Biblical Evidence for Catholicism has been online since February 1997 and won the Catholic Website of the Year award from Patrick Madrid’s Envoy Magazine in 1998. [see how the front page looked on 2 December 1998). In these early years of the Internet my website was one of the relatively few extensive Catholic ones; especially ones run by one person (Jimmy Akin already had a very good one, as I recall). I was a “big fish in a little pond” so to speak. I had many pages that were later discontinued. My pages devoted to St. John Henry Cardinal Newman, G. K. Chesterton, and C. S. Lewis were either the best available or close to it.
Peter’s Net, run by Dr. Jeff Mirus and Phil Lawler, reviewed Biblical Evidence on 8 July 1998, stating: “We highly recommend this site. In our opinion it is one of the best places to visit on the Internet.” Its more specific ratings were: “Fidelity: A / Resources: A / Implementation: A / (Purpose: A; Maintenance: A; Organization: A; Appearance: B).” At first it was hosted by a small company, then moved to Blogspot for a number of years (where I eventually had a very nice “classical” and professional design: see the image above), and finally, in August 2015, to Patheos.
By January 2023 Biblical Evidence for Catholicism had been viewed by more than four million people, over 7 1/2 years, which is an average of 1486 visitors a day over the entire period. It’s nothing like the astronomical numbers seen on YouTube today, but those were very big figures then for a theology site run by one person. In July 2024, my blog was rated #1 for Christian sites by leading AI tool, ChatGPT — endorsed by popular Protestant blogger Adrian Warnock. It contains more than 5,000 free online articles and well over a thousand debates, and has always been absolutely free for the public, and easy to navigate, with drop-down menus, many listed sub-categories, and a sidebar search bar.
I believe my blog is the most extensive and comprehensive Catholic site, with a wider range of topics and sheer number of articles than any other I have ever seen from one person, as opposed to group efforts. It has 40 individual web pages: most of them quite extensive in scope and volume themselves. In January 2025 I also added 600 sub-topics to these individual web pages, for the purpose of easier word-search access to specific topics. Below, I list all of the web pages from my blog and all the sub-categories, and provide links. Heartfelt thanks to all who have read my writings through the years!
Catholic Answers apologist Tim Staples wrote:
Every so often, I recommend great apostolates, websites, etc. And I am very careful to recommend only the very best that are entirely Catholic and in union with the Church. Dave Armstrong’s Biblical Evidence for Catholicism site is one of those. It is a veritable treasure chest of information. Dave is thorough in his research, relentlessly orthodox, and very easy to read.
Mike Aquilina, well-known Catholic apologist and author, also proclaimed:
I love your books, love your site, love everything you do. God bless you in your work. I’m very grateful for all you’ve done, and for all you make available. If someone pitches a hard question at me, I go first to your site. Then I send the questioner directly to the page that best answers the question. I know it’s going to be on your site.
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FORTY WEB PAGES
I. About (Dave Armstrong)
02 Dave Armstrong’s Literary Resume (Curriculum Vitae)
03 Dave Armstrong’s Apologetics Bookstore: 56 Books
II. Catholic Apologetics
04 Apologetics: Catholic & General Christian
06 Bible, Tradition, Canon, & “Sola Scriptura”
07 The [Catholic] Church and Ecclesiology
08 Eucharist, Sacrifice of the Mass, & Liturgical Issues
09 Hell and the Devil / Last Things
11 The Papacy and Infallibility
12 Saints, Purgatory, & Penance
13 Salvation, Justification, & “Faith Alone”
14 Radical Catholic Reactionaries vs. Catholic Traditionalism
15 Trinitarianism and Christology
III. Church History
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IV. Christian Worldview
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V. Protestantism
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VI. Miscellaneous
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39 Apologética católica: Traducciones al español / tradução para português (Aussi, traductions en français)[Catholic Apologetics from Dave Armstrong: Spanish, Portugese, and French Translations of my articles and books]
I. About (Dave Armstrong)
I. QUALIFICATIONS / APOSTOLATE
II. MY BOOKS
III. MY ARTICLES, BLOG, AND WEB PAGES
IV. SPANISH, PORTUGESE, AND FRENCH LANGUAGE OUTREACH
V. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL / RECOMMENDATIONS / MY OWN LIBRARY
