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June 2019

June 30, 2019

Review of “The One-Minute Apologist” by Carl E. Olson

[published in National Catholic Register, 8-21-07] Got a Minute? THE ONE-MINUTE APOLOGIST Essential Catholic Replies...

June 30, 2019

Reactionaries at The Remnant Do “Editorial” on Yours Truly

Chris Jackson, over at everyone's favorite radical Catholic reactionary site, The Remnant, decided to "prove"...

June 29, 2019

Why do Catholics Believe that Sacraments are Necessary?

[from my apologetics inserts in The Catholic Answer Bible (Our Sunday Visitor, 2002] The Incarnation, which...

June 29, 2019

Illegal Immigration Cannot be Rationally Discussed Anymore

My Own Views Have Been Grotesquely Distorted and Outrageously Misrepresented I already pretty much concluded...

June 28, 2019

I Looked in the Mirror & Realized I Was a Distributist

This was after lengthy discussions with my good friend Rod Bennett, who is one himself....

June 28, 2019

On Homelessness & Soup Kitchens (by my Son Michael: 19)

[My Introductory Note] This is dedicated to all of you out there who think that...

June 27, 2019

Honoring Popes (Even Alleged “Bad” Ones) as Persons

King David honored King Saul even though he was a scoundrel, and seeking to kill...

June 27, 2019

Folks Willing to Understand Pope Francis, Can; Unwilling Won’t

This is from Facebook post of mine, dated 1-18-14. The original proverb I defended was:...

June 26, 2019

Proper Theological Application of the Term “Anti-Catholic”

This was a very in-depth debate with an anti-Catholic Reformed Baptist, Frank Turk, from 9-24-05....

June 26, 2019

Reply to Anthony Toohey Re: His Deconversion (Part II)

For (fairly) necessary background, see: Atheist Deconversion Story Series #1: Anthony Toohey [7-17-17] Atheist Anthony Toohey...

June 25, 2019

No, Pope Francis Did Not Deny Transubstantiation

Phenomenological Language in Holy Scripture and in the Addresses of Pope Francis In an article...

June 25, 2019

Taylor Marshall’s Courageous “Responses” to His Critics

I ran across this podcast that advertised itself as "Dr Taylor Marshall Responds to Critics...

June 24, 2019

Freemasonry? I’ve Had Links About it On My Site Since 2000

I have vigorously opposed theological liberalism all this time, too I've traced links on that...

June 24, 2019

Are Followers of Taylor Marshall a Bunch of “Sheep”?

These are interactions on my Facebook page, from 6-2-19, after my initial critique of his...

June 21, 2019

Debate: Can Intelligent Design Be “Non-Interventionist”?

Dr. Lydia McGrew is a philosopher, Anglican, and author of what looks to be a...

June 20, 2019

Why I Believe in “Non-Miraculous” Intelligent Design

This is a follow-up dialogue and discussion of my paper, Catholics & Origins: Irreducible Complexity or...

June 20, 2019

My (Censored) Amazon Review of Dr. Marshall’s “Infiltration”

I discovered on 6-19-19 that my Amazon review had been removed from the Amazon Book...

June 19, 2019

Reactionary Louie Verrecchio’s Three Lies About Vatican II

I've written about radical Catholic reactionary Louie Verrecchio (words in blue below) three times before,...

June 19, 2019

Roberto de Mattei Misrepresents Gaudium Et Spes on Procreation

Gaudium et spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) was promulgated at...

June 18, 2019

23 Catholic Medieval Proto-Scientists: 12th-13th Centuries

From my 2010 book, Science and Christianity: Close Partners or Mortal Enemies? (pp. 38-46). Follow the link...

June 18, 2019

Scientific & Empiricist Church Fathers: To Augustine (d. 430)

From my 2010 book, Science and Christianity: Close Partners or Mortal Enemies? (pp. 19-28). Follow the link...

June 17, 2019

Swearing & Post-Boomer Generations: Literary Progress?

I've addressed this fascinating and complex topic many times: Biblical “Ass” (Donkey) & Holier Than...

June 17, 2019

Catholics & Origins: Irreducible Complexity or Theistic Evolution?

I ran across the article, "Two Catholic Scientists Debate Intelligent Design" (Pat Flynn, Chronicles of...

June 15, 2019

On Homeschooling & Dilapidated Public Education

Here I was responding on the Coming Home Network forum (where I was the moderator...

June 14, 2019

Neo-Scholastic Thomism & Popes John Paul II & Benedict XVI

"JS", a Thomist, with whom I have recently been debating the nature of predestination, has...

June 14, 2019

Dialogue: Vatican II & Other Religions (“Nostra Aetate”)

This is a discussion with a radical Catholic reactionary who thinks that Vatican II compromised...

June 13, 2019

Indefectibility of the Church: Reflections & Thoughts

Photo credit: ruins of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady in Ourscamp (Oise), France. Begun in...

June 13, 2019

Radical Catholic Reactionaries: Essential Characteristics

Chapter 1 (pp. 11-18) of my book, Reflections on Radical Catholic Reactionaries (December 2002; revised...

June 12, 2019

Did Jesus, St. Paul, & the Prophets Use Sarcasm? Yes

This is a vastly misunderstood area of Christianity and the Bible. Every time I use...

June 12, 2019

Why I Am a Catholic Apologist: Another One Comes Home

+ Analysis and Defense of My Apologetic Methods One of my reader friends sent me...

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