Category Archives: Religion

Life is Easier – So Should Religion Be

We are now well into the season of Lent for 2021 and so far at least, without any hint that we’re going to be deprived of the Mass again during this Holy Time. The Feast of St. Joseph was the … Continue reading

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The Allegory of the Bottle

I don’t know whether this will be seen as poorly thought out, absurd or just silly but I want to attempt to write it down anyway.  Imagine that Christianity or more specifically the Body of Christ is a bottle — … Continue reading

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Civilians aren’t Combatants

Edward Feser had written a response to a recent article by George Weigel trying to justify the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in the Catholic Herald. It is well worth reading though you could take or leave the article he … Continue reading

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Fake Catholics

A few years ago when the term “fake news” began being spread, Donald Trump was quick to use it against his shameless enemies in the media — particularly CNN. The media reacted as you would expect and stopped using the … Continue reading

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Thinking and Submitting

One of the most impressive coups the elites have pulled over the last few decades is making people think they’re intelligent simply for submitting to authority. This can be seen in the realms of politics and society but more notably … Continue reading

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So QAnon is real then.

https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1285726277719199746?s=20 I’ve followed the QAnon on and off but never obsessively. I occasionally check the extensive coverage on Neon Revolt but I would never say I was on board with it as a whole. Similar with many current goings-on, there … Continue reading

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Fisking Fletcher on the Latin Mass

I love reading a good fisking but I’ve seldom done one on the blog with only this one coming up in a search. The following article about the Latin Mass appeared in the National Catholic Register in November last year … Continue reading

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Your silence isn’t enough.

More: The maxim of the law is: ‘Silence Gives Consent’. If therefore, you wish to construe what my silence ‘betokened’, you must construe that I consented, not that I denied. Cromwell: Is that what the world in fact construes from … Continue reading

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Let Sodom Burn Sodom

There are two jokes about places like San Francisco that I like. One is that if God doesn’t destroy it soon, he is going to owe Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.  The other is mischievously observing that there must still … Continue reading

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Battlestar Galactica: Rewatching the Reimagining

Late last month I finished a re-watching of the Battlestar Galactica reimagining which began as a miniseries in late 2003 and ran for four seasons from 2004 until 2009. I often mention that I don’t watch TV on this blog … Continue reading

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