Burial of the dead after the massacre of Wounded Knee (29 December 1890). At least they were buried. Aborted preborn children are thrown into the garbage. [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (11-28-00) ***** For America, abortion is the morally defining issue of this generation just as race was the morally defining issue of the last generation. We have settled, at least at the rhetorical level, the issue of race. No one can stand tall and unassailed in America and... Read more
Sehnsucht (Träumerei [dreaming]) (c. 1900), by Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942) [public domain / Wikimedia Commmons] *** [compiled and edited by Dave Armstrong; uploaded on 11-13-01] ***** [Joy, or Sehnsucht is a] . . . wistful, soft tearful longing. (Matthew Arnold, On the Study of Celtic Literature, New York: Macmillan, 1907, 117-118) * [Joy, or Sehnsucht is] a special kind of longing . . . surrounded by a misty indefiniteness which seems essential to its very nature . . . it encompasses not only . . .... Read more
Photograph by “cherylholt” (10-16-15) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *** This discussion took place underneath one of my blog posts. Erinys Trace is an atheist. Her words will be in blue. ***** I thought you liked to debate in “good faith”, at least that is what you claimed before. Calling pro-choice position “pro-abort” is NOT good faith argumentation. Besides the fact that it is a total lie made up by anti-abortion activists (Pro-forced birthers since you already threw good faith out the window)... Read more
+ Circumstances and Factors Regarding my Evangelical Conversion in 1977 at Age 18 and Catholic Conversion at Age 32 Yours truly (center) in April 1977: right before my existential crisis, leading to my evangelical conversion, with my brother Gerry and sister-in-law, Judy (both, sadly, deceased). That’s about the longest I ever grew my hair, too! ***** This is from a private correspondence with a very friendly and fair-minded atheist, who goes by the nickname, “Comrade Carrot-Blog Vegetarian.” He has agreed... Read more
Fresco of St. Basil the Great in the Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos in Ohrid, Macedonia (13th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries concerning my methodology and the burden of proof for showing if a Church Father believed in sola Scriptura, see my paper, Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura. St. Basil the Great’s words will be in blue. Evangelical Protestant / Anti-Catholic apologist Jason Engwer’s words will be in green. *** In a Catholic Answers article on tradition, we read... Read more
Paradox (image by Nick Youngson, June 2016) [The Blue Diamond Gallery / CC BY-SA 3.0 license] *** [Reply to certain aspects of her article, “Dems Ditch Pro-choice Litmus Test; Secret Thoughts of Many Laid Bare” (8-1-17) ] This is a woman, remember, who voted for Hillary Clinton (Planned Parenthood’s selected “Champion of the Century”). But I don’t classify her as a “pro-lifer in quotation marks” as her good buddy, the Orthodoxy Cop, regularly does to us. She writes: “I actually like Gorsuch; but I liked Merrick Garland, too.”... Read more
Russian icon of the Church fathers (11th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries concerning my methodology and the burden of proof for showing if a Church Father believed in sola Scriptura, see my paper, Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura. Theodoret’s words will be in blue. Evangelical Protestant / Anti-Catholic apologist Jason Engwer’s words will be in green. *** Theodoret of Cyrrhus was an influential theologian of the School of Antioch, biblical commentator, and bishop of Cyrrhus (423–457). Jason Engwer came up with one passage, to “prove”... Read more
Pope St. Dionysius of Alexandria (anonymous icon) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries concerning my methodology and the burden of proof for showing if a Church Father believed in sola Scriptura, see my paper, Church Fathers & Sola Scriptura. Dionysius’ words will be in blue. Evangelical Protestant / Anti-Catholic apologist Jason Engwer’s words will be in green. *** St. Dionysius of Alexandria was pope from 247 or 248 until his death in 264 or 265. Jason Engwer cites the following as... Read more
Photograph by “skeeze” (11-17-14) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *****(6-5-03) *** These questions and comments of mine came about on a public Catholic Discussion Board, in dialogue with a Reformed Protestant.* * * * * Are we to believe that the Bible presents or teaches no single ecclesiology? Is the governance of the Church of Christ is strictly a matter of relativism and individual choice and happenstance (sort of like secular democracy)? I find it fascinating that our Lord Jesus and the... Read more
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Image by “OpenClipart-Vectors” (4-1-16) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] ***** The droning drumbeat of personal insults sent my way continues over at atheist Jonathan MS Pearce‘s blog, A Tippling Philosopher. By now the routine is old and tired: Pearce writes a post about me, then his minions of followers start in on the attacks in his combox. This has now occurred five times (one / two / three / four / five). I’ve documented what was written, from the first two threads. He... Read more