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Are the Gospels a Myth?

One of the most common pronouncements by the atheists in the combox is that “Christianity is a myth.” In one sense they are correct. The gospel story does operate like a myth. However, most of the atheists making this comment do not seem to have a very knowledgeable understanding of myth and how it works. They [...]

I Saw a Stable

I saw a stable, low and very bare, A little child in a manger. The oxen knew him, had him in their care, To men he was a stranger. The safety of the world was lying there. And the world’s danger.

Ed Blanch the Internet Atheist

Guest blogger Ed Blanch comments regularly on various religious websites and he blogs at There’s No Sky Fairy where he regularly receives 273 visits a month. Ed is taking a break from his studies at North Jersey College of Technology. Domiciled in his mom’s basement, Ed is busy developing an exciting new video game concept. He doesn’t have time [...]

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my readers! One of the great memories I have is serving for three years as the Chaplain to the choir school at Kings College, Cambridge. To worship every evening in that great building–one of the finest churches in Christendom, and to be part of the formation of the choristers, to travel [...]

Visitation Lesson

The veneration we have for Mary  Mother of God comes straight from Scripture. When Elizabeth saw the Blessed Virgin she “was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice…”Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?” Elizabeth’s “Lord” of course is Jawheh–the Lord God Almighty.  Elizabeth [...]

Evidence for Christmas

Once again we’ve had some tussles with atheists who keep asking for ‘evidence’ for the Christian faith. The whole question of evidence is interesting because we have to ask what sort of evidence they require. Whenever I ask this question they all skirt around the issue in one way or another. There are many different [...]

Enjoy The Vicar for the Holidays

Looking for a little light refreshment for the holidays? Want a good, entertaining short story to enjoy during some down time? Why not purchase the first of the Adventures of Humphrey Blytherington. The Vicar of Great Snoring tells how bumbling Humphrey with his formidable wife Daphne end up ensconced in the huge country vicarage in [...]

Famous People You Forgot Were Catholic

Marc Barnes posts here on five famous people you forgot were Catholic: the writer Jack Kerouac, Chief Sitting Bull, Salvador Dali, John Wayne and oh yeah….Nancy Pelosi. What other famous people would you add who many people don’t know were Catholic? My list: writer J.R.R.Tolkien, film director Alfred Hitchcock, mythologist Joseph Campbell, actor Alec Guiness and [...]

Catholicism Pure and Simple

A new shipment of my book Catholicism Pure and Simple has just arrived. Go here to learn more. Price is just $15.95, and that includes shipping.

Who is “Q”? The Mythical World of Bible Scholars

Have you ever noticed that there is a breed of atheists who are also Bible scholars and then there are Bible scholars who seem to be atheists? These non believers are believers in a special sort of way. They do not believe the Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, but they do [...]