This whopper of a lie and falsehood and slander is up there with the most influential and parroted propagandistic mantras (the other biggest one being — arguably — his supposed mocking of a disabled reporter), used by liberals and Never Trumpers to discredit the President. It’s an example of the Big Lie: the technique diabolically perfected by the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels: just repeat a lie enough times and the people will believe it. The Big Lie was dredged... Read more
The Elephant in the Room I put a meme up about a 15-year-old black boy, Demetrius Griffin, Jr., who was burnt to death in 2016 by gang members in Chicago because he refused to join their gang. The ending stated, “There was no march or protest for me. But when you’re black and murdered by other blacks, your life doesn’t matter.” I was then informed by a white (either liberal or liberal-influenced) person that it was “racist” to do so. How... Read more
Some Typical Examples Luke 6:45 (Phillips): . . . For a man’s words express what overflows from his heart. (cf. Matt 12:37) ***** Luther described Catholics as “the devil’s whore-church” (Grisar, IV, 288) who “stuff our mouths with horse-dung” (Grisar, IV, 321), along with hundreds of other similar denigrations unworthy to repeat save for their tragi-comic and psychological value. Here are some of Luther’s typical descriptions of various Catholics: Crowned donkey, abandoned, senseless man, excrement of hogs and asses, impudent... Read more
“I’m one of the biggest critics of online traditionalism. There’s certainly a lot that could be fixed.” (Steve Skojec, 8-4-20) “[T]his kind of small-minded, petty, gossipy, purity spiraling, conspiratorial bullcrap writing is what gives traditionally-minded Catholics a bad name. Stop it. Get help.” (Steve Skojec, 8-4-20) “People are almost as addicted to conspiracy theories as they are to stupidity.” (Steve Skojec, 8-4-20) “. . . Twitter, the attraction of which I’ve never understood . . .” (radical Catholic reactionary Peter... Read more
vs. Anti-Catholic Protestant Apologist Jason Engwer Jason wrote an article (late 90s) entitled, “A Response to Passages of Scripture Often Cited in Opposition to Salvation Through Faith Alone and Eternal Security.” In it he critiques the passages from theological opponents that (in our opinion) prove eternal security to be a false doctrine. E for effort and a certain sort of sophistical cleverness, but ultimately his reasoning fails, as always, when he attempts to war against Catholicism. This is my counter-reply.... Read more
Reply to Timothy Flanders Timothy Flanders, who calls himself a traditionalist (I call him a radical Catholic reactionary), is a nice guy with whom I have engaged in pleasant and friendly dialogue four times (one / two / three / four). His latest article, “Are Catholics Bound to Assent to Vatican II?” (7-30-20) was published at One Vader Five (aka One Peter Five) This is my reply. His words below will be in blue. ***** I’ve defended Vatican II itself, in the... Read more
Case Study of the Saying, “Heresy Begins Below the Belt” The above saying expresses the notion that sexual urges and drives and acts (i.e., outside of heterosexual marriage and procreation) run contrary to a theology that defines many of them as intrinsically immoral. Therefore, the person who enjoys these thoughts and acts tends to want to reject the theology rather than their own chosen sexuality. And so they wander off into heresy because of this. Perhaps the classic expression of... Read more
vs. Anti-Catholic Apologist Jason Engwer This is my answer to the questions posed in the paper, A Challenge to Those Who Deny Eternal Security (aka, “Why Christians Cannot Lose Their Salvation”). It was written, c. December 1998. Jason’s words will be in blue. I will cite his entire paper in replying to it. Jason is notorious for picking and choosing what he will reply to in opponents’ material (sometimes even ignoring the vast majority of material). Not me; I generally offer a... Read more
Bible and Calvin Say Yes; Anti-Catholic Calvinist Ron Van Brenk Sez No In the course of a dispute with anti-Catholic Presbyterian polemicist John Bugay, mention was made of an atrociously uncharitable post by Ron Van Brenk, entitled, “Do NOT Pray for Patty!”. I described this as “one of the most outrageous pieces from a purported Christian that I have ever seen in my life.” Anti-Catholic TAO (The Anonymous One, or “Turretinfan”) is aware of it because he critiqued some of this material of mine,... Read more
with Dr. Robert Fastiggi Jay Dyer is a former Calvinist, former Catholic, currently Orthodox Christian, who now makes (among many other treatments on various topics) vigorous theological arguments against the Catholic Church. He’s a very zealous and sharp guy and gives it the old college try with all the gusto he can. I do surely appreciate those qualities. I ran across his article, “Dr. Taylor Marshall Refuted — Inherited guilt and Contradictions” (10-29-19), which is essentially about the Catholic historical... Read more
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