Bikini girls with blogwatch guns, oh

Bikini girls with blogwatch guns–

This stuff’ll kill ya, it’s loaded with fun,

Bikini girls with blogwatch guns….

Body and Soul: Forgot to mention that Jeanne gets the last word w/r/t left-right divisions or emphases on human rights.

Cacciaguida: Neat chart comparing Tridentine and Novus Ordo rites.

Charles Murtaugh: “Apatheism.” Those interested in more of Jonathan Rauch on this topic can check out my Crisis piece on “Christianity from the Outside” (which also features The Rat). I will say that there are places where some of the theological divisions Murtaugh considers abstruse really do matter–before I started working at the pregnancy center where I volunteer, I had to sign a statement of faith that was so weird (w/r/t faith v. works) from a Catholic perspective that I got a couple theologian friends to advise me on whether I could honestly sign it! (I could.) And I do think that some of the problems we see at the preg. ctr. are theological in nature–everything from “providence is when God does what I want Him to do” to “What do you do with ‘blessed assurance’ when you’ve already screwed up several times in your post-altar-call life?” (I personally think “blessed assurance,” a.k.a. pray the sinner’s prayer and now everything is OK, is one of the least pastorally accurate, and therefore least helpful, theological concepts out there. Especially if you’re dealing with women who Made A Decision For Christ, and then, you know, had sex out of wedlock and are trying to figure out if they’re pregnant and what they should do if they are. Anyway, that’s very much MY view and not the view of the center….)

EDITED TO ADD: Oops, forgot very interesting E-Pression comments-box discussion of natural family planning and contraception.

The Old Oligarch: The only convincing positive review I’ve seen of “The Matrix Reloaded” so far.

Excellent editorial from the National Catholic Register, comparing the recent CT court decision ruling that a fetus is a part of a woman’s body to medieval marital law.