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August 2017

August 12, 2017

Catholic Conversion: Classic Analyses (Chesterton, Belloc, Pelikan)

George Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc, & G. K. Chesterton [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *****...

August 12, 2017

Classic Anti-Catholic Polemicists (Chick, Boettner, & Hislop)

Cover of a 1919 edition of Hislop's The Two Babylons [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

August 11, 2017

Anti-Catholicism: Classic Catholic Replies and Retorts

G. K. Chesterton in 1919 [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (1-25-91) How does a...

August 11, 2017

Baptismal Ecumenism: A New Evangelistic Paradigm (Rod Bennett)

Brass baptismal font (1590) in "St. Stephen" Lutheran church in Helmsted, Germany. Photo by "Times" (5-17-10)...

August 10, 2017

Defending Ecumenism & Vatican II vs. Reactionary Catholics

Straw man fallacy, anyone? Photograph by DomenicBlair (6-28-16) [Pixabay / CC0 Creative Commons license] ***** I...

August 09, 2017

Ecumenism vs. No Salvation Outside of the Church?

Jesus and the Centurion (c. 1571), by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588). Jesus was quite "ecumenical" with...

August 09, 2017

Rhetorical US Nuclear Threats Are Nothing New At All

Nuclear weapon test Romeo on Bikini atoll: part of Operation Castle. (27 March 1954) [public domain

August 08, 2017

St. Augustine (d. 430) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. Augustine, by Antonio Rodríguez (1636-1691) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) *** For preliminaries...

August 08, 2017

St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

St. John Chrysostom (early 11th century Byzantine), from Hosios Loukas Monastery, Boeotia, Greece [public domain

August 07, 2017

Dialogue w Friendly Atheist #2: Music, Longing, & Mysticism

Siegfried leaves Brünnhilde in search of adventure (1911), by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) [public domain

August 07, 2017

Argument for God from Desire: Atheist-Christian Dialogue

Photograph by "Imaresz" (7-5-13) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *** "Ficino" is an atheist, former Catholic,...

August 06, 2017

My Catholic Conversion (Radio Interview w Al Kresta)

My very good friend John McAlpine (left), sponsoring my reception into the Catholic Church on...

August 06, 2017

Abortion and a “Progressive and Humane Nation” (By Al Kresta)

Burial of the dead after the massacre of Wounded Knee (29 December 1890). At least...

August 04, 2017

On Sehnsucht & Longing (C. S. Lewis & the Romantics)

Sehnsucht (Träumerei [dreaming]) (c. 1900), by Heinrich Vogeler (1872-1942) [public domain / Wikimedia Commmons] ***...

August 04, 2017

“Pro-Abortion”: “Bad Faith” Term or Fair Description?

Photograph by "cherylholt" (10-16-15) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *** This discussion took place underneath one...

August 03, 2017

Dialogue w Friendly Atheist #1: My Pagan / Occultic Period

+ Circumstances and Factors Regarding my Evangelical Conversion in 1977 at Age 18 and Catholic...

August 02, 2017

Basil the Great (d. 379) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Fresco of St. Basil the Great in the Church of the Theotokos Peribleptos in Ohrid,...

August 02, 2017

Simcha Fisher’s “New” Pro-Life Critique of “Old” Pro-Lifers

Paradox (image by Nick Youngson, June 2016) [The Blue Diamond Gallery / CC BY-SA 3.0 license] *** [Reply to certain...

August 01, 2017

Theodoret (d. c. 458) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Russian icon of the Church fathers (11th century) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03)...

August 01, 2017

Dionysius (d. c. 264) vs. Sola Scriptura as the Rule of Faith

Pope St. Dionysius of Alexandria (anonymous icon) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] *** (8-1-03) ***...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Catholic Questions Regarding Protestant Ecclesiologies

Photograph by "skeeze" (11-17-14) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] *****(6-5-03) *** These questions and comments of...

July 31, 2017

Atheist Blogs Delete & Block Insulters & Idiots, Too!

Image by "OpenClipart-Vectors" (4-1-16) [Pixabay / Pixabay license] ***** The droning drumbeat of personal insults sent...

July 28, 2017

Reply to Atheist JMS Pearce: Bethlehem & Nazareth “Contradictions”

Including Extensive Exegetical Analysis of Micah 5:2 Wife Judy's photograph of the spot where Jesus...

July 27, 2017

Reply to Atheist JMS Pearce: “Contradictory” Genealogies?

King David (ancestor of Jesus), by Rembrandt (1606-1669) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***** This...

July 26, 2017

Atheists & Inherent “Omnipotent” Creative Qualities of Godless Matter

Fractal image by "hrohmann" (9-15-15) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** This is a little...

July 26, 2017

Reply to Atheist JMS Pearce: “Mistranslation” of “Virgin”? (Isaiah 7:14)

[many thanks to Glenn Miller of A Christian Thinktank for his extraordinary biblical research, which...

July 25, 2017

Reply to Atheist JMS Pearce: Herod’s Death & Alleged “Contradictions”

[many thanks to Jimmy Akin for massive citation of his research] Herod the Great, by James...

July 25, 2017

Gadarenes, Gerasenes, Swine, & Atheist Skeptics

The Swine Driven into the Sea, by James Tissot (1836-1902) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

July 24, 2017

Reason, Science, & Logic Not the Exclusive Possessions of Atheists

+ Double Standards in How Christian Conversions are Treated, Compared to the Often Chilly Reception...

July 24, 2017

Atheist Double-Standard Demands for (Empirical-Only) “Evidence”

Fractal image by "HypnoArt" (8-6-15) [Pixabay / CC0 public domain] ***** "Lark62" is an atheist....

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