[see the information page for this book, for full details and all purchase options] (published by Sophia Institute Press in May 2007; 143 pages) * * * * * This was the brainchild of the editor I have worked with the most since 2003, Todd Aglialoro (formerly of Sophia Institute Press; he now works for Catholic Answers). It was one of the most difficult books for me to write because the format was a challenge. But (like physical exercise) it was a “good” kind of... Read more
An intact human person at 6-week embryonic age (or 8-week gestational age), found in a ruptured ectopic pregnancy case. Photo by Dr. Vilas Gayakwad, 26 February 2010 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license] * * * * * This odd but interesting exchange took place in the combox for my post, The Inquisition, Abortion, & ISIS (Connections?). The words of LolPatrol will be in blue. He never revealed his own position, as he said he would (except that he would like to... Read more
William Lane Craig (b. 1949): foremost proponent and vigorous defender of the cosmological argument in the present generation. Official press release photo: 13 March 2014 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license] Alphabetical by Author The Thomistic Cosmological Argument (W. David Beck, 2004) Professor Mackie and the Kalam Cosmological Argument (William Lane Craig, 1985) The Existence of God and the Beginning of the Universe (William Lane Craig, 1991) The Origin and Creation of the Universe: A Response to Adolf Grünbaum (William... Read more
. . . vs. “Traditions of Men” Jesus appearing to the disciples after His resurrection (1308-1311), by Duccio (1260-1318) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (6-23-11) I discovered (as a set) several of the following passages in Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman’s sermon, “The Principle of Continuity Between the Jewish and Christian Churches,” from 20 November 1842 (when he was still Anglican). It is Sermon 15 in his collection, Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day (1843). I then looked up (by word searches) several other similar passages... Read more
Illuminated initial from the beginning of the prologue to Anselm‘s Monologion, late 11th century [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * Alphabetical by Author Ontological Argument for God’s Existence: A Survey: Including the “Armstrong Ontological Argument” (First Tentative Attempt) (Dave Armstrong, 2003) * Ontological Argument: Dialogue w Philosophy Grad Student (Dave Armstrong, 2004) History of the Ontological Argument for the Existence of God (Raul Corazzon) Does the Ontological Argument Beg the Question? (William Lane Craig, 2010) Misunderstanding the Ontological Argument... Read more
For example, the Pillars of Cloud and Fire and the Burning Bush Joshua passing the River Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant (1800), by Benjamin West (1738-1820) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] (6-24-11) * * * * * Sometimes we miss things in the Bible, though they are right in front of us. Some of our Protestant brethren (mainly Calvinists but some other denominations as well) have an almost obsessive fear of any image associated with worship at all, thinking... Read more
Mug shot of the great atheist Soviet botanist and geneticist Nikolai Vavilov (1887-1943), who was arrested and sentenced to death for opposing the quack science of Lysenko. He died of starvation in prison after three years [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * It just never ends: the never-ending crusade to keep repeating (as all propagandists and brainwashers do) the following four Big Lies: 1. Christianity (especially Catholicism) was and is profoundly anti-science in a singular way.... Read more
Planispheric astrolabe from Al-Andalus (Islamic Iberia), dated 1067 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license] * * * * * The following is yet more compelling evidence of the inveterate, relentless warfare between Catholic theology and science (and all reason whatever) during the “Dark Ages”: that dreadful period of time from benevolent Nero till the “enlightened” anti-Catholic revolutionaries in France in the late 18th century. These were the kind, loving, magnificently “secular” folks who heroically saved the world from the horrors of the father of chemistry, Antoine Lavoisier. * * * *... Read more
Medieval image of Hermann of Reichenau [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * The following is yet more compelling evidence of the inveterate, relentless warfare between Catholic theology and science (and all reason whatever) during the “Dark Ages”: that dreadful period of time from benevolent Nero till the “enlightened” anti-Catholic revolutionaries in France in the late 18th century. These were the kind, loving, magnificently “secular” folks who heroically saved the world from the horrors of the father of chemistry,... Read more
Relic of St. Clare of Assisi; photograph by Judy Flores Partlow, 18 April 2012 [Flickr / CC BY 2.0 license] (2-18-04) From my book: The Catholic Verses (2004). 2 Kings 13:20-21 [RSV]: So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. 21 And as a man was being buried, lo, a marauding band was seen and the man was cast into the grave of Elisha; and as soon as the... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In