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October 2020

October 08, 2020

Steve Skojec: Pope Sez Death Penalty is Intrinsically Evil (?)

This dead horse continues to be beaten. Philosopher Ed Feser is a big proponent of...

October 08, 2020

Fratelli tutti: Love is Great; How to Best Apply It?

First, a bit of humor before I get super-serious: when I first saw the name...

October 07, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #58: Jesus Erred on Time of 2nd Coming?

with David Palm Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me...

October 01, 2020

Prayer to Creatures Proven from Holy Scripture

This is a reply to Matt Slick: Presbyterian pastor and head of the large and...

October 01, 2020

Sore Losers?: Hillary & Dems or Trump & the GOP?

Hillary & Dems' Tactics of Projecting Ballot Fraud & Refusal to Concede (and Treason) Onto...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Can Mary Hear “Simultaneous” Prayers of Millions?

This is a reply to Matt Slick: Presbyterian pastor and head of the large and...

September 30, 2020

Presidential Debate: Interruptions vs. Irreverent Incoherence

Trump clearly won on substance and noting his accomplishments in office. Biden's basic modus operandi...

September 29, 2020

Penal Laws Against American Catholics: 1606-1789

[the first part below is an abridged version of Part IV of the article, "Penal Laws," in The...

September 29, 2020

English Persecution of Irish Catholics: 1536-1829 & Beyond

[Slightly abridged version of Part III of the article, "Penal Laws," in The Catholic Encyclopedia;...

September 28, 2020

Charismatic Emotional / Demonstrative “Excesses”: Biblical Analogies

Someone made a snide reference to "some lady jumping up and down and rolling around...

September 28, 2020

KKK / Slavery Analogies & [“New”] Pro-Life Democrats

Various thoughts of mine, and a few from friends of mine as well (in blue...

September 27, 2020

Catholic Charismatic Movement Defended

Liberation theology, process theology, radical feminism, Mariolatry, etc. have all been condemned by the Church,...

September 25, 2020

Chris Ferrara & My Debates w Keating & Lawler Re Pope Francis

This is a response to Ferrara's article, "The Importance of Not Being Us" (The Remnant,...

September 24, 2020

Futility: Explaining Anti-Catholicism to an Anti-Catholic

Peter Pike is a Presbyterian. He has been a Reformed Christian since 1995. Some of...

September 24, 2020

Salvation by Works in the Catholic Catechism?

[originally posted on 8 May 2002 from public board discussions; Anti-Catholic polemicist Frank Turk's words...

September 23, 2020

SCOTUS Confirmations & Increasingly Radical Democrats

These are my comments in a lengthy thread on a public Facebook page of a...

September 22, 2020

Hilary White Wants to Trash & Bury Vatican II; I Defend It

Radical reactionary Catholic Hilary White wrote on 7-31-10 at The Remnant / cross-posted on Rorate...

September 21, 2020

Communion of Saints, Scripture, & Anti-Catholic Doug Mabry

With Emphasis Particularly on the Saul and [Dead] Samuel Incident As a preliminary, let me...

September 19, 2020

Reply to Anti-Catholic Chris Bayack vs. Steve Ray (Pt. II)

[SEE PART I] TABLE OF CONTENTS PART II VI. Back to New Testament Tradition (and a Rabbit...

September 19, 2020

Reflections on Trump the “Arrogant” Alpha Male

One of the big criticisms of Trump from the left and Never Trumpers and other...

September 18, 2020

Reply to Anti-Catholic Chris Bayack vs. Steve Ray (Pt. I)

Chris Bayack (12 days older than I am) was pastor of the independent Copperfield Bible...

September 17, 2020

Pseudo-Pope Skojo III Rebukes Real Pope Benedict XVI

What would we do without this singularly wise and holy man and his all-wise outfit,...

September 17, 2020

Reactionary Steve Skojec Pontificates My Irrelevance

I had written on April 30th: "Low traffic again, so time for an old photo...

September 16, 2020

“The Remnant” Winks at Anti-Semitic Hatred

[originally posted on 10-12-17; revised on 9-16-20] The following outrageous, asinine, hateful comment has been...

September 16, 2020

The Remnant’s Anti-Francis Insanity (“Vicar of Christ”)

Why does anyone in possession of their rational faculties give these people a moment's notice...

September 15, 2020

Miracle of the Sun at Fatima: Brief Exchange

"VicqRuiz" describes himself as "on the boundary between agnosticism and deism. I find that I...

September 15, 2020

Mary’s Assumption: Remarkably Fair Protestant Take

Joseph Hartropp wrote for Christian Today (8-15-17): [T]he notion of Assumption isn't anywhere regarded as heretical....

September 14, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #57: Male Witnesses of the Dead Jesus

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

September 14, 2020

Follow-Up on My “Trump Wins Again” Post

I thought it would be informative to see how my analysis from July 16th is...

September 13, 2020

Seidensticker Folly #56: Many Jesuses in the New Testament?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got...

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