Holy Trinity: Not Demonstrable From Scripture Alone?

Last updated on: July 24, 2019 at 10:14 am By Dave Armstrong

I was writing back and forth with a Protestant pastor. He was saying how, if he spoke on the Trinity in a Catholic environment, that the Catholics in attendance would be thinking that Protestants “got” the doctrine of the Trinity from Catholics and not from Scripture alone and that Catholics believe in it solely because the Church teaches it, and not [also] because the Bible teaches it. This was my reply: * * * * * That’s not how most... Read more

Newsflash!: Catholicism Utterly Opposes Idolatry, Too

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 11:45 am By Dave Armstrong

The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches: Idolatry 2112 The first commandment condemns polytheism. It requires man neither to believe in, nor to venerate, other divinities than the one true God. Scripture constantly recalls this rejection of “idols, [of] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.” These empty idols make their worshippers empty: “Those who make them are like them; so are all who trust in them.”42... Read more

Defense of Vatican II (vs. Paolo Pasqualucci): Master List

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 11:11 am By Dave Armstrong

Paolo Pasqualucci (signer of three of the reactionary-dominated “corrections” of Pope Francis), a Catholic and retired professor of philosophy of the law at the University of Perugia, Italy, wrote “‘Points of Rupture’ of the Second Vatican Council with the Tradition of the Church – A Synopsis” (4-13-18), hosted by the infamous reactionary site, One Peter Five. It’s an adaptation of the introduction to his book Unam Sanctam – A Study on Doctrinal Deviations in the Catholic Church of the 21st... Read more

Vs. Pasqualucci Re Vatican II #12: SC & Liturgical “Creativity”

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 11:24 am By Dave Armstrong

[see the Master List of all twelve installments] Paolo Pasqualucci (signer of three of the endless reactionary-dominated “corrections” of Pope Francis), a Catholic and retired professor of philosophy of the law at the University of Perugia, Italy, wrote “‘Points of Rupture’ of the Second Vatican Council with the Tradition of the Church – A Synopsis” (4-13-18), hosted by the infamous reactionary site, One Peter Five. It’s an adaptation of the introduction to his book Unam Sanctam – A Study on Doctrinal Deviations in the Catholic Church of... Read more

Vs. Pasqualucci Re Vatican II #11: SC & Sacrifice of the Mass

Last updated on: July 23, 2019 at 11:23 am By Dave Armstrong

Atheist Bob Seidensticker: Intellectual Coward (My 32 Critiques)

Last updated on: July 20, 2019 at 7:36 pm By Dave Armstrong

[Bob Seidensticker’s words will be in blue] Former Presbyterian, Bible-Basher Bob’s blog, Cross Examined contains (according to the “About” page) “roughly a million words in more than a thousand posts” and a “quarter-million comments.” He advertises his efforts as “an energetic but civil critique of Christianity.” But the blog is anything but “civil”: as a glance at any of his endless comboxes will prove. Here (as an altogether typical example) is the feeding frenzy on his site where I was the... Read more

Epstein and Weinstein: The Fruit of the Sexual Revolution

Last updated on: July 19, 2019 at 1:52 pm By Dave Armstrong

[I wrote this in November 2017, as the Weinstein controversy was in full gear. Now, given the horrendous charges against financier Jeffrey Epstein, his name gets to be added to the “dishonor roll” too] ***** Casting couch sexual coercion is presently causing big shock and surprise in our sex-saturated society. The perfectly obvious is now becoming perfectly obvious. I guess that’s progress. At least society isn’t pretending anymore that rich white male, middle-aged Hollywood moguls abusing, exploiting, groping, and even raping... Read more