… honest atheist Tim O’Neill takes apart this evergreen stupid meme that internet atheists endlessly re-circulate like a bad penny: Witches and Cats? Again, contrary to popular belief, the idea that alleged witches were regularly victimised by the Church in the medieval period is largely incorrect. The heyday of the Witch Craze came much later, with its peak in the sixteenth century. The position of the Church for most of the Middle Ages was that “witches” did not exist and... Read more
But since this is a Catholic blog I think I will focus on our relationship with the Jewish people. The Trump Cult of Blood and Lies defended sawing a man to pieces while he screamed and bled out by trying to suggest he had it coming. After that, the Cult moved on to lying that the Trump Freak Show Cultist who sent bombs to a bunch of Trump’s critics and political opponents was, in fact, a Leftist engaging in a... Read more
Here’s a bit from the NY Times about it: The American sitcom, since its inception, has struggled with a fundamental tension at its core. Let’s call it “jester vs. guru.” We expect half-hour comedies to pull off an impossible double duty: to both inject jokes into the national bloodstream and to enlighten us with high-minded moral instruction. We want not only zany catchphrases but wise life lessons. The history of the form has been a constant tug of war between... Read more
Fans of Doctor Who will recognize a young Peter Capaldi. It’s a charming film. If you’ve not seen it, do check it out. Read more
Part 2 of my four part series over at The Catholic Weekly. Here’s a taste: Last time, in this space, I talked about the idea of docility to the Church’s teaching, dogmatic or not. The basic point was simply that we should do as the Church calls us do even when the Church does not bind us under pain of heresy or schism (which is to say, virtually always). Of course, the obvious reply to this is, “Even when the... Read more
…and she has written a fine piece for a survivors of sexual assault. Here’s just a taste. Read the rest here: I’ve spent the last decade working in the field of mental health, focusing the last few years in particular on helping people heal after sexual assault. I’ve spent 6 years of study to learn how to do what I do and a crap ton (there’s my mountain roots coming out) of continuing education hours learning an even deeper understanding... Read more
I will be speaking on Behold Your Mother at 6:30 PM on Thursday, October 25 at the Kells – downtown: 112 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204 and sponsored by St. Michael the Archangel parish! Come and learn about the Church’s teaching on how Mary–Mother of God, Perpetual Virgin, Immaculately Conceived, and Assumed into Heaven–shows us not merely the truth of who God is, but the truth of who we are. This is my favorite talk to give. I look forward... Read more
Reader (and soon to be author) Stephanie Thomas writes: I live my faith by working with women and girls who beg on street corners with cardboard signs. I lead a team of women who go out onto the streets to pray and minister to the people who are begging there. I’ve spent 8 years working with women who beg on the streets of Greensboro and with people in the homeless community. I also recently finished writing a book (not yet... Read more
up until Ayn Rand agreed that, whatever else may be the case, feeding the poor was a good thing. It took the genius of the Freak Show Right and and its Court Prophet Christianist predators like Paul Ryan to elevate this wretched enemy of God and her philosophy of Selfishness to a virtue: That this 4th rate writer and 10th rate philosopher and enemy of God is now the leading intellectual light of Cult 45 is but another proof that... Read more
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