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May 18, 2025

Why do Catholics Believe In The Biblical God?

"I contend we are both atheists; I just believe in one fewer god than you...

March 2025

March 16, 2025

Does God Intervene in Human Affairs?

As anyone who knows me or has read my work is aware, I have no...

March 09, 2025

Can Philosophy Enhance Our Understanding of Catholicism?

Can philosophy improve religion and help us to understand God, or should philosophy and religion...

March 02, 2025

Bridging the Gap Between Spirit and Christ

If theology is the systematic study of God, it is only natural that Catholic theology...

February 2025

February 23, 2025

Pneumatology: Studying The Holy Spirit

The word mystery has a specific meaning when used in a religious context. It connotes...

January 2025

January 19, 2025

Jesus’ Identity and the Question of Godhood

It is a rare occasion indeed when Christians and atheists agree. However, that is precisely...

January 05, 2025

The Intersection of Nihilism, Atheism, and Catholicism

It is a basic tenet of psychology that we are "meaning making machines." This claim...

December 2024

December 22, 2024

Tracing the History and Symbolism of Christmas

In a secular world, it can be easy to forget the religious and historical significance...

December 01, 2024

The Dance Of Duality: Obtaining Spiritual Balance

Within a subset of philosophy, there is a discipline called metaphysics. This discipline is concerned...

November 2024

November 17, 2024

Why Some Believe in God While Others Don’t

When it comes to matters of faith, there are three options: a person can believe...

November 03, 2024

The Idea Of God

Did God create human beings, or did human beings create God? Is God an actual...

October 2024

October 20, 2024

The End And The Beginning

Nothing ends that does not begin, and nothing begins without an ordained end. Applied to...

October 06, 2024

Catholic Church And The Development Of Western Law

One aspect (Immanuel Kant would argue the only aspect of value) of religion on society...

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Do All Religions Lead to God? Examining Pope Francis’ Claim

Pope Francis is well acquainted with controversy. Most recently, he raised some eyebrows with his...

September 15, 2024

A Conversion Story

It is said that the third child is affectionate and uncomplicated. However, I can make...

September 08, 2024

The Intersection of Tradition and Change in Catholicism

“He who marries the spirit of the times will soon find himself a widower.” —...

August 2024

August 25, 2024

Sin And Volition

I recently came across a post on X (formerly Twitter) showing a woman wearing a...

August 18, 2024

Sabbath And The Spirit Of The Law

As anyone familiar with the New Testament knows, Jesus frequently spoke in parables, and his...

August 04, 2024

The Idolatry Of Politics

A strong case can be made that politics has replaced baseball as America’s pastime. Regardless...

July 2024

July 14, 2024

What Is Evidential Apologetics?

The following paper is the second of three on Catholic and Christian apologetics. Having previously...

April 2024

April 21, 2024

The Primacy Of The Cross

“We are an Easter People, and Alleluia is our song!” - Pope John Paul II....

March 2024

March 31, 2024

Salvation, Suffering, And Death

“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.” -...

March 24, 2024

A Personal God?

Two propositions must be considered foundational for Catholic theology: the existence of God and the...

March 17, 2024

On The Transcendence And Immanence Of God

God is immanent, and God is transcendent. That is, God is everywhere, and God is...

February 2024

February 11, 2024

Tropes, Schemes, And Scripture

A close reading of Scripture quickly reveals the use of various literary devices such as...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

The Trilemma of C.S. Lewis

Perhaps after the question of the existence of God, no more significant issue faces Catholicism...

January 14, 2024

The Devil And Free Will

Perhaps the most famous work of the English artist John Martin is Satan Expelled from...

January 07, 2024

The Abandonment Of God

Did God abandon Jesus on the Cross? For those who profess that Jesus is God,...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Atheism’s Psychological Fallacy

One need not spend much time in discourse with atheists before one encounters the claim...

June 2023

June 11, 2023

Is Existentialism Compatible With Catholicism?

Philosophy is one of mankind’s oldest pursuits, dating some six hundred years before the birth...