VI. INTERVIEWS AND TALKS / FEATURES
VII. YOUTUBE, RADIO, & WEBCAST DISCUSSIONS, INTERVIEWS, & DOCUMENTARIES
VIII. FEEDBACK
IX. FUN, HUMOROUS, INTERESTING, AND MISCELLANEOUS STUFF
X. HOLISTIC HEALTH / HERBALISM / HEALTH FOOD, ETC.
XI. WIFE JUDY
XII. FAMILY
XIII. OUTDOORS / TRAVEL
XIV. ANCESTRY RESEARCH
XV. MUSIC
XVI. A BIT MORE PERSONAL
XVII. MY CHILDHOOD / YOUNG ADULTHOOD / DETROIT
XVIII. SPORTS
02 Dave Armstrong’s Literary Resume (Curriculum Vitae)
I. BRIEF RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND INFORMATION
II. FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION / EMPLOYMENT
III. CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
IV. PUBLISHED WRITINGS (Articles / Cartoon Tracts / Books)
V. RADIO AND WEBCAST INTERVIEWS AND TALKS
VI. REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
VII. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
03 Dave Armstrong’s Apologetics Bookstore: 56 Books
II. Catholic Apologetics
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I. APPROVAL FROM THE CHURCH
II. GENERAL APOLOGETICS
III. MY RADIO AND WEBCAST INTERVIEWS / VIDEOS AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL
IV. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS AN APOLOGIST
V. METHODOLOGY
VI. HUMOR, SARCASM, AND SATIRE
VII. “TOUGH LOVE”
VIII. CALLING PEOPLE “FOOLS” / BIBLICAL RATIONALE FOR STRONG LANGUAGE AND REBUKES
IX. DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE DISPUTES AND ISSUES
X. REMUNERATION / “FILTHY LUCRE” / BUSINESS ISSUES
XI. SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION / SECULARIZATION
XII. ANTI-APOLOGETICS (PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC) / AD HOMINEM AND CALUMNY / RAGE POSTS
I. BAPTISM
II. HOLY EUCHARIST
III. RECONCILIATION / PENANCE / CONFESSION / ABSOLUTION
IV. CONFIRMATION
V. HOLY ORDERS / ORDINATION
VI. MATRIMONY
VII. ANOINTING / EXTREME UNCTION
VIII. SACRAMENTS (GENERAL), SACRAMENTALISM, AND SACRAMENTALS
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I. Relationship of the Bible to the Church
II. Tradition (Apostolic)
III. Oral Tradition / Oral Torah
IV. Sola Scriptura (Scripture as the Only Infallible Authority)
V. Perspicuity (Clearness) of Scripture
VI. Material and Formal Sufficiency of Scripture / Rule of Faith
VII. The Canon of Scripture
VIII. Deuterocanonical Books (So-Called “Apocrypha”)
IX. Biblical Accuracy / Alleged Biblical Contradictions and Difficulties
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I. GENERAL ECCLESIOLOGY
II. THE INDEFECTIBILITY OF THE CHURCH
III. APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
IV. CLERGY AND ORDINATION / HOLY ORDERS / BISHOPS
V. WOMEN’S ORDINATION / CATHOLIC VIEW OF WOMEN
VI. ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY / HIERARCHICAL AND EPISCOPAL ECCLESIOLOGY
VII. RULE OF FAITH (BIBLE + CHURCH + TRADITION)
VIII. CONSCIENCE AND PRIVATE JUDGMENT / DISSENT
IX. ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY: THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
X. ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY: THE FIRST VATICAN COUNCIL
XI. ECCLESIAL INFALLIBILITY AND INFALLIBLE ECUMENICAL COUNCILS
XII. HERETICAL CONCILIARISM
XIII. THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL (ACTS 15)
XIV. REASONS WHY PEOPLE LEAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
XV. THE “INFALLIBILITY REGRESS” (PROTESTANT POLEMICAL ARGUMENT)
XVI. THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT
XVII. CLERICAL CELIBACY
XVIII. TITLE OF CATHOLIC
XIX. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
XX. ST. TERESA OF CALCUTTA (MOTHER TERESA)
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The Holy Eucharist
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I. GENERAL / TRANSUBSTANTIATION
II. JOHN, CHAPTER 6 IN PARTICULAR
III. WINE AND GRAPE JUICE
IV. DIALOGUES WITH PROTESTANTS
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The Sacrifice of the Mass
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V. CHURCH FATHERS AND PROTESTANT SCHOLARS
VI. GENERAL / EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
VII. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
VIII. PRIESTHOOD AND PRIESTS
IX. THE IDOLATRY CHARGE
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X. TRIDENTINE MASS / “NEW” / PAULINE MASS
XI. COMMUNION IN THE HAND / REVERENCE AND SOLEMNITY / POSTURE
XII. ABUSES OF THE RUBRICS / ORANS AND HAND-HOLDING DURING THE OUR FATHER
XIII. ALTAR GIRLS
XIV. EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION
XV. “VAIN REPETITION” AND “DEAD” FORMAL WORSHIP CHARGES / THE ROSARY
XVI. MASS OBLIGATION, SUNDAY WORSHIP, AND HOLY DAYS
XVII. COMMUNION IN ONE KIND OR SPECIES
XVIII. CLOSED / RESTRICTED COMMUNION
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I. Hell and Sheol (Hades) / Damnation & Reprobation / Heretical Annihilationism
II. Universalism / “Hoping All Will be Saved”
III. The Devil (Satan) and Demons
IV. Judgment / Second Coming
V. Last Things (Eschatology) / Prophecies
VI. Heaven / Souls (Theological Anthropology) / “Soul Sleep” / Resurrection
VII. Limbo
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I. GENERAL
II. SINLESSNESS, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, NEW EVE, AND THE ANNUNCIATION
III. A SUPPOSED “SINFUL MARY” AND ALLEGED INSTANCES OF JESUS “REBUKING” OR “DISRESPECTING” HER
IV. BODILY ASSUMPTION
V. MOTHER OF GOD (THEOTOKOS) / SPOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
VI. PERPETUAL VIRGINITY / VIRGIN BIRTH
VII. EARLY PROTESTANTS’ BELIEF IN MARY’S PERPETUAL VIRGINITY
VIII. MARY’S IN PARTU VIRGINITY (MIRACULOUS, NON-NATURAL CHILDBIRTH)
IX. VENERATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY / [“EXCESSIVE”?] MARIAN DEVOTIONS
X. THE ROSARY
XI. QUEEN OF HEAVEN / QUEEN MOTHER / REVELATION 12
XII. INTERCESSOR AND SPIRITUAL MOTHER
XIII. MARY’S MEDIATION
XIV. MARIAN APPARITIONS
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I. PETRINE PRIMACY / ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL
