Pope Francis has just appointed Argentinian Archbishop Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández to head the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Among other enjoinders, His Holiness has shifted the emphasis away from heresy hunting toward sharing "theological knowledge." In this post I try to spell out how valuable theological knowledge can be when it takes the form of systematic theology that is applicable, comprehensive, logical, and coherent. Read more
Will the US House Oversight Committee show us the aliens? Not likely. Read more
Church decline, like low tide, leaves the sun to bleach out the traditional religious depth of American culture. Wildcat digital media hawking competive worldviews that include missionary atheism has dried up the Christian Weltanschauung. What is the way forward for the gospel? Is it time to pray? Is it time to act? Read more
Heaven is God's promise which we can understand only symbolically in terms of (1) the ecstasy of worship; (2) the beatific vision or visio Dei; (3) Paradise as a garden; or the kingdom of God as (4) the New Jerusalem. Rather than a return to the Garden of Eden, heaven comes to us as God's future fulfillment of all creation. Read more
Should we be praying for a miracle? Yes, answers distinguished scientist and cancer specialist Paul Lange. Freak healings occur. Freak healings do not yet have a scientific explanation. So, we should ask God--if it be God's will--to provide us with a freak healing. Read more
UFO whistleblowing appears every day in news broadcasts. It is increasing attendance at the 2023 Roswell UFO Festival. Will we finally learn the truth from the US government regarding crashed spaceships and alien intelligence? No. Because deep down we really do not want to know what the Pentagon knows. If the total truth gets disclosed, we might lose our tacit belief in the omnipotence of the military gained by reverse engineering extraterrestrial technology. The tug of war between secrecy and disclosure is more important to us that finally learning what can be known. Read more
In the dialogue between Buddhism and science, Buddhists believe they can offer a science of the mind that complements Western European discoveries about the physical world. But, would such Buddhist contributions be consigned to subjectivity, making them irrelevant to scietific objective knowledge? Let's put this to the test. Read more
Rather than a push from past causes, present effects are the result of God's draw from the future. When God raised the dead Jesus from the dead on the first Easter, God exerted the same power to redeem as God exerts to create. Jesus' resurrection is a prolepsis of the eschatological new creation. Read more
Is America really in moral decline? Why might we want to believe in moral decline? Because it makes us feel righteous. In addition, would-be tyrants rant and rave against moral decline to gain the kind of popularity that will put them into power. Be careful. Read more
Vedic science finds itself in a paradox. On the one hand, Vedic sience benefits from postcolonial and postmodern philosophy which denies universality to Western European modern science. These philosophies protect and legitimize local knowledge systems such as Hindu spirituality. On the other hand, proponents of Vedic science such as Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo want their Vedic version of science to share the universality currently enjoyed by scientists in every culture around the world. Read more
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