Jenifer Fulwiler of Conversion Diary wrote a piece for the National Catholic Register ("5 Catholic Teachings That Make Sense to Atheists") that has sparked a fusillade of atheist criticism. For the record, although I disagree with a number of her examples, I think her goal of demonstrating that Catholicism is an internally consistent system is a reasonable one, and an important part of cross-religious dialogue. I'll get back to the substance of that argument tomorrow. For now, I want to … [Read more...]
The Threat that Can’t be Beat
June 25, 2011 By 7 Comments
In my "Pugilist in Good Faith" post, I explained why I didn't see a contradiction between aggressively going after other people's ideas and remaining open to revising my own opinions. After reading it, commenter dbp had a question about whether this balance is possible when you're doing it in public, and his question deserves a longer response. He wrote: The point isn't so much that you're out to persuade people of a position you're also (on this blog) publicly subjecting to … [Read more...]
Ethics Case Study #2: Senior Gift
February 20, 2011 By 11 Comments
The last post I wrote about parts of my ethics that my friends label as 'Christian,' several commenters wrote in to take issue with the idea that Christians had a monopoly on that strand of moral thought. I thought I'd run another example by you all, since my resolution to a recent dilemma had my atheist friends snickering and saying, "You are such a Catholic!" So here's the situation: My university is in the middle of the drive for the Senior Class Gift and plenty of students disagree … [Read more...]
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