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January 2020

January 08, 2020

“Warmonger” Reagan & World War III: How Soon We Forget

Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no...

January 07, 2020

Luther Thought Jesus Committed Adultery w Mary Magdalene?

From a discussion on the public, Protestant-moderated CARM Catholic Discussion Board. Martin Luther’s words will...

January 07, 2020

John Calvin and the Anti-Protestant Sodomy Rumor

A Catholic on my blog first brought this issue up in a combox thread. To...

January 06, 2020

Catholic Sexuality: A Concise Explanation & Defense

Catholics believe that sexuality has a deep, fundamental purpose, designed by God. That purpose is...

January 06, 2020

Pope Francis (and Others) and Analogies to Jesus

Explanation of a Widely Misunderstood Aspect of Analogical Arguments Someone responded underneath my paper, Dialogue:...

January 05, 2020

Martin Luther on the Exact Nature of Being “Biblical”

For what is not against the Scriptures is for the Scriptures and the Scriptures are...

January 04, 2020

Martin Luther Condemned Masturbation (“Secret Sin”)

The fashionable zeitgeist now present in Protestantism (especially, but not exclusively, of the liberal variety), is to...

January 03, 2020

Bill Donohue Claims I’m on the “Left” & Dislike Pope Benedict (!!!)

Catholic League President Bill Donohue included my name with regard to some very strange claims,...

January 03, 2020

Dialogue: Pope Francis vs. Gospel Preaching & Converts? No!

vs. Eric Giunta This came about with Eric's lengthy response in the combox of my...

January 02, 2020

My Critiques of Lawler’s “Lost Shepherd” / Exchanges w Karl Keating

First posted on Karl Keating's Facebook page. His words will be in blue. ***** Mine...

January 02, 2020

Pope Francis’ Slap & Loss of Temper (Close Examination)

Pope Francis was greeting the crowds during his New Year's message at the Vatican, when...

January 01, 2020

Pope Francis Condemns Evangelism? Absolutely Not!

In one address (7-26-14), Pope Francis distinguishes apologetics and evangelization from proselytization: Dialogue is so...

January 01, 2020

Mary the Mother of God: Idolatry or Plainly Biblical?

A few years back I ran across a woman online who used to be a...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Altar Girls: Consideration of Pro & Con Arguments

These are fairly “random” thoughts of mine that were originally my replies on a very active combox discussion on...

December 31, 2019

Why Did God Kill Onan? (Bible and Contraception)

Genesis 38:9-10: “But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he...

December 30, 2019

Pope Francis’ Emphasis on Criticizing Reactionaries (A Theory)

Perhaps Pope Francis thinks a bit like I think: traditionalists and even radical Catholic reactionaries...

December 30, 2019

Backstory of “Christianity Today”‘s Demonization of Trump

+ Brief Analysis of Former Editor Mark Galli & Discussion of Whether the Title "Never...

December 28, 2019

Masturbation & the Sermon on the Mount (Talmudic Parallels)

I ran across this argument in an article bristling with insight, by a Messianic Jew...

December 26, 2019

“Christianity Today” Treats Trump & Evangelicals Disgracefully

Christianity Today Represents Pure, True-Blue Evangelicalism More So Than Billy and Franklin Graham and Dr....

December 24, 2019

Dialogue: “Pachamama” (?) Statues & Marian Iconography

Words of Fr. Deacon Daniel G. Dozier will be in blue; those of Pete Vere...

December 23, 2019

Pope Francis’ Deep Devotion to Mary (Esp. Mary Mediatrix)

Pope Francis has a very strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, truth be told....

December 20, 2019

Abp. Viganò Descends into Fanatical Reactionary Nuthood

. . . Declares Pope Francis a Heretical Narcissist Who "Desacralized" & "Impugned" & "Attack[ed]"...

December 19, 2019

Henry Karlson’s Odd Obsession with Anti-Apologetics

From Henry's "About Page" for his Patheos blog: Henry C. Antony Karlson III has done considerable...

December 19, 2019

Vs. Atheist David Madison #42: Jesus vs. Financial Responsibility?

Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a...

December 18, 2019

Vs. Atheist David Madison #41: God’s a Sadistic Tyrant (Hell)?

Dr. David Madison is an atheist who was a Methodist minister for nine years: with a...

December 18, 2019

Vs. Atheist David Madison #40: Jesus: ALL Sexual Desire is Lust?

Replies to some of the most clueless atheist "arguments" to ever enter the mind of...

December 17, 2019

“Pachamama” Redux (vs. Peter Kwasniewski & Janet Smith)

These exchanges took place in a thread on Dr. Janet Smith's public Facebook page. She...

December 17, 2019

Is “Mother Earth” a Catholic Concept (Church Fathers)?

Guest post by my friend Rosemarie Scott: wife, mother of three and homemaker, living in New...

December 16, 2019

Pope Francis vs. the Marian Title “Co-Redemptrix”?

+ Documentation of Pope Francis' and Other Popes' Use of the Mariological Title of Veneration:...

December 16, 2019

Debate: Pope Francis on Doctrine, Truth, & Evangelizing

vs. Dr. Eduardo Echeverria Eduardo J. Echeverria is Professor of Philosophy and Systematic Theology at Sacred...

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