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May 2019

May 04, 2019

Martin Luther’s Espousal of the Veneration of Saints

This is an extraordinarily strong statement. If I had put it in these terms, myself,...

May 04, 2019

Exchange on Catholic Mariology and Mary Mediatrix

This is from the combox for my National Catholic Register post, "50 Reasons Why Martin...

May 03, 2019

Bible: Men & Angels Forgive Sins as Representatives of God

Men Leviticus 4:35 (RSV) . . . and the priest shall burn it on the altar,...

May 03, 2019

Was Onesiphorus Dead When Paul Prayed for Him?

Data from 16 Protestant Commentaries (1992-2016) Links go right to the relevant passages in the...

May 02, 2019

Critique of Deconversion Sound Bites of Dave Gass

Dave Gass was an evangelical pastor for some forty years. He took to Twitter recently [but...

May 02, 2019

Dialogue w Agnostic on my Critiques of Deconversions

VicqRuiz was replying to one portion of my paper, Unanswered Questions for a Former Catholic...

May 01, 2019

Biblical Idolatry: Authentic & Counterfeit Conceptions

Idolatry is a conscious act by nature or definition. Catholics are accused of substituting bread...

May 01, 2019

The Unanswered Prayers of Jesus & Our Free Will

A Reformed Baptist (Calvinist) argued that if Christ in fact died for all men, rather...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

“Optional” Confirmation Class & Mass for Teenagers?

We have a 14 year-old son presently in confirmation classes (and a 16 year-old who...

April 30, 2019

Christian Mysteries (Like God’s Timelessness) & Reason

I believe these were originally notes jumbled together from various sources, so there is a...

April 30, 2019

Explaining the Pro-Life, Christian Vote for Trump Yet Again

This is from a private Facebook thread, so I can't cite others (too bad), but...

April 29, 2019

Atheist Falsely Claims I Troll Atheist Site to Get Traffic

Google Analytics Blows That Out of the Water Popular online atheist and anti-theist polemicist Bob...

April 28, 2019

David French’s Hit-Piece on Franklin Graham & Trump

See: "Franklin Graham and the High Cost of the Lost Evangelical Witness" (4-25-19). I...

April 28, 2019

Unanswered Questions for a Former Catholic Atheist

"cowalker" wrote on my blog: I was raised Catholic, and went through what I think...

April 27, 2019

Dialogues w Two Atheists on My Critiques of Deconversions

From the combox of the post: A Conversation About Deconversion, And Why People Share Their...

April 27, 2019

Exchange: Definitions of Deism & Atheism / Twain the Atheist?

This occurred on my blog. One "Robotczar" (safely anonymous, with no further access information known)...

April 25, 2019

Atheist-Christian Dialogue on Conversion & Deconversion

I think these exchanges are models of what is indeed possible, if both sides will...

April 25, 2019

Catholic (?) Vatican II-Bashing: Cutting Thru the Crap

This was a spontaneous exchange on my Facebook page. Words of the participants (besides myself)...

April 25, 2019

“Former Christian” Atheists & Theological Ignorance

The knowledge that any given atheist has of Christianity (and many claim to be former...

April 20, 2019

Seidensticker Folly #32: Sophistically Redefining “Contradiction”

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...

April 20, 2019

Seidensticker Folly #31: Jesus’ Burial Spices Contradiction?

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...

April 19, 2019

My Holy Land Journal: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

[from my 2014 book, Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage] ***** Day Nine:...

April 18, 2019

Holy Trinity: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV Edition)

[all passages RSV unless otherwise noted] 1. The Unity of God and Monotheism Deuteronomy 6:4...

April 17, 2019

Jesus is God: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV Edition)

300 Biblical Proofs + Many Additional Related Cross-References [all passages RSV unless indicated otherwise] [green...

April 17, 2019

Superstition About the “Preserved” High Altar at Notre Dame

. . . And Continued Cynical, Highly Selective, "Pick and Choose" Acceptance of the Teaching...

April 16, 2019

Dialogue on the Renaissance: Good or Bad Thing?

This occurred spontaneously on one of my Facebook threads. I argued that it was mostly...

April 16, 2019

Take Heart: Notre Dame WILL be Rebuilt: Better Than Ever!

Be of good cheer! All three rose windows survived. The two iconic towers with their...

April 15, 2019

Three Popes (One a Saint) Called Abortion “Murder”

. . . But There is a Particular Time and Place for Such Language My...

April 15, 2019

16th-17th Century Astronomers Loved Astrology (Part Two)

Copernicus, Tycho, Galileo, and Kepler [see Part One] [Astronomers' names in the section titles below...

April 14, 2019

Protestant “Reformer” Martin Bucer: Death for Adulterers!

John 8:3-11 (RSV) The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught...

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