II. GENERAL PAPAL ECCLESIOLOGY
III. PAPAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSION
IV. PETER THE “ROCK” / “KEYS OF THE KINGDOM”
V. PAPAL INFALLIBILITY, SUPREMACY, AND ROMAN PRIMACY
VI. PAPAL INDEFECTIBILITY
VII. POPES, COUNCILS, CONCILIARISM, AND COLLEGIALITY
VIII. DISAGREEING WITH OR TRYING TO PERSUADE POPES / HONOR AND RESPECT FOR POPES / POPE-BASHING
IX. PAPAL SCANDALS / “BAD POPES”
X. DID POPES CLAIM TO BE GOD? / POPES AS ANTICHRIST?
XI. VEN. POPE PIUS XII AND THE NAZI HOLOCAUST
XII. POPE ST. JOHN PAUL II
XIII. POPE BENEDICT XVI
XIV. POPE FRANCIS
XV. POPE FRANCIS: PHIL LAWLER’S HIT-PIECE, LOST SHEPHERD
XVI. POPE FRANCIS: ROSS DOUTHAT’S HIT-PIECE, TO CHANGE THE CHURCH
XVII. POPE FRANCIS: HENRY SIRE’S HIT-PIECE, THE DICTATOR POPE
XVIII. POPE FRANCIS: KARL KEATING’S TOME, THE FRANCIS FEUD
XIX. POPE FRANCIS: ARCHBISHOP VIGANO’S RANTINGS
XX. POPE LEO XIV
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I. GENERAL
II. INVOCATION AND INTERCESSION OF SAINTS AND ANGELS
III. VENERATION OF SAINTS AND ANGELS
IV. VENERATION OF ICONS AND IMAGES (INCLUDING OF GOD) / STATUES / HOLY OBJECTS / HOLY DAYS
V. RELICS
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VI. PURGATORY AND SHEOL (HADES)
VII. PRAYER AND PENANCE FOR THE DEAD
VIII. PRAYER FOR THE DEAD: ST. PAUL AND ONESIPHORUS
IX. SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: CONTRITION, CONFESSION, ABSOLUTION, AND SATISFACTION
X. INDULGENCES
XI. MORTIFICATION, FASTING, ABSTINENCE, ASCETICISM, MONASTICISM, SUFFERING, & REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING
XII. LENT
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I. GENERAL (CATHOLIC SOTERIOLOGY) / INFUSED JUSTIFICATION
II. “FAITH ALONE” / FAITH AND WORKS
III. SANCTIFICATION
IV. THEOSIS / DIVINIZATION / DEIFICATION
V. PRAYER
VI. SIN / MORTAL AND VENIAL SIN
VII. ASSURANCE OF SALVATION / ETERNAL SECURITY / FALLING AWAY / APOSTASY / EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
VIII. PREDESTINATION / GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY / PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
IX. LIMITED VS. UNIVERSAL ATONEMENT
X. ERROR OF UNIVERSALISM
XI. THE GOSPEL, DISCIPLESHIP, REVIVAL, “RELIGION”, “PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS”
XII. GRACE, IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, CATHOLIC ANTI-PELAGIANISM, AND SYNERGISM
XIII. MERIT AND REWARDS / HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE
XIV. ORIGINAL SIN AND TOTAL DEPRAVITY
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I. LEGITIMATE CATHOLIC TRADITIONALISM
II. CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUES WITH ONE PETER FIVE EDITOR TIMOTHY FLANDERS
III. RADICAL CATHOLIC REACTIONARIES
IV. THE REMNANT / CHRIS FERRARA / MICHAEL MATT
V. STEVE SKOJEC (FORMER ONE PETER FIVE EDITOR)
VI. ONE PETER FIVE SITE
VII. DR. PETER KWASNIEWSKI
VIII. FRANK PAVONE LAICIZATION
IX. HILARY WHITE (LIFESITE NEWS / THE REMNANT)
X. LOUIE VERRECCHIO (AKA CATHOLIC)
XI. TERMINOLOGY ISSUES: RADICAL CATHOLIC REACTIONARIES AND THE DISCARDED RADTRAD
XII. TERMINOLOGY ISSUES: NEO-CATHOLIC
XIII. TRIDENTINE MASS AND “NEW” (PAULINE) MASS / LITURGICAL DISPUTES
XIV. TRADITIONIS CUSTODES
XV. VATICAN II
XVI. POPE-BASHING
XVII. AMORIS LAETITIA
XVIII. ECUMENISM AND SALVATION “OUTSIDE” THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
XIX. TAYLOR MARSHALL AND HIS BOOK, INFILTRATION: THE PLOT TO DESTROY THE CHURCH FROM WITHIN
XX. MICHAEL VORIS (CHURCH MILITANT)
XXI. ERRORS OF ROBERT SUNGENIS
XXII. SEDEVACANTISM
XXIII. THE EXCOMMUNICATED ARCHBISHOP CARLO MARIA VIGANO
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I. CHRISTOLOGY / DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST
II. EVENTS IN JESUS’ LIFE / JESUS’ TEACHING
III. DIALOGUES WITH JEWISH APOLOGIST MICHAEL J. ALTER ON JESUS’ RESURRECTION AND ALLEGED NT “CONTRADICTIONS”
IV. JESUS AND MARY
V. YOUNG MESSIAH FILM (2016) / KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS
VI. TRINITARIANISM / THE HOLY TRINITY / THE HOLY SPIRIT
VII. THEOLOGY PROPER (THEOLOGY OF GOD) / GOD’S ATTRIBUTES AND NATURE
VIII. GOD AS JUDGE
IX. THEISTIC ARGUMENTS
III. Church History
