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October 2019

October 08, 2019

C. S. Lewis Believed in Purgatory & Prayer for the Dead

In his fictional book, The Great Divorce (New York: Macmillan, 1946, 39), Lewis portrays the damned (including...

October 07, 2019

C. S. Lewis Practiced Confession to an Anglican Priest

I discovered this information in the book, The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II:...

October 07, 2019

Cordial Dialogue with a Deconvert on Deconversion

Joe Omundson runs the website, Recovering from Religion: Ex-Communications. I found the article, “My Escape from the...

October 06, 2019

C. S. Lewis Roundly Mocked the Documentary Hypothesis

No one need accept the Documentary Hypothesis, and there are many solid reasons not to: In...

September 2019

September 20, 2019

Vs. James White #5: Real Eucharistic Presence or Symbolism?

This is a reply to Bishop "Dr." [???] James White's article, "Truths of the Bible...

September 20, 2019

Extraordinarily Excessive Use of Extraordinary Ministers

It is completely understandable that many people are outraged by abuses in the Mass. When...

September 19, 2019

Vs. James White #4: Eternal Security of Believers?

This is a point-by-point response to Bishop "Dr." [???] James White's article, "The Believer’s Security...

September 19, 2019

Sociology: Absence of Mother or Father Harms Children

This exchange with an atheist took place in one of my blog comboxes. The words...

September 18, 2019

Vs. James White #3: Sola Scriptura Debate w Matatics, Pt. 2

This is a continuing reply to the arguments of James White: from his oral debate...

September 18, 2019

The Rosary: “Vain Repetition” or Biblical Devotion?

A new Catholic convert who was “struggling” with some things in the faith asked me...

September 17, 2019

Does St. Paul Sanction Premarital Sex (1 Cor 7:36)?

(vs. Scott Nemeth) Scott Nemeth is a person who seems to want to be...

September 17, 2019

Vs. James White #2: Sola Scriptura Debate w Matatics, Pt. 1

This will be a reply to the James White Opening Argument of a debate between...

September 16, 2019

Is Premarital Sex Morally Wrong? Why? (A Dialogue)

(vs. C. Jack Elliott) Jack's words will be in blue. A question about sexuality for you....

September 16, 2019

Vs. James White #1: “Papal Pretensions” & “New” Apologists

James White wrote his first known anti-Catholic article in May 1991, for the Pros Apologian...

September 15, 2019

“Ad Orientem” (Facing the Altar at Mass): A Defense

[from a thread on Mark Brumley’s Facebook page] *** I’m not legalistic at all about this, but I...

September 14, 2019

Anti-Catholic James White: Many Critiques Forthcoming

Many of you who have followed my work know that there is a long (and...

September 13, 2019

C. S. Lewis on Catholicism (Correspondence: 1934-1947)

From: The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis: Volume II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War,...

September 13, 2019

Alvin Plantinga: Reply to the Evidential Problem of Evil

Alvin Plantinga (who was born in 1932 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and started his teaching career...

September 12, 2019

Do Altar Girls Alter Priestly Vocations of Altar Boys?

The argument is made (and it may very well be true) that having altar girls...

September 12, 2019

C. S. Lewis’ Childhood in Belfast & Contra-Catholicism

Biographers and/or Friends Kreeft, Pearce, Derrick, and Possibly Tolkien Think This is Why Lewis Never Became a...

September 11, 2019

The “Problem of Good”: Dialogue w Atheist Academic

J. Craig Bradley is an atheist, with a Master's degree in philosophy. He is interacting...

September 11, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #10: Prophet Jeremiah vs. Mosaic Law?

This is the last of my ten critiques of Why I Became an Atheist, by John W....

September 10, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #9: Bible Espouses Mythical Animals?

I continue my critiques of Why I Became an Atheist, by John W. Loftus. I first ran...

September 10, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #8: Ancient Jews, “Body” of God, & Polytheism

I continue my critiques of Why I Became an Atheist, by John W. Loftus. I first ran...

September 09, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #7: Christian Influence on Science

I continue my critiques of Why I Became an Atheist, by John W. Loftus. I first ran...

September 09, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #6: Is God “Love” or a “Moral Monster”?

I first ran across former Christian minister and atheist John W. Loftus back in 2006....

September 09, 2019

Loftus Atheist Error #5: Origins, Flew’s Deism, Anthropomorphism

I first ran across former Christian minister and atheist John W. Loftus back in 2006....

September 07, 2019

Christian Sexual Views and Support from Sociology

Discussions About Christian Sexual Morality and Marriage with Atheists This topic always generates all sorts...

September 07, 2019

Atheist David Madison Rationalizes His Intellectual Cowardice

. . . and Ignoring of 35 of My Critiques of His Anti-Christian Polemics Here's...

September 06, 2019

Sexual Revolution: Not “Liberation” But Societal Tragedy

The fruits of "free sex" are all around us. "The bad tree produces bad fruit"...

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