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July 2021

July 23, 2021

The Crime of Being Human

I was 18 years old when I converted to Catholicism. It is, I think, a...

June 2021

June 22, 2021

Is Religion Evil?

A group of protestors stand at the funeral of a gay soldier, waving placards about...

June 09, 2021

The Hatred that Calls Itself Love pt II: History

I’ve been putting off the second half of my piece on why the Church’s sexual...

March 2021

March 08, 2021

There is No Faith Which Can’t Be Lost

One of the most common (and frankly most offensive) responses that Christians give to atheists...

February 2021

February 28, 2021

The Embrace of Truth: How Dogma Frustrates the Love of Wisdom

There is a sense in which dogmatic faith renders philosophy impossible. I recall, several years...

May 2020

May 17, 2020

Problem of Evil, or Problem of Ego?

When it comes right down to, our attempts to reach out across the cosmic divide...

April 2020

April 25, 2020

A God After My Own Heart: How We Make God in Our Own Image

Over the next little while, I want to talk about the spiritual life and in...

March 2020

March 02, 2020

The Fall of the Great Man: Reflections on Jean Vanier

Since the revelations about Jean Vanier came to light, I have been mulling over the...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength

So there's this communist dictatorship. The head of state is elected for life -- but...

February 26, 2020

The Road Goes Ever On

Several months ago, I contacted my editor at Patheos Catholic. "I'm not really Catholic anymore,"...