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February 2020

February 09, 2020

Dialogue w Never-Trumper: Is Trump Really Pro-Life?

This is an exchange with Scott Eric Alt on his Facebook page, from 24 January...

February 08, 2020

Natural Family Planning: Anti-Sex & Anti-Pleasure?

This was an exchange that took place underneath my post, Natural Family Planning (NFP) & Contraceptive...

January 2020

January 25, 2020

Reflections on Showing Graphic Abortion Photographs

These are my comments (2-3 January 2017) from a long Facebook discussion thread, that was...

January 19, 2020

Constructive Dialogues w Legal Abortion Advocates

These far "better than average" exchanges originally took place on my blog and Facebook page:...

January 18, 2020

Liberal & Conservative Pro-Life Outlooks: A Dialogue

This exchange took place on my Facebook page, on 1-17-20, and then on a second...

January 10, 2020

Abortion Declines Under Trump (Surprise, New Pro-Lifers!)

The new pro-life movement is, basically, leftists and Democrats who are pro-life -- I don't...

December 2019

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...

November 2019

November 20, 2019

Q & A: Catholic Sexual Morality and Contraception

I'm not simply giving my opinions, but seeking to always represent the Catholic Church's teachings. Paraphrases of actual...

November 01, 2019

C. S. Lewis: Views on Procreation & Contraception

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

August 2019

August 16, 2019

Masturbation: Gravely Disordered According to Catholicism

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Offenses against chastity [2351 is about lust] 2352 [link] By...

August 14, 2019

Masturbation: Thoughts on Why it is as Wrong as it Ever Was

The reasoning in favor of masturbation is quite curious: if we tell people it is...

August 13, 2019

Masturbation Remains a Grave Sin (Debate w Steve Hays)

Steve Hays is a very active Protestant anti-Catholic polemicist. He runs a site called Triablogue. *...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

Contraception: Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, & Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt, Sixth Annual Message to Congress: When home ties are loosened, when men and...

July 27, 2019

Japanese “Universal” Military Conscription & Nuclear Bombings

My dialogue opponent's words (originally posted on Mark Shea's site) will be in blue. *****...

July 26, 2019

Dialogue w Several Non-Catholics on Contraception

The following exchange took place with an Orthodox friend of mine (his words in blue):* As...

July 26, 2019

Declassified 1945 Documents Regarding Nuclear Strikes

President Harry Truman and Others Reveal Moral Qualms and Quandaries Concerning the Nuclear Bombing of...

July 14, 2019

Onan, Contraception, & Two Protestant Bible Dictionaries

The New Bible Dictionary (J. D. Douglas, editor, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1962)...

June 2019

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...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

What “Single-Issue” Pro-Life Activism Means & Doesn’t Mean

This was my reply in the combox to the post, "The consistent ethic of abolitionist...

May 23, 2019

GOP & Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices: Revisiting the Facts

[I was replying to a Catholic leftish Never Trumper, a month before the 2016 presidential...

May 22, 2019

Nuclear Bombing of Japan vs. Just War Ethics (Part II)

[see Part One] Wikipedia: "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," is a great resource to further study...

May 22, 2019

Nuclear Bombings of Japan: Justified by “Double Effect”?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki fail the Catholic test of "double effect" because they involved the killing...

May 19, 2019

Debate: Do Liberal Social Policies Lessen Abortion & Poverty?

I started out by posting the article, "Hillary Clinton to Receive Planned Parenthood's 'Champion of...

May 19, 2019

“Pro-Choice” / “Anti-Abortion” & Inaccurate Definitions

The following exchange took place with a fellow Christian and pro-lifer, in the context of...

May 16, 2019

Dialogue: Racism, Republicans, Logic, and Liberals

This is a follow-up discussion, from yesterday's Dialogue: Pro-Life White Guys & Anti-Southern Prejudice. That dialogue...

May 15, 2019

Dialogue: Pro-Life White Guys & Anti-Southern Prejudice

This occurred on my Facebook page, underneath a New York Times article about Roe v....

May 10, 2019

Dialogue: Christian Witness, Trump, & Prudential Voting

Words of my friend, Deacon Steven D. Greydanus will be in blue. This occurred spontaneously...

April 2019

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 15, 2019

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

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

April 03, 2019

“Unplanned”: Realistic Portrayal of Abortion Advocates & Opponents

I saw Unplanned last night and thought it was well-done. What was particularly realistic and...

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