On 5 May 2016, I wrote my prediction paper: 15 Reasons Why Trump Wins in November. On 9 November 2016 I followed up with My Successful May Predictions About the 2016 Election, in which I described how I was correct in 13 out of my 15 predictions (or 87%). I also detailed on Facebook right after the election how I got 46 of 50 states right in the electoral college, and was just seven electoral votes off of the final result. This was... Read more
. . . and his particular animus against the Austrian Jesuit and biographer of Luther: Hartmann Grisar James Swan is an anti-Catholic Reformed Protestant polemicist, with whom I’ve been debating for 17 years. One of his constant themes in his research (mostly regarding Martin Luther) is his loud and repeated insistence on recourse to primary historical source materials. He is unsparing and merciless in criticizing Catholic apologists in this respect. He has made this clear a billion times on his... Read more
And Has Present-Day Protestantism Maintained the Classical “Reformation” Protestant Mariology? In my 1994 article, Martin Luther Was Extraordinarily Devoted to Mary, I observed: Luther indeed was quite devoted to Our Lady, and retained most of the traditional Marian doctrines which were held then and now by the Catholic Church. This is often not well-documented in Protestant biographies of Luther and histories of the 16th century, yet it is undeniably true. It seems to be a natural human tendency for latter-day followers... Read more
Broken homes as the primary factor; with my friend, atheist Marxist Jon Curry (words in blue) [I linked an article about 64 shootings and 13 deaths in Chicago over another weekend] Same old failed liberal / Democrat social & political policies; same old tragic results . . . How about trying conservative politics and Christian social and moral positions for a change? Not much to lose on the south side of Chicago . . . What exactly are you proposing to... Read more
Many traditionalists (and the more radical reactionary Catholics) seem to think that Abp. Viganò is just a good old-fashioned orthodox Catholic who is making some desperately needed (and of course well-intentioned) criticisms of Pope Francis. I think my post of yesterday, Abp. Viganò: Fanaticism, Extremism, and Conspiratorialism (Summary from August 2019 Until July 2020: Alarming, Increasingly Quasi-Schismatic Spirit), demonstrates that the situation is far, far beyond that. Yet no doubt there are many traditionalists and reactionaries who don’t see at all that Abp.... Read more
[see book and purchase information] The Protestant (especially evangelicals and charismatics: and I am from both camps in my background) tends to look at Scripture and say, “what does this teach me?” As far as that goes, there is nothing wrong with it, except when all these individuals start looking at the same Scripture, that they all revere as the inspired, infallible Word of God, yet nevertheless disagree on the interpretation. Then we have a problem, because contradiction means someone... Read more
Summary from August 2019 Until July 2020 (Alarming, Increasingly Quasi-Schismatic Spirit) For background, see my previous related articles and those of my friend, 100% orthodox Catholic theologian Dr. Robert Fastiggi: Bishops Viganò & Schneider Reject Authority of Vatican II [11-22-19] Viganò, Schneider, Pachamama, & VCII (vs. Janet E. Smith) [11-25-19] Abp. Viganò Descends into Fanatical Reactionary Nuthood (. . . Declares Pope Francis a Heretical Narcissist Who “Desacralized” & “Impugned” & “Attack[ed]” Mary) [12-20-19] Dr. Fastiggi: Open Letter Re Abp. Viganò, Pope Francis, & Mary [2-22-20]... Read more
Now we are hearing complaints that Pope Francis didn’t or doesn’t wear the papal mozzetta, which is “a short elbow-length sartorial vestment, a cape that covers the shoulders and is buttoned over the frontal breast area” (Wikipedia). The custom had already been changed by Pope John Paul the Great, as the same article notes: The winter mozzetta and the Paschal mozzetta fell into disuse during the pontificate of John Paul II (1978–2005), but their use was briefly restored by Pope Benedict XVI (2005–2013) before being discontinued... Read more
Matthew 17:15, 18 (RSV) “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.” . . . [18] And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. This is interesting, since it implies that epilepsy is caused by a demon, whereas we know that it has natural causes. This translation and many others (as we shall... Read more
Matthew 4:1-7 (RSV) Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. [2] And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. [3] And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” [4] But he answered, “It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth... Read more
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