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2026-06-15T01:59:06-05:00

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Alien Life Wouldn’t Destroy Religious Belief Systems

Last updated on: June 15, 2026 at 1:59 am By Henry Karlson

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With the release of Steven Spielberg’s newest movie, Disclosure Day, I see, in part because of how the movie badly presents it, the media is once again bringing up the question of alien life and how encountering it could affect religion. Many believe that earthly religions would not be able to handle it. And, while it is true, there are many who are religious whose ideologies would come crashing down as a result of such an encounter, that has happened... Read more

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2026-09-27T03:47:11-05:00

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Walking In The Light Of Christ’s Teachings

Last updated on: September 27, 2026 at 3:47 am By Henry Karlson

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Our mind, and the beliefs and ideas we hold to, affects the way we interpret the world at large. While our beliefs can, and often do change, over time, we must be willing to have them challenged for them to be change. We must be ready to learn. If not, such change can be hindered, especially if we become so assured of ourselves and what we think we know and believe. When that happens, our beliefs become the hermeneutical lens... Read more

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2026-06-11T01:50:59-05:00

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What Is The Way Of The Kingdom Of God?

Last updated on: June 11, 2026 at 1:50 am By Henry Karlson

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It is easy for us to misconstrue religious conventions that we end up employing them in ways which contradict their original intent. Many, if not, most of those conventions are intended to help us apprehend various truths which transcend our understanding. This is why we must not take them simply, that is, literally; they were made to be seen as symbols, and we are to look at the way they present the truth as metaphors, because if they are taken literally,... Read more

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2026-06-10T01:22:43-05:00

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Choosing Between The Fire Of Love Or Hate

Last updated on: June 10, 2026 at 1:22 am By Henry Karlson

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Our God is a consuming fire (cf. Heb. 12:29; Deut. 4:24); we can either join in with the fire, and unite with it, or get singed in its presence. How do we do that? Through love. For God is love, and comes towards us with a purifying fire, seeking to remove all that is impure in us so we can experience true beatitude. The fire we feel in God’s presence is God’s eternal, infinite burning love for us all. The... Read more

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2026-06-08T01:23:34-05:00

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Profit Over People: The Conservative War On The Post Office

Last updated on: June 8, 2026 at 1:23 am By Henry Karlson

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I keep finding myself surprised how often the United States Post Office is under attack by those who claim to be conservatives that “love America” and want things to “return” back to the way they were at the time of the “Founding Fathers.” It’s obvious they don’t want that. Their so-called “Originalism” is a bait and switch; it is as unrealistic and fake as claims of various Christians that they follow the “Bible alone.” Such ideologies are impossible to follow,... Read more

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2026-06-07T02:02:20-05:00

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How Faithful Actions, Not Mere Belief, Lead To Justification

Last updated on: June 7, 2026 at 2:02 am By Henry Karlson

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Our conscience is paramount; we are to follow it, doing what it tells us, knowing that through it, God is indirectly speaking to us, encouraging us to do what we know (or at least believe) to be good. We are, by nature, good, good because God made us good, and our conscience is a way for us to engage our innate good nature, to let it direct us, making sure we make the best decisions possible. The problem is we... Read more

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2026-06-04T01:59:45-05:00

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Misinterpretations Of Colbert’s Remarks On The Afterlife

Last updated on: June 4, 2026 at 1:59 am By Henry Karlson

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One of the dogmatic teachings of the Catholic Church, a teaching which was officially defined at the Fifth Lateran Council (1512-1517), but believed before then, is the immortality of the soul. We told told that when we die, we do not cease to exist; there is a “part” of us, named the soul, which continues to “live on.” Thanks to the way death is influenced by sin, when we die, our soul finds itself in an imperfect situation, as it... Read more

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2026-06-02T10:50:53-05:00

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Transforming Our Conscience Like Abraham

Last updated on: June 2, 2026 at 10:50 am By Henry Karlson

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Abraham, the “father” of three religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, was a man of great faith, but also a man of his times. God worked with him in accordance to his context, slowly teaching him to move beyond the cultural norms which he had been given, as St. Cyril of Alexandria noted: Since Abraham was of the Chaldean race, and had only recently come out from the place, the Master of all instructed him by way of accommodation to perform... Read more

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2026-06-01T02:23:23-05:00

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Pope Leo XIV’s Call To Stewardship Through Tolkien’s Vision

Last updated on: June 1, 2026 at 2:23 am By Henry Karlson

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Like many others, I was surprised to find that the most recent papal encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, quoted J.R.R. Tolkien, and not just Tolkien, but a character from his books, Gandalf. It is not something I normally would expect to be included in an encyclical, even if the content of the words are encouraging, because it comes from a work of fiction: The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our... Read more

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2026-05-31T01:15:27-05:00

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Reflections After Paschaltide 2026: All Saints

Last updated on: May 31, 2026 at 1:15 am By Henry Karlson

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Everyone is called to the kingdom of God. Everyone can even experience it, at least in part, during their lifetime. Christ tells us that the kingdom of God is at hand; it can even be said to be within us. As Christians, we opened up to it, found ourselves in it, through our baptism, when we became a part of the body of Christ. The kingdom of God is not just for us. Christ draws everyone into himself so that... Read more

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