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April 2016

April 13, 2016

God’s “Punishing” of Descendants: Is it Unjust and Unfair?

Exodus 20:5: "visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and...

April 12, 2016

Debates w Atheist “DagoodS” (“Bible Difficulties”)

A rendering of a Lyapunov fractal, a type of bifurcational fractal named after Russian mathematician...

April 12, 2016

St. Augustine Was CATHOLIC, Not Proto-Protestant!

Portrait of St. Augustine (c. 1480) by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]...

April 12, 2016

Classic Reactionaryism: Skojec Disses Cdl. Burke

From a You Tube video (11-26-15) of a track by the indie metal band, Unleashing...

April 11, 2016

Debates w Atheist “ProfMTH” (“Bible Difficulties”)

Partial view of the Mandelbrot set. Step 11 of a zoom sequence: Double-spirals with satellites...

April 11, 2016

My Dialogues w Lutherans (Series)

Luther at the Diet of Worms [1521] (1877), by Anton von Werner (1843-1915) [public domain...

April 11, 2016

Purgatory: A Short Exposition

Illustration: The Burden of Pride (1880) from Dante's Divine Comedy, depicting purgatory, by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)...

April 11, 2016

Luther’s Radical Views on the Biblical Canon

His Outrageous Assertions, Protestant Scholars' Opinions & "Debate" with John Warwick Montgomery Woodcut for the frontispiece of...

April 10, 2016

Will We See Our Pets in Heaven?

My Dog, by SakuraUchihaNJ [Deviant Art / CC BY 3.0 license] *** (3-12-08) *** Jack Wintz,...

April 10, 2016

James White’s Relentless Sophistry in Our Live Chat

Psychedelic Chaos Sigil, by AntonChanning [Deviant Art / CC BY-SA 3.0 license] *** (12-2-07) ***...

April 09, 2016

Analyses of Catholic Apologetics (Series)

Catholic apologist and friend Jimmy Akin, visiting my home in 2004 [family photo] ***** I...

April 09, 2016

Defenses of Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia

Amoris Laetitia repeatedly cites and expands upon the great 1968 encyclical, Humanae Vitae, from Blessed...

April 08, 2016

Amoris Laetitia: Pope Francis’ “1968 Moment”

Heroic Reiteration and Development of Catholic Moral Tradition Pope Francis, 27 April 2014, on the...

April 07, 2016

Bizarre Anti-Catholic Junk Refuted (Series)

Image by Piotr Siedlecki [Public DomainPictures.Net] ***** The papers below are drawn from my large back-catalogue...

April 07, 2016

Luther’s “Snow-Covered Dunghill” (Myth?)

Photo by Emmanuel Boutet, 1-27-07 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license]...

April 07, 2016

My Daughter (at 5) on Heaven & Salvation

"Out of the Mouths of Babes" My daughter at almost-6: about six months after her...

April 06, 2016

Christians Voting 4 Pro-Aborts?!?!

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at the first 2016 Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, 10-13-15...

April 06, 2016

Mary Mediatrix (Doctrine): Explanation and Defense

A Catholic wrote on my discussion list: Though one can argue that there are two...

April 06, 2016

Is Male-Only Priesthood Sexist?

The Last Supper (1464-1467), by Dieric Bouts (c. 1420-1475) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

April 05, 2016

Do Catholics Excommunicate People to Hell?

Night Scene from the Inquisition (1810), by Francisco Goya (1746-1828) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons] ***...

April 05, 2016

My Supposed “Hybrid” Post-Conversion Faith

"Neither Fish Nor Fowl" Venetian Carnival Mask. Photo by "gnuckx": 30 May 2010 [Flickr

April 05, 2016

On Mystery & Reason in Theology

[Pixabay / CC0 public domain] *** This was from a private dialogue about whether Jesus'...

April 04, 2016

What Year Did Popes Become Antichrist? (vs. John Calvin)

The Whore of Babylon; sitting on the seven-headed beast; from a series of 21 woodcuts...

April 04, 2016

Is Catholicism Half-Pagan?

"Jack-O-Lantern" pumpkin; photograph by Anders Lagerås, 31 October 2009 [Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...

April 04, 2016

Jesus’ Beatific Vision (“Young Messiah”)

Jesus Christ: portrait by Ariel Agemian, based on the image on the Shroud of Turin....

April 03, 2016

Infant Baptism: A Fictional Dialogue

[CC0 public domain / Pixabay] *** (1995) *** Zeke the "Jesus Freak": Hey Cathy, why...

April 03, 2016

Baptismal Regeneration: More Biblical Evidence

Photograph by Kai Stachowiak [PublicDomainPictures.Net] *** In defending Catholicism during the course of friendly discussions...

April 02, 2016

Paul Rebuked Peter: Disproof of Papacy?

Saints Peter and Paul, from an etching in a catacomb: 4th century [public domain

April 02, 2016

Radical Catholic Reactionaries vs. an Optimistic Faith

Ringling Brothers circus clown Emmett Kelly in a bubble bath: Sarasota, Florida; photo by Joseph...

April 01, 2016

Luther’s “Prophetic” Authority Critiqued (Series)

Posthumous Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk (after 1546), from the workshop of Lucas...

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