Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Daffey Thoughts

Home
Catholic

2016-08-17T11:55:59-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The thing about modern liberalism

Last updated on: August 17, 2016 at 11:55 am By Dave Griffey

It tends to eat its own. So suddenly Ellen DeGeneres, one of the cultural promoters of the modern Left, is in some hot water for a tweet. Yeah, a tweet. Racist? I guess. In our day and age, everything is racism. It is everywhere. It is everything. It surrounds us, penetrates us, binds the country together. And in such an environment, you can bet your bottom dollar that you’re going to be pinged with the ‘Racist’ label sooner or later.... Read more

Popular Culture

Post Modern Values

2016-08-17T09:21:56-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

The glaring problem with abortion

Last updated on: August 17, 2016 at 9:21 am By Dave Griffey

Is covered here in a not too subtle post. Nuff said. Read more

Abortion

2016-08-17T08:06:56-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

If you want it

Last updated on: August 17, 2016 at 8:06 am By Dave Griffey

It will be. So is the modern approach to almost any topic you can imagine. The humanities, already prone to a subjective spin, are particularly venerable to the modern age. Armed with college degrees, access to Wikipedia, and a decaying sense of common standards, if you want squares to be round, there’s almost a 99% chance you’ll come away assured that squares are, and always have been, round. And what’s more, with the right interest groups tugging at the elbow of... Read more

Promoting LGBT

Uneducating Postmoderns

2016-08-17T06:58:42-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards

Last updated on: August 17, 2016 at 6:58 am By Dave Griffey

We mean it. Don’t. So archaeologists found a 2,000 year old scroll with spells on it. Matthew Archbold at the Creative Minority Report has some fun running with the implications. Read more

Fun Stuff

Interesting Stories

2016-08-16T12:14:14-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

History here and there

Last updated on: August 16, 2016 at 12:14 pm By Dave Griffey

In America we spend an inordinate amount of time beating the crap out of ourselves and our history. I had a friend from Nigeria who once told me, “It’s like you want America to be worse than it was.” Yeah, that’s about it. There’s no lack of books, movies, shows, documentaries, classes, textbooks, courses, reenactments, news series, proclamations, and memorials that remind us of the seedier times in America’s past. Europe is the same, with the caveat that many Europeans... Read more

Decline and Fall of the Christian West

History

2016-08-15T14:59:42-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

They’re here

Last updated on: August 15, 2016 at 2:59 pm By Dave Griffey

Scary ghost stories and tales from the glories indeed. It looks like some strange occurrences in Scotland have prompted authorities to turn to the Catholic Church. This is the land of Glamis Castle after all. Glamis hath murdered sleep, and apparently spread its influence around to baffle police in other parts of Scotland. I dunno. As a former agnostic and skeptic, accepting a universe of the supernatural was a hard sell. I still tend to be somewhat skeptical, even with... Read more

Fun Stuff

Interesting Stories

2016-08-15T07:08:54-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

It might be time to reassess your movement

Last updated on: August 15, 2016 at 7:08 am By Dave Griffey

When everything your critics say about it seems to be coming true. So Donald Trump is good evidence that the GOP needs to do some housecleaning. I’m at a loss to think of anyone who has concluded otherwise. Likewise, when a black police officer shoots and a black man armed with a semi-automatic firearm who refused orders to drop the gun, the common sense reaction should be ‘that’s terrible, thank goodness the officers are alright.’ Which should be the reaction... Read more

Current Events

News

2016-08-15T06:51:47-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Voting Culture of Death

Last updated on: August 15, 2016 at 6:51 am By Dave Griffey

Is a no-no for Catholics. Over here, Dave Armstrong picks apart some of the most common and lame reasons used to support pro-abortion candidates. The most important point he makes is distinguishing between what the Church is currently working out in its teachings, such as the appropriate approach to war and rethinking the death penalty, and those issues that have never been acceptable for the faithful believer, such as abortion, adultery, or homosexuality. A large amount of justification has been... Read more

Other Blogs

Politics

2016-08-13T18:49:46-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

RIP Kenny Baker

Last updated on: August 13, 2016 at 6:49 pm By Dave Griffey

To a kid my age, Kenny Baker was as important as Frank Sinatra or John Lennon. In 1977, Star Wars mania was just taking off. Unlike today’s prefabricated media phenomena, which rise to a crescendo and then typically, within a few weeks, fizzle away until the Blu-Ray release, 1977 was only the beginning. By 1978, it was in full swing. Some theaters were still playing Star Wars in mid 78. And in those theaters, lines still formed. After all, before... Read more

Memorial

2016-08-13T10:20:43-04:00

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

A reminder

Last updated on: August 13, 2016 at 10:20 am By Dave Griffey

Donald McClarey posted a fun, quick snippet reminding us that our little American experiment was supposed to fail. Many shared George III’s belief that the colonists would falter, the entire revolution unravel and they’d come crawling back to Britain. Why not? Most revolutions ultimately fail one way or another. Our modern humanities courses, rotting from within due to the twofold infections of Multi-Culturalism and Political Correctness, have given no idea about our country’s history or the context in which it grew.... Read more

History

Uneducating Postmoderns

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What sacred tent did God command the Israelites to build?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Temple Tabernacle Booth House of David

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Abortion Atheism Awesome things Bigotry for the hip American Blogging Books Catholic Catholic Teaching Catholics on the Internet Christian Persecution Christian Unity Christianity and America Christianity in the Post-Modern World Christianity in the world Culture of Death Culture of Life Current Events Decline and Fall of the Christian West Defending Liberty Fun Stuff Global Warming Good Causes Good News Gun Control Health Care History Holidays Homeschool Humor Important things Inspiring Stories Interesting Insights Interesting Stories Islam and the West Liberal "Tolerance" Liberal observations Life in a post-Christian world Memorial Movies Musings News Other Blogs Our Big Politically Correct Bother Politics Popular Culture Post Modern Values Prayers Pro Life Promoting LGBT Protecting Liberty Racism in the world today Scientism Social Observations Sports Strange Stories The Boys The Catholic Church and the Left The Decline and Fall of the American Dream The end of liberty The Faith and the Left The Faith and the Right The Family The Greatness of God The Internet The Leftist Juggernaut The LGBT Question The Media The Pope The post-liberal Left The Power of Propaganda Tributes Twilight of the American Experiment Uncategorized Uneducating Postmoderns When the Church is wrong Why learn from history when we can repeat it instead Wisdom in the Post Modern Age World Events

Select a Month August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Catholic