vs. Baptist “Grubb” The Descent into Hell (1568), by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-28-08) *** Grubb’s words will be in blue. The first comment I responded to (in green) was from fellow Catholic Keith Rickert, Jr. * * * * * How did God ultimately deal with the rebellion of his children? Did He give us some sort of cosmic spanking? Quite the opposite. He lowered himself. He appealed to our hearts, He tried to... Read more
Embryo: 9-10 weeks. Photograph by “lunar caustic” (12-20-07) [Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 license] ***** Someone put up a meme that read: “Dems: Worshiping Moloch While Pretending Not to Worship Mammon / GOP: Worshiping Mammon While Pretending Not to Worship Moloch.” ***** It’s silly to claim that the GOP is pretending to be pro-life, seeing that it has brought about numerous restrictions on abortion at the state level, thus leading to saving tens of thousands of babies. And how and why could... Read more
Image by Ivan Cujic [Pexels.com / CC0 public domain] ***** See the following articles and audio files (Carl Olson is the man!): *** Five Myths About the Rapture (Carl E. Olson) Lahaying the Rapture on Thick (Carl E. Olson) Recycled Rapture (Carl E. Olson) No Rapture for Rome: The Anti-Catholics behind the Best-selling Left Behind Books (Carl E. Olson) Rapture Claptrap (review of Paul Thigpen’s book, The Rapture Trap by Carl E. Olson) The Rapture Trap: A... Read more
Fernando Niño de Guevara, Grand Inquisitor of Spain, 1600-02, by El Greco (1541-1614) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1998; Addendum added on 11-2-03) *** The following is from my Apologetics/Ecumenism discussion list. My opponents’ words will be in blue: * * * There is a fairly obvious example of a moral teaching that the church, from the apostles onward, got stunningly wrong, and which was not corrected by Christendom until the mid-19th century. I refer to slavery. This is factually... Read more
Photograph by “blitzmaerker” (June 2016) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** The following exchanges took place on Steve Ray’s public bulletin board, on 28-29 February 2000. The words of a person (“Walt”) who vigorously disagreed with Mark will be in blue. Words of other persons will be in green. *** [originally edited and uploaded on 17 March 2000, from public list posts, with the permission of Mark Shea] ***** How does one defend Catholicism in view of the Crusades and... Read more
Photograph by JD Hancock (5-17-09) [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] *** “daniel” wrote underneath my post, Cause of the Big Bang: Atheist Geologist Challenged: ***** Science is a matter of falsifiable evidence. Religious views are non-falsifiable. They are two fields of differing worlds using approaches of different vocabulary and idioms. Philosophically, Western theological proofs are good examples of the non-falsifiable kind; no one can disprove them. One last significant point: the fields of the sciences are open to development and change... Read more
The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul (1857), by Nikiforovich Dmitry Martynov (1826-1889) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** This is an exchange on my paper, Dialogue: Rich Man’s Prayer to Abraham (Lk 16) & Invocation of Saints. John E. Taylor is a Presbyterian friend of mine (OPC), whom I know “in real life.” His words will be in blue. ***** Much can be said but I’ll be brief. 1) The rich man could see Abraham, and vice versa. We have no indication... Read more
Incorrupt body of St. Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (1783-1854) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (2-26-09) *** This is a follow-up post to my previous entry, “Biblical Evidence for Candles, Incense, and Related Sacramental Symbolism for Prayer and Sacrifice.” Nick, a Protestant, has been very active in the combox for that post. I wanted to interact with some of his statements there. His words will be in blue. * * * * * [Note: the last section of the paper above on... Read more
From: Max Pixel / FreeGreatPicture.com [CC0 public domain] ***** Lutheran pastor R. Daniel Carlson (LCMS) wrote on another public Facebook thread (his words in blue throughout): Vain repetitions are what the pagans would do thinking that their non-existent pagan god could hear them if they said things enough times, or what a certain church domination does when they use a certain type of chain to pray to a certain woman whom they think can be prayed to instead of... Read more
Image by “geralt” (April 2017) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** [from another public Facebook thread. Lutheran (LCMS) Pastor R. Daniel Carlson’s words will be in blue] ***** You can’t take a passage like “whoever BELIEVES (has faith) in Me will not perish but have everlasting life”, which are Christ’s own words from His mouth, and negate it by saying that other passages imply that it’s not just believing but also works. That’s called BAD exegesis. So instead you look... Read more
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