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I. INDIVIDUAL CONVERSIONS
II. MY METHODIST AND PAGAN YEARS / EVANGELICAL CONVERSION (1977)
III. MY CATHOLIC CONVERSION (1990)
IV. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND INFORMATION
V. C. S LEWIS AND CATHOLICISM
VI. PROTESTANT ANALYSES OF CATHOLIC CONVERSION (AND MY COUNTER-REPLIES)
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I. General, Introductory, & Miscellaneous
II. Baptism
III. Bible and Tradition / Canon of the Bible
IV. Ecclesiology
V. Ecumenism
VI. Eschatology (Last Things and Afterlife)
VII. Eucharist and Sacrifice of the Mass
VIII. God, Theology and Doctrine of
IX. Inquisition, Capital Punishment, and Religious Liberty
X. Liturgy / The Mass
XI. Mary: The Blessed Virgin
XII. St. John Henry Cardinal Newman: Doctor of the Church
XIII. Orthodoxy, Eastern
XIV. The Papacy
XV. Protestantism
XVI. Purgatory
XVII. Saints, Communion of
XVIII. Soteriology (Theology of Salvation)
XIX. Usury
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I. MY THREE BOOKS ON THE CHURCH FATHERS
II. GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
III. PROTESTANTISM AND THE FATHERS
IV. ST. ATHANASIUS
V. ST. AUGUSTINE
VI. BAPTISM AND BAPTISMAL REGENERATION
VII. BIBLE / TRADITION / SOLA SCRIPTURA / PERSPICUITY / RULE OF FAITH
VIII. CANON OF SCRIPTURE / DEUTEROCANONICAL BOOKS
IX. CHRISTMAS
X. CHRISTOLOGY / HOLY TRINITY / GOD THE FATHER
XI. CHURCH / ECCLESIOLOGY / APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
XII. CONTRACEPTION
XIII. DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE
XIV. ESCHATOLOGY / LAST THINGS
XV. EUCHARIST / TRANSUBSTANTIATION / SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
XVI. IMAGES, RELIGIOUS: USE AND VENERATION OF
XVII. LITURGY
XVIII. MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND ANNULMENTS
XIX. MARY, THE BLESSED VIRGIN
XX. PAPACY AND INFALLIBILITY
XXI. PURGATORY
XXII. SACRAMENTS AND SACRAMENTALISM
XXIII. SAINTS AND ANGELS: INVOCATION, INTERCESSION, AND VENERATION OF
XXIV. SALVATION / JUSTIFICATION / “FAITH ALONE” / SOTERIOLOGY
XXV. SCIENCE
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I. Jehovah’s Witnesses (Arianism)
II. Mormonism
III. Orthodox Trinitarianism
IV. General / Miscellaneous Non-Christian Heresies and “Cults”
V. Islam
VI. Eastern Religion and the Occult / Comparative Religion
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I. Inquisition, Crusades, and “Dark Ages”
II. The Sexual Scandal in the Catholic Church
III. Sinners in the Church
IV. Paganism, Slavery, & Other Real or Imagined Scandals (like Halloween)
V. The Galileo Controversy
VI. Pope Pius XII and the Nazi Holocaust / Persecution of Jews / Anti-Semitism
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I. DIALOGUES WITH JEWISH APOLOGIST MICHAEL J. ALTER ON JESUS’ RESURRECTION AND ALLEGED NEW TESTAMENT “CONTRADICTIONS”
II. THE MESSIAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
III. RELATIONSHIP OF OLD AND NEW COVENANTS / JEWS AND CHRISTIANS / DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE: JUDAISM TO CHRISTIANITY
IV. MY PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL (2014)
V. GENESIS
VI. ADAM AND EVE AND CAIN / GARDEN OF EDEN
VII. NOAH AND THE FLOOD
VIII. ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, AND JOSEPH (PATRIARCHS) / HEBREW BONDAGE IN EGYPT
IX. MOSES AND THE EXODUS
X. JOSHUA AND THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN / SAMSON / ERA OF THE JUDGES
XI. SAUL, DAVID, AND SOLOMON / KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL
XII. EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND JOB
XIII. ANCIENT ISRAEL’S ENEMIES
XIV. THE PROPHETS
XV. OLD TESTAMENT: DOCTRINE OF GOD / YHWH
XVI. OLD TESTAMENT: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
XVII. ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS
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I. GENERAL / MISCELLANEOUS
II. MYSTERY AND REASON
III. FILIOQUE / HOLY TRINITY
IV. THE PAPACY
V. DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
VI. CONTRACEPTION
VII. ORIGINAL SIN
VIII. BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
IX. PRIESTLY CELIBACY
X. HOLY EUCHARIST
XI. ECUMENISM / ECCLESIOLOGY
