[Lulu covert art by Chad Toney] [the following is a somewhat modified version of the Introduction to my book, Pope Francis Explained (2014) ] It seems that everyone wants to make the pope (like they often do with God Himself) into their own image. Those outside the Church do this in proportion to how “contra-Catholic” or secular they are: up to and including atheists; as well as dissenting modernists and theological liberals within the Church (the “cafeteria” / pick and choose... Read more
Saint Paul Writing His Epistles (c. 1618-1620); attributed to Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** [excerpt from chapter 6 of my book, The Catholic Verses (2004)] *** Romans 2:5-13 [RSV]: “But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. For he will render to every man according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek... Read more
Martin Luther, 31 December 1525 (age 42), by Lucas Cranach the Elder [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] [all the words below are Martin Luther’s own; from my book, The “Catholic” Luther : An Ecumenical Collection of His “Traditional” Utterances] * * * * * [A] man is free to adore or invoke Christ in the sacrament, and he who does not adore Him commits no sin, neither does he commit sin who adores Him. . . . Where faith and... Read more
Charles Darwin in 1854, at the age of 45; five years before the publication of The Origin of Species, which he wrote as a Christian [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] This occurred in the combox of my post, Clarifications re: Atheist “Reductio” Paper., in August 2015. Ben McGrew‘s words will be in blue. He conducted himself admirably as a “gentleman and a scholar” the entire time. * * * * * Do you believe in evolution like many of your brothers and sisters? If not, then... Read more
“A social network diagram: individuals (or ‘nodes’) connected by relationships”: screenshot taken by User:DarwinPeacock [Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 3.0 license] This occurred in the combox of my post, Clarifications re: Atheist “Reductio” Paper, in August 2015. Ben McGrew‘s words will be in blue. He conducted himself admirably as a “gentleman and a scholar” the entire time. * * * * * You might find more people sympathetic to your argument if you were more discriminating in the subject of your paper. “Atheism” is an extremely general term, which... Read more
Image by “geralt” [Pixabay / public domain] This occurred in the combox of my post, Clarifications re: Atheist “Reductio” Paper, in August 2015. Ben McGrew’s words will be in blue. He conducted himself admirably as a “gentleman and a scholar” the entire time. * * * * * I would still say that the atheists who objected so much should have realized that it was a humorous / sarcastic-themed version of a reductio [ad absurdum], and interpreted accordingly. Yet we got many statements saying that “atheists... Read more
Diagram of planetary configuration for 18 March 816 (c. 830-840) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] [5 stars on Amazon; the book was published in 2015] “Thorough, Eloquent, and Devastating” I’ve been hoping for years that Karl Keating would write many more books than he has. Now, with a change in the nature of his position at Catholic Answers, it looks like he will be able to devote himself more fully to just that, and this is great news, since he... Read more
+ An Examination of Fine Distinctions of Relic Classes The Pool of Siloam in the City of David in Jerusalem (ancient Jerusalem). Here, Jesus healed the blind man. On the day we visited it, we were told that the water from the Gihon Spring was flowing into the pool for the first time (see it flowing, above) since the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD (!!!). It also stopped when we were there. [photograph by my wife Judy Armstrong, October... Read more
Photograph by Danny Birchall [Flickr / CC By 2.0 license] Jon Curry is an atheist I actually know in person and consider a friend. I’ve invited him twice to my house, to do presentations. His son and my daughter attend a group homeschooling place together, and we know his wife, too, from that school. He invited me to his group of atheist and agnostic friends, where I was treated with courtesy and politeness. This exchange occurred in the combox for... Read more
Looking down the Mount of Beatitudes, where the hearers were during the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus was preaching from the “level place” below. In the background is the Sea of Galilee. [photograph by my wife Judy Armstrong, October 2014; click on the photograph for a much larger, panoramic view] *** This is an excerpt from my book, Footsteps that Echo Forever, about my pilgrimage to Israel in October 2014. * * * * * Next up was the area... Read more
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