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Blob of Cells

Here is a 12 week old human fetus. Abortion supporters think it’s okay to yank this ‘blob of cells’ from the mother’s womb and destroy it. At this stage of pregnancy the suction aspiration form of abortion is usually used. This means a tube with a knife on the end is inserted into the womb. [...]

I Went to Jail Today

Once a month I go to the state pen to teach an apologetics class. Most of the prisoners here in South Carolina (like most of the population) are not Catholic, and some of the more extreme Protestants like picking theological fights with the minority Catholics. So the guys all have a copy of my book More [...]

Pro Life Story

Here’s a moving pro life story about a 21 year old college senior who got pregnant after a drunken college hook up, but found God’s love and changed her life.

On Morality and Martyrdom

A debate has been cooking amongst various bloggers who are atheists about whether there is such a thing as objective morality. I was interested in the observations that animals behave in a ‘moral’ way–elephants grieve their dead herd members, dogs stand loyally beside the grave of their dead master, monkeys share and gorillas are tender [...]

St Luke

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Are Anglo Catholics Catholic?

A reader has sent the following quotation which sums up the question when Anglicans who like to dress up chortle, “Oh, we’re much more Catholic than the Catholics!” Reed, an Episcopalian who teaches at the University of North Carolina, sums up the irony of Anglo-Catholicism: “A movement that originally championed orthodoxy had come to defend freedom; begun [...]

Nature Red in Tooth and Claw

The guiding principle of Darwinism is the survival of the fittest, and there’s no argument here that this can be seen within the natural order. As this is so, I have yet to understand how atheists argue that morality is also part of the evolutionary process. I believe the argument goes something like this: “Human [...]

What is Natural Law?

Atheist blogger Bob Seidensticker claims that there is no such thing as an objective morality. He’s picking a fight with C.S.Lewis who argued in Mere Christianity that  the idea of  natural law is the cornerstone argument for the existence of God. “If there’s a law there’s a lawgiver”. Lewis said that there are some basic [...]

Lions, Little Children and Tiber Swims

Did you know that Ignatius of Antioch was not only appointed to the see of Antioch by Peter himself, but tradition has it that he was one of the children that the Lord took up in his arms and blessed? Ignatius of Antioch was martyred in the Roman Coliseum  by being devoured by beasts. On [...]

Be Self Centered –It’s Good for You

There. That headline got your attention didn’t it? As usual, I’m trying to stand things on their head. This is what I mean: Be self centered. Look after the good of your own soul first and foremost. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. There are several advantages to this. First, it will [...]