XII. THEOSIS
XIII. PURGATORY AND LIMBO
IV. Christian Worldview
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I. GENERAL
II. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL
III. THE “PROBLEM OF GOOD”
IV. AARON ADAIR
V. LIBBY ANNE
VI. “ANTHROTHEIST”
VII. “AXELBEINGCIVIL”
VIII. ED BABINSKI
IX. RICHARD CARRIER
X. NEIL CARTER
XI. STEVE CONIFER
XII. VEXEN CRABTREE
XIII. JON CURRY
XIV. “DAGOODS”
XV. RICHARD DAWKINS [THE GOD DELUSION]
XVI. TED DRANGE
XVII. BART EHRMAN
XVIII. “EPRONOVOST”
XIX. “ERIC”
XX. JD EVELAND
XXI. STEWART JAMES FELKER
XXII. “GRIMLOCK”
XXIII. “GUSBOVONA”
XXIV. “HELENINEDINBURGH”
XXV. ADAM LEE
XXVI. LEX LATA
XXVII. JOHN LOFTUS [DEBUNKING CHRISTIANITY BLOG]
XXVIII. DR. DAVID MADISON
XXIX. JONATHAN M. S. PEARCE
XXX. “PROF MTH” (MITCH)
XXXI. WARD RICKER
XXXII. DR. JAN SCHREURS
XXXIII. BOB SEIDENSTICKER [CROSS EXAMINED BLOG]
XXXIV. SUSAN STRANDBERG
XXXV. EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF SCHOLARLY LINKS DEALING WITH THE QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGES OF ATHEISTS
XXXVI. CHRISTIANITY, ATHEISM, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY
XXXVII. ANTI-THEISM AND THE SUB-GROUP OF “ANGRY ATHEISTS”
XXXVIII. MIRACLES
XXXIX. COMMON GROUND / CONCILIATORY APPROACHES
XL. GOD (ATHEIST OBSESSION WITH THE SUPPOSEDLY NONEXISTENT)
XLI. ABORTION / ANIMAL RIGHTS
XLII. SEX, MARRIAGE, AND WOMEN
XLIII. SECULARISM AND SOCIETY
XLIV. “THE BUTCHER AND THE HOG”: THE ATHEIST APPROACH TO THE BIBLE
XLV. ATHEIST “DECONVERSIONS”
XLVI. FAMOUS ATHEISTS (REAL AND IMAGINED)
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I. MY 14 CHRISTMAS POEMS
II. CHRISTMAS CAROLS
III. MY CHRISTMAS CARDS AND FAMILY PHOTOS / OLD CHRISTMAS WEB PAGE
IV. CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS, TRADITIONS, AND HISTORY
V. MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES
VI. ST. NICHOLAS / SANTA CLAUS
VII. CHRISTMAS TREES
VIII. NATIVITY / BETHLEHEM AND NAZARETH / CENSUS IN JESUS’ TIME
IX. HEROD: DEATH AND TIME OF JESUS’ BIRTH / SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS / MISC.
X. VIRGIN BIRTH AND ISAIAH 7:14 / MARY’S KNOWLEDGE
XI. GENEALOGIES OF JESUS
XII. DECEMBER 25TH BIRTHDATE OF JESUS / SATURNALIA AND SOL INVICTUS
XIII. NATIVITY SCENES
XIV. ANTI-CHRISTMAS MENTALITY / “MAKING MERRY”
XV. STAR OF BETHLEHEM
XVI. THE WISE MEN (“MAGI”)
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I. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS
II. EASTERN CATHOLICISM
III. ANTI-PROTESTANTISM
IV. INTER-RELIGIOUS / INTER-FAITH DIALOGUE
V. SALVATION “OUTSIDE” THE CHURCH / RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
VI. JEWS AND JUDAISM
VII. ISLAM
VIII. ATHEISM AND CHRISTIAN RELATIONS
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I. General
II. Deconversions
III. Pope Francis: Liberal?
IV. Christological Heresy
V. Trashing or Questioning the Bible / Theologically Liberal or Skeptical Exegesis / Torah / Documentary Hypothesis
VI. Sexual Issues
VII. Implications for Ecclesiology?
VIII. Modernist Skeptical Historiography
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I. ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE: GENERAL
II. THE BIBLE AND ABORTION
III. ABORTION: THE TERMINOLOGY DEBATE
IV. ABORTION AND AMERICAN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
V. PRO-LIFERS WHO VOTE FOR PRO-ABORTIONISTS / “NEW [CENTER-LEFT] PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT”
VI. EUTHANASIA
VII. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
VIII. CONTRACEPTION AND NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP): ONAN
IX. CONTRACEPTION, PROCREATION, AND NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP): GENERAL
X. WAR AND PEACE (GENERAL)
XI. ISIS / IRAN / TERRORISM / MASSACRES / GUN CONTROL
XII. NUCLEAR ETHICS
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I. GENERAL / EPISTEMOLOGY / PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
II. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL / SUFFERING
III. THE “PROBLEM OF GOOD”
IV. EDUCATION / HOMESCHOOLING
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V. THE COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (BIG BANG, ETC.)
