Masturbation: Gravely Disordered According to Catholicism

Last updated on: August 16, 2019 at 7:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Offenses against chastity [2351 is about lust] 2352 [link] By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. “Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action.” [138: CDF, Persona humana 9] “The deliberate use of... Read more

David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #5: Chapter 4 (Parables)

Last updated on: August 17, 2019 at 9:04 pm By Dave Armstrong

This is an installment of my replies to a series of articles on Mark by Dr. David Madison: an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His summary article is called, “Not-Your-Pastor’s Tour of Mark’s Gospel: The falsification of Christianity made easy” (Debunking Christianity, 7-17-19). His words will be in blue below. Dr. Madison has utterly ignored my twelve refutations of his “dirty dozen” podcasts against Jesus, and I fully expect that... Read more

David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #4: Chapter 3

Last updated on: August 26, 2019 at 2:47 pm By Dave Armstrong

Unforgivable Sin (Blaspheming the Holy Spirit) / Plots to Kill Jesus / Rude Jesus? (“Who is My Mother?”) This is an installment of my replies to a series of articles on Mark by Dr. David Madison: an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His summary article is called, “Not-Your-Pastor’s Tour of Mark’s Gospel: The falsification of Christianity made easy” (Debunking Christianity, 7-17-19). His words will be in blue below. Dr. Madison... Read more

David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #3: Chapter 2

Last updated on: August 26, 2019 at 2:54 pm By Dave Armstrong

Archaeological Support / Sin, Illness, Healing, & Faith / “Word” & “Gospel” This is an installment of my replies to a series of articles on Mark by Dr. David Madison: an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His summary article is called, “Not-Your-Pastor’s Tour of Mark’s Gospel: The falsification of Christianity made easy” (Debunking Christianity, 7-17-19). His words will be in blue below. Dr. Madison has utterly ignored my twelve refutations... Read more

Mary’s Bodily Assumption: Eleven Related Bible Passages

Last updated on: August 15, 2019 at 11:04 am By Dave Armstrong

[from my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009), except that RSV is used for the Bible verses, rather than KJV] * * * * * No direct biblical indications of Mary’s Assumption are to be found. But (as always with Catholic doctrine), there are indirect, deductive arguments from things that are clear in Scripture, and nothing in Scripture that would contradict the possibility of this happening. There were, for example, several instances of bodily resurrection or of persons going bodily... Read more

David Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #2: Chapter 1

Last updated on: August 26, 2019 at 2:59 pm By Dave Armstrong

Why Did Mark Omit Jesus’ Baptism? / Why Was Jesus Baptized? / “Suffering Servant” & Messiah in Isaiah / Spiritual “Kingdom of God” / Archaeological Support This is an installment of my replies to a series of articles on Mark by Dr. David Madison: an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His summary article is called, “Not-Your-Pastor’s Tour of Mark’s Gospel: The falsification of Christianity made easy” (Debunking Christianity,... Read more

Masturbation: Thoughts on Why it is as Wrong as it Ever Was

Last updated on: August 16, 2019 at 7:08 pm By Dave Armstrong

The reasoning in favor of masturbation is quite curious: if we tell people it is wrong and that God disapproves, what happens to those [implied multitudes] who aren’t able to stop? They grow up thinking God hates them or that they are some miserable, shameful, dirty creature that belongs under a rock. Therefore, let them do it . . . It’s essentially a secular libertarian, or even utilitarian argument, not a Christian one. It’s contradicted whenever the same advocates decry... Read more

Madison vs. the Gospel of Mark #1: Intro. & Overview

Last updated on: August 26, 2019 at 3:06 pm By Dave Armstrong

Gospels as “Con Job”? / Parables & Repentance / Old Testament Sacrifices & Jesus / “Weird” Mark 16 / Why Jesus Was Killed This is an installment of my replies to a series of articles on Mark by Dr. David Madison: an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His summary article is called, “Not-Your-Pastor’s Tour of Mark’s Gospel: The falsification of Christianity made easy” (Debunking Christianity, 7-17-19). His words... Read more

Masturbation Remains a Grave Sin (Debate w Steve Hays)

Last updated on: August 16, 2019 at 7:09 pm By Dave Armstrong

Steve Hays is a very active Protestant anti-Catholic polemicist. He runs a site called Triablogue. * * * His words will be in blue. Comments of others besides myself will be in green, and my words cited are in purple. As everyone knows, I normally don’t try (for various reasons) to dialogue with anti-Catholics, anymore, as a matter of policy (I decided this after ten full years of hair-pulling futility). But Steve’s statements on this topic were so outrageous that I felt compelled to comment on... Read more

Mary: Spiritual Motherhood & Rosary: Dialogue w Protestant

Last updated on: August 12, 2019 at 11:51 am By Dave Armstrong

This dialogue came about as a result of Jack DisPennett‘s critique of my paper, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Biblical & Catholic Overview. His words will be in blue. ***** If Jesus wanted to give her as a mother to all Christians, why was this fact not made clearer? Why was the Trinity not made clearer? Why was not the doctrine of original sin made clearer? Why was not the allegedly biblical doctrine of sola Scriptura made clearer? These questions go nowhere, and are just as troublesome... Read more