and about his work. The first… …is an authentic portrayal of hope, dignity, reconciliation and transformative healing. Captured in penetrating photographs […]

Where Peter Is on the Death Penalty

They write: In June 17th, Cardinal Dolan posted the following on Twitter: Link: https://twitter.com/CardinalDolan/sta... This tweet (as accurate as it is) prompted a wild discussion in social media, since there are many Catholics who are unwilling to assent to the recent Catechetical revision on the Death Penalty, from which this tweet flows. In this context, […]

Had Rod Bennett on Catholic and Enjoying it Live! last week

You can listen to the show here.  Rod was, as ever, loads of interesting fun and I learned some new stuff!

The Use of the Unborn by the “Prolife” Lie Machine

This report was just released by the Office of the Inspector General and the photos included in that report are just incredible. Scroll down. Photo after photo that will just stun and horrify you. 82 men jammed into a room built for 41 so it is *standing room only*. SOME ADULTS HAVE BEEN IN STANDING […]

False News and What We Can Do About It

Daniel Amiri at Where Peter Is has a nice piece up on a vital subject in a world where liars now abound, and no where more intensely than in the Trumpian Cult of Lies and its base of Christianists bent on telling lies for Jesus: Where do you get your news? It’s funny how the […]