VI. THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (DESIGN)
VII. THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
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IX. GALILEO
X. EARLY MODERN SCIENCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO RELIGION
XI. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE / SCIENTIFIC METHOD
XII. BIBLE, CHRISTIANITY, AND SCIENCE ISSUES
XIII. NOAH AND THE FLOOD
XIV. CLIMATE CHANGE / GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE
XV. THE KOOKY FUNDAMENTALIST REVIVAL OF GEOCENTRISM
XVI. MIRACLES
XVII. CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
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I. AMERICAN POLITICAL ISSUES: GENERAL
II. AMERICAN POLITICAL ISSUES: SPECIFIC ISSUES
III. BIBLICAL DATA ON HONORING POLITICAL LEADERS (KINGS, EMPERORS, AND BY EXTENSION, PRESIDENTS)
IV. 2016 AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
V. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS AND SUPPORTERS
VI. THE FRAUDULENT 2020 ELECTION
VII. DOCUMENTATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ANTICS OF MARK SHEA
VIII. LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS / FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION / FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
IX. CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF AMERICA
X. SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
XI. CIVIL RIGHTS / RACE RELATIONS / PREJUDICE / BIGOTRY / DISCRIMINATION
XII. BLACK LIVES MATTER / ANTIFA / RIOTING IN AMERICAN CITIES / POLICE REFORM
XIII. CAPITALISM, DISTRIBUTISM, WEALTH, POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
XIV. TERRORISM / MASSACRES / GUN CONTROL / CRIME ISSUES
XV. TORTURE” / INTERROGATION DISPUTE
XVI. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
XVII. VEGETARIANISM AND ANIMAL RIGHTS
XVIII. SUICIDE
XIX. DRUGS, ALCOHOL, SMOKING, GAMBLING, DANCING
XX. FREE SPEECH AND BIG TECH (FACEBOOK / TWITTER) CENSORSHIP ISSUES / “WOKE” / “CANCEL CULTURE”
XXI. “BAD” LANGUAGE / CUSSING / SWEARING / PROFANITY / OBSCENITY / GOSSIP AND SLANDER
XXII. MISCELLANEOUS MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
XXIII. WORLD AFFAIRS / ISRAEL AND PALESTINIANS
XXIV. CORONAVIRUS / COVID PANDEMIC
XXV. CHILD TRAFFICKING AND SEX SLAVERY
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I. C. S. LEWIS / SEHNSUCHT / MY OWN ROMANTICISM
II. GENERAL
III. KING ARTHUR
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The Inklings and Other Friends and Influences on C. S. Lewis
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IV. GENERAL / VARIOUS
V. GEORGE MACDONALD
VI. J. R. R. TOLKIEN
VII. CHARLES WILLIAMS
VIII. OWEN BARFIELD
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IX. PRO
X. CON
XI. BOTH SIDES / AMBIGUOUS OR UNCERTAIN OPINION / NEUTRAL
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I. SEXUALITY (GENERAL)
II. PREMARITAL / EXTRAMARITAL SEX / COHABITATION
III. RADICAL FEMINISM AND FEMALE “PRIESTS”
IV. DEACONESSES
V. MEN, WOMEN, MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, SEXISM, GENDER, MARRIAGE, FAMILY, PARENTING
VI. DIVORCE
VII. ANNULMENT
VIII. HOMOSEXUALITY: GENERAL
IX. HOMOSEXUALITY: DEBATES
X. HOMOSEXUALITY: TEACHING OF THE BIBLE
XI. HOMOSEXUALITY: HEALTH RISKS
XII. HOMOSEXUALITY: SAME-SEX “MARRIAGE”
XIII. TRANS IDEOLOGY / BATHROOM CONTROVERSIES
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I. JIM ANDERSON
II. VICTOR ANDRADE
III. DR. JOHN ANKERBERG AND DR. JOHN WELDON (BAPTIST)
IV. DR. GREG BAHNSEN
V. TODD BAKER
VI. LUCAS BANZOLI
VII. CHRIS BAYACK
VIII. RICHARD BENNETT
IX. BIBLE AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
X. GABRIEL BRASILEIRO
XI. BART BREWER
XII. JOHN BUGAY
XIII. KEVIN CAULEY (CHURCH OF CHRIST)
XIV. CHAT ROOM DEBATE CHALLENGE
XV. JACK CHICK
XVI. JASON ENGWER
XVII. “EXCATHOLIC4CHRIST” (TOM)
XVIII. FOXE’S BOOK OF MARTYRS
XIX. DR. ROBERT GAGNON
XX. PEDRO FRANCA GAIAO
XXI. STEVE HAYS (REFORMED)
XXII. MATT HEDGES
XXIII. TIMOTHY F. KAUFFMAN
