I am not overly familiar with George Weigel. Currently, I am reading his biography of JPII, Witness to Hope, which has provided me with a lot of insight into the man behind the vestments. Like his biography, George rarely focuses on the negatives. I was surprised at the optimism of his paper, although the subject does not convey images of puppies and bunn
Link Link I am not defending every forey of Bishop's into politics. Yet, I think that the separation of church and state is generally a bad idea. The Church is often times the conscious of the go
Thank you. It is certainly less polemical than the one previous. I decided to limit myself to Catholic because I am one and the Catechism is such a handy source of information about the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
I have decided to rewrite my last article. I am doing this for three reasons: One, I added comments that distracted from the main point of my essay. Two, I oversimplified (and I hate when people do this) historical events, like the causes of WWII. Third, a friend of mine pointed out that I did not develop my arguments sufficiently. These three mistakes, plus my te
I do not know who said it, and I read many of the comment, but when people say "according to Christian theology," which denomination though? Pentecostals are different from Anglicans, who are different to Baptists, who are different to Orthodox, who are different to Catholics. And need I add the current crisis in the Anglican commune to portray the false belief that there is a homogenious belief system to Christianity.
The biggest problem with people today: they do not have a developed doctrine of soteriology. In theological terms, the doctrine of salvation. I would also add that people who claim to have knowlege of what the 2 billion or so Christians in the world believe to be erroneous, and a downright fool's errend. I doubt many people have actually even looked at modern third-world theologians. I also doubt if most people have read St. Augustine, St. Thomas A
Although this article could be included in many different sections, it is primarily about a topic dear to my heart: Catholicism. Basically, I wish to discuss the nature of what "being a Catholic" means, juxtaposed by how many Americans (and Canadians) choose to define it themselves. Now, I should precaution my readers in that I am a firm believer in object
See, in heart I agree with you. The Church is especially cautious these days not to be polemical. I also believe in the separation of church and state, insofar in that one religion should not be established. Abortion cuts across religious grounds though, with Mormons, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, Muslims opposing it. Yet, I find it strange about how people are so presumptive in stating that they can decide on what it means to be Catholic. I wond
I spent my birthday in a rather ordinary manner. I got up around 9, read for an hour or so, showered, and went to Sunday Mass. Mass was all right, with a decent Homily and the extraordinary ordinariness of partaking of the Body of our Lord. As the Church teaches, the Eucharist is the highest for of worship in the Christian Faith, and it seems to be the most profoun
That is like saying, "I do not murder Jews because they are Jews, although I will allow people to do so because it is their choice." To the Church, you are supporting murder! Hardly a position that the Church supports. Link Perhaps you did not read the whole of the section of the Catechism, but allowing abortion, or the righ
Link Here you go Mason.
Except that I whole-heartedly disagree with the separation of "head knowledge" and "heart knowledge." If someone promotes an untruth or falsehood because of their heart, they are wrong. Now, I do not know about the church attendence of other people on this board, but I attend Mass once a week and a young adult group once a week. Basically, I attend twice a week. I think that is pretty good for someone who doesn't attend church at all. An
I am perfectly aware about "Catholics for a Free Choice" an organization which has lobbyed to remove the Permanant Status of the Vatican from the UN and wants churches to pay taxes. I AM NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING! Link Oh, snap, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is telling you that you cannot be pro-choice and Catholic.
Wow, I never knew it was that bad. When the government ever tells you that it is illegal to tell the truth, it's in pretty damn dire straights.
Catholic for a Free Choice? No such thing. If you support abortion, you are de facto excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Why do you think that there is a huge issue with John Kerry? Because he believes that he defines what it means to be Catholic, instead of the magisterum. Whenever politicians think they can dictate to the Vatican what to believe, it never turns out right. (See issues: slavery, Nazism, Communism, all of which
Since I claim to only have little to no science background (okay, grade 11 biology) I cannot comment intelligently on evolution. Although there seems to be what C.S. Lewis called "Scientism" within broader society. I do firmly believe that scientism dehumanizes people and is the cause of much of the world's misery.
Evidently, I was hoping for more dissent to my position. I guess when you are right, you are right. Entertainment = good. When entertainment bastardizes, trivializes, and misleads people = bad.
Canada has recently passed a new bill, labeled "C-250" which effectively makes the Bible "hate literature" because it condemns certain practices that are accepted today (i.e. homosexuality). This bill, which has been in parliament for 10 years or so, was first put forth by the openly-gay MP, Svend Robinson. To be fair, Robinson had no problem with a provision w
"I have to march, because my mother could not have an abortion". -- US Democrat Congress-rep Maxine Waters What can I say? I cannot make fun of this statement because it's humor is so obvious. I am certainly glad though, that my mother didn't choose to murder me in her womb. Thanks mom, for giving me the option of living, even if I make a complete m
I don't know about other people, but do you ever have on of those days that you just feel like trash? Well, today is one of those days. Without getting into it, I think that its cause requires a visit to my Confessor. I'll leave it at that. Yet, I want to explore myself to discover the condition of my soul. In fact, I am sure that my soul is burdened
I am not a Catholic...oh, wait, I am. Baptized last Easter.
Although I am not an Anglican, if I were, I would consider very carefully whether to disrespect the Communion so easily by ordaining an openly homosexual man as bishop. I suppose though that it should come as no surprise, since they did have a bigot like Spong as bishop.
Link First link deals with my mentioning Amy Grant. Second link: Jacob Moon, an incredible recording and live artist Link Sorry for the shortness of the post, but my computer decided to be an ass and freeze up on me to erase my longer, more complete post, and I am rather pissed at it!
Sounds academic, doesn't it? Well, I lied, it has nothing to do with music appreciation. This rant, brought to you by the good people at Time Warner, is about the bastardization of music by Time Warner and other companies. You may ask, why the hostility to Time Warner, and I would reply, because they're there! I don't even know if TW has a music division
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