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June 2018

June 03, 2018

Keating & Double Standards on “Traditionalist” Labeling

Karl Keating has been playing out of tune way too much lately. ***** This is...

June 01, 2018

Is Conversion to Catholicism Mainly Emotional or “Doctrinal”?

Catholics (especially converts) are well familiar with the sort of argumentation that argues that people...

June 01, 2018

Keating & “The Francis Feud”: Six Errors Documented

I have to temporarily suspend my policy of not writing about the pope, because now...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Did Jesus Commission the New Testament (or the Disciples?)

I ran across this post of 4-5-18 today on Bishop James "Dr." [???] White's website....

May 31, 2018

Christianity & Judaism, Messianic Jews, & Jewish Converts

[These thoughts came about as a result of interacting with a messianic Jew (a Jew...

May 31, 2018

MUST Catholics Pray to Saints or be Excommunicated?

[the following is derived from an exchange in the lively combox for my National Catholic...

May 30, 2018

Does Church Infallibility Require Infallible Catholics?

This occurred in a combox on the Reformed Protestant-dominated Green Baggins website, starting at comment...

May 30, 2018

On Roseanne & Outrageous, Slanderous Language

What Roseanne Barr said about Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett ("muslim brotherhood & planet of the...

May 28, 2018

Holy Trinity: Some Analogies to Help Us Comprehend

C. S. Lewis made a famous analogy of "flatland," squares, and cubes in his Mere Christianity....

May 26, 2018

Does God Still Perform Miracles? (Some Evidence)

This was an exchange with "Anthrotheist" in one of my comboxes. His words will be...

May 26, 2018

Biblical Interpretation & Clarity: Dialogue w an Atheist

This exchange occurred in one of my blog comboxes. "gusbovona" appears to be an atheist....

May 25, 2018

Richard Dawkins’ “Bible Whoppers” Are the “Delusion”

This is one of four critiques of the book, The God Delusion (New York / Boston: Houghton...

May 25, 2018

Richard Dawkins’ “The God Delusion”: General Critique

This is one of four critiques of the book, The God Delusion (New York / Boston: Houghton...

May 23, 2018

Richard Dawkins: D- Grade for Science & Christianity

This is one of four critiques of the book, The God Delusion (New York / Boston: Houghton...

May 22, 2018

Dialogue w Atheist: Jesus, Thor, & “Evidence” for God

This was a discussion in one of my blog comboxes. The words of atheist "Grimlock"...

May 21, 2018

Richard Dawkins’ Outrageous Hypocrisy on Abortion

This is one of four critiques of the book, The God Delusion (New York

May 21, 2018

Reply to Atheist Seidensticker on Demands for “Evidence”

These exchanges occurred in a blog combox of mine. Bob Seidensticker runs the large and...

May 20, 2018

Bad or Absent Fathers as a Strong Indicator of Atheism

This factor was present in the lives of famous atheists Freud, Marx, Feuerbach, Baron d'Holbach, Bertrand...

May 12, 2018

Seidensticker: Christians R Intellectually Dishonest Idiots

He Also Projects Onto Me These Bigoted Ideas, as if I Hold the Same About...

May 12, 2018

Exchange: Atheists & Beating “Christianity” Straw Men

Do Atheists Habitually Equate Fringe Portions of Christianity with the Whole, & with Biblical Teaching?...

May 11, 2018

Atheist: What Evidence is Required to Change Religions?

What can I do after answering a question repeatedly in many ways, yet am told over...

May 11, 2018

Why Do We Worship God? Dialogue with an Atheist

Bob Seidensticker is an atheist and webmaster of the popular Patheos blog, Cross Examined. His...

May 10, 2018

Why “Bible Difficulties” Should be Fully Expected

An atheist mentioned Gleason Archer’s Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties and commented, "How could God’s word have...

May 10, 2018

Is God an Unjust Judge? Dialogue with an Atheist

This occurred underneath my post, "Does God Ever Judge People by Sending Disease?" Raymond is...

May 09, 2018

Dialogue with an Atheist on Miracles & First Premises

"DagoodS" is a former Christian with whom I have dialogued several times. Recently I met...

May 09, 2018

Empiricism: Only Valid & Objective Knowledge? Two Atheists “Reply”

"ButILikeCaves" was hyper-insulting and asserted that all Christians are fundamentally dishonest. He was banned as...

May 08, 2018

50 Atheists vs. Me and the 101 Topics Routine

Predictably, as I critiqued a few atheist deconversion stories, I was made the sole subject...

May 08, 2018

What REALLY Moves and Persuades Atheists

An atheist wrote on my blog: "I left the Catholic faith in stages. . ....

May 07, 2018

Hell: Dialogue with a Philosophy Graduate Student

God is not an unjust Judge because He doesn't give rebellious man an infinite amount of...

May 07, 2018

“Novelties” of Vatican II (Religious Liberty & Ecumenism)?

I disagree that Vatican II taught novelties. I think they are developments; rather striking, but...

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