XXIV. DAVID T. KING
XXV. BRUNO LIMA
XXVI. LEN LISENBEE
XXVII. LUTHERANISM
XXVIII. DOUGLAS MABRY (aka “GOJIRA”)
XXIX. DR. JOHN MACARTHUR
XXX. YAGO MARTINS
XXXI. JAMES McCARTHY
XXXII. JUAN ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA
XXXIII. ORTHODOX ANTI-CATHOLICISM
XXXIV. POPE AS “GOD” OR “ANTICHRIST”
XXXV. AUSTIN REED
XXXVI. “SAINT AND SINNER”
XXXVII. GEORGE SALMON (19TH CENTURY ANGLICAN)
XXXVIII. MATT SLICK (PRESBYTERIAN; FOUNDER OF CARM)
XXXIX. DR. ERIC SVENDSEN
XL. JAMES SWAN (REFORMED)
XLI. KEN TEMPLE (REFORMED BAPTIST)
XLII. EDGAR TREVIÑO
XLIII. FRANK TURK (AKA “CENTURION”) (BAPTIST)
XLIV. FRANCOIS TURRETIN (1623-1687)
XLV. “TURRETINFAN” (AKA “THE ANONYMOUS ONE” OR “TAO”) (REFORMED)
XLVI. JERRY WALLS (+ KENNETH COLLINS)
XLVII. WILLIAM WEBSTER
XLVIII. WILLIAM WHITAKER
XLIX. BISHOP JAMES WHITE (REFORMED BAPTIST)
L. MIKE WINGER
LI. CATHOLIC INQUISITION
LII. MISCELLANEOUS REFUTATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
LIII. “ANTI-CATHOLIC” / “ROMANISM”: DEFINITIONAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES
LIV. IDOLATRY CHARGE (THE MASS, IMAGES, AND MISC.)
LV. IDOLATRY CHARGE (MARIAN VENERATION)
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II. SECTARIANISM, CALVINISTS OF HIS DAY, TRADITION, RULE OF FAITH, AND SOLA SCRIPTURA
III. PREDESTINATION / SUPRALAPSARIANISM / SOVEREIGNTY / ELECT / PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS / TOTAL DEPRAVITY
IV. SOTERIOLOGY / SALVATION / GRACE / FAITH AND WORKS / SIN
V. SACRAMENTS (ESP. BAPTISM AND THE EUCHARIST) AND SACRAMENTALS
VI. MARIOLOGY
VII. CHRISTOLOGY
VIII. DEUTEROCANON
IX. SCIENCE
X. INTOLERANCE, PERSECUTION, AND DOUBLE STANDARDS
XI. CALVIN VS. THE CHURCH FATHERS
XII. CELIBACY
XIII. CONTRACEPTION
XIV. ICONOCLASM, ART, AND MUSIC
XV. COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS / INTERCESSION OF SAINTS / PENANCE / ABSTINENCE / LENT
XVI. PURGATORY AND PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
XVII. ORDINATION / PRIESTS / MONKS AND NUNS / MONASTICISM
XVIII. MIRACLES / EXORCISM
XIX. FALSE ACCUSATIONS
XX. MISCELLANEOUS
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II. REPLIES TO STEVE HAYS
III. CALVINISM AND ST. AUGUSTINE
IV. SACRAMENTS: ESPECIALLY BAPTISM AND THE EUCHARIST
V. PREDESTINATION, SUPRALAPSARIANISM, SOVEREIGNTY, JUDGMENT, UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
VI. “TULIP”: TOTAL DEPRAVITY / LIMITED ATONEMENT / IRRESISTIBLE GRACE / PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
VII. REPLIES TO FRANCOIS TURRETIN (1623-1687)
VIII. ZWINGLI AND OTHER CALVINISTIC “REFORMERS” / MARIOLOGY IN PARTICULAR
IX. ECUMENISM
X. ICONOCLASM AND INTOLERANCE
XI. APOLOGETIC METHOD (PRESUPPOSITIONALISM)
XII. GENERAL / MISCELLANEOUS
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XIII. THE PROTESTANT WORLDVIEW AND THE SO-CALLED “PROTESTANT REFORMATION” SCRUTINIZED
XIV. THE PROTESTANT “QUEST FOR UNCERTAINTY” / THE SO-CALLED CATHOLIC “PROBLEM” OF THE “INFALLIBILITY REGRESS”
XV. PROTESTANTISM: LOGICALLY SELF-DEFEATING / REDUCTION TO SELF-CONTRADICTION
XVI. DENOMINATIONALISM AND SECTARIANISM
XVII. CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS
XVIII. ANGLICANISM
XIX. JOHN WESLEY
XX. C. S. LEWIS
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I. WHY LUTHER SEPARATED FROM THE CHURCH / CAUSES OF THE PROTESTANT REVOLT (aka “REFORMATION”)
II. LUTHER’S VIEWS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HEADED BY THE POPE, TRADITION, AND THE CHURCH FATHERS
III. LUTHER’S ARBITRARY CLAIMS TO ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY / ECCLESIOLOGY
IV. LUTHER’S DISGUST AND AGONY OVER PROTESTANT SECTARIANISM AND MORAL LAXITY
V. ERASMUS-LUTHER CONTROVERSY (REASON VS. RELENTLESS RHETORIC AND INSULTS)
VI. SOTERIOLOGY (THEOLOGY OF SALVATION, JUSTIFICATION, & SANCTIFICATION) / SOLA FIDE
VII. CHRISTOLOGY
VIII. BAPTISM AND OTHER SACRAMENTS
IX. THE EUCHARIST
X. PURGATORY, PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD, AND THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
XI. SOLA SCRIPTURA , THE BIBLE, AND THE RULE OF FAITH
XII. THE BIBLICAL CANON / DEUTEROCANON / “APOCRYPHA”
XIII. LUTHER AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
XIV. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT / TOLERATION ISSUES AND THE PEASANTS’ REVOLT
XV. LUTHER’S COARSE AND “VIOLENT” LANGUAGE AND SANCTION OF VULGAR ART
XVI. LUTHER ON MARRIAGE, POLYGAMY, CONCUBINAGE, BIGAMY, CELIBACY, SEXUALITY, AND WOMEN
XVII. LUTHER’S CLINICAL DEPRESSION AND NEUROSES (?)
XVIII. SUPERSTITIONS, SILLINESS, AND SCIENCE
XIX. MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
XX. DEFENSES OF MARTIN LUTHER AGAINST “ANTI-LUTHER” BUM RAPS
XXI. AGREEMENTS WITH, AND COMMENDATIONS OF LUTHER / FAIRLY NEUTRAL STANCE TOWARDS HIM
XXII. CONTROVERSIES CONCERNING MY LUTHER RESEARCH
XXIII. MARTIN LUTHER: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WORKS AND BIOGRAPHIES ONLINE
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II. REPLIES TO PHILIP MELANCHTHON’S LOCI COMMUNES
III. PHILIP MELANCHTHON (1497-1560)
IV. THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION (1530) & CATHOLIC REPLIES (THEN AND NOW)
V. REPLIES TO JOHANN HULSEMANN (1602-1661)
VI. LUTHERANISM AND THE FATHERS
VII. SOTERIOLOGY (SALVATION, JUSTIFICATION, & SANCTIFICATION) / “FAITH ALONE”
VIII. LUTHERANISM AND MARY
IX. THE DEATH PENALTY FOR HERETICS / THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTY
X. ECCLESIOLOGY / THE “REFORMATION” / RULE OF FAITH / SECTARIANISM
XI. THE EUCHARIST, SACRIFICE OF THE MASS, AND THE SACRAMENTS
XII. COMMUNION OF SAINTS / INVOCATION AND INTERCESSION OF THE SAINTS
XIII. GENERAL / MISCELLANEOUS
XIV. EARLY LUTHERAN “ECUMENISM” AND TOLERANCE (?)
XV. PRAYER AND PENANCE FOR THE DEAD / PURGATORY / HADES
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I. INTRODUCTORY / OVERVIEW
II. CATHOLIC MARTYRS OF THE ENGLISH “REFORMATION”
III. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (ON THE CONTINENT) FOR HAVING DIFFERENT BELIEFS
IV. PLUNDERING AND THEFT OF CATHOLIC CHURCH PROPERTIES
V. OPPOSITION TO CO-EXISTENCE WITH CATHOLICS AND THE MASS (“ANTI-ECUMENISM”)
VI. ANTI-CATHOLIC PENAL LAWS
VII. ICONOCLASM (DESTRUCTION OF ART AS “IDOLATRY”) / EDUCATION
VIII. PROTESTANT INTOLERANCE AND PERSECUTIONS
IX. GERMAN PEASANTS’ REVOLT (1524-1525)
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I. BASIC ISSUES / ANTI-CATHOLICISM / THE GREAT DEBATE
II. BIBLE AND TRADITION / SOLA SCRIPTURA / RULE OF FAITH / CRITIQUE OF MY BOOK, THE CATHOLIC VERSES
III. CHRISTOLOGY
IV. DEBATE CHALLENGES (WHITE’S PERSISTENT REFUSAL TO ENGAGE IN WRITTEN OR “LIVE CHAT” DEBATE)
V. EUCHARIST / SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
VI. THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
VII. THE PAPACY / COUNCIL OF NICAEA / ECCLESIOLOGY / DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINE
VIII. PURGATORY AND TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT / PENANCE
IX. APOLOGETIC METHODOLOGY / PRESUPPOSITIONALISM
X. SOTERIOLOGY / SALVATION / TULIP / JUSTIFICATION / FAITH AND WORKS
XI. CRITIQUE OF MY BOOK, THE ONE-MINUTE APOLOGIST
XII. COMMUNION OF SAINTS / INVOCATION OF SAINTS
XIII. FAKE “DOCTORATE” / TEACHING CREDENTIALS
XIV. INSULTS AND AD HOMINEM ATTACKS
XV. ANALYSES OF CONVERSION TO CATHOLICISM
XVI. MISCELLANEOUS
XVII. BAPTISM AND SACRAMENTALISM
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St. Peter & the Papal Office: 130 One-Sentence Proofs [10-31-25]
Eternal Hell: 125 Biblical Evidences [12-2-24]
The Holy Spirit is a Person: 125 Bible Passages [12-26-24]
St. Peter the First Pope: 120 Bible Proofs [10-22-25]
Christians or Theists Founded 115 Scientific Fields [8-20-10]
Purgatory: 110 Related Biblical Themes [10-31-24]
Minor Prophets: Their Theology of Salvation [107 passages] [8-2-23]
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