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Secularists Solemnize? Abortion Sacred?
The Center for Inquiry sent me a solicitation asking would I like to be trained, for a modest consideration, to be a "Secular Celebrant." What is that? As many as…
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The Fourth Crisis Of The Church & Pope Francis
In lieu of our continuing tour through Summa Contra Gentiles, this post. The site that hosts the book is having hiccups---a subject which I know all about. Let's pray it's…
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The 2014 CS Lewis Lecture By RR Reno: The Piety of Pedagogy. Guest Report by The Blonde Bombshell
The working topic for the lecture was "CS Lewis: First and Second Things", no doubt inspired by the words of the Master himself, and perhaps with a wink toward a…
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Humanae Vitae & The Sexual Revolution: Theories And Predictions
This corrected post originally ran 14 May 2014. But given rumblings in the Church, that it is Lent, and the importance of the message to all of us, it is…
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Statistics Good, Bad & Ugly
In an attempt to catch up on my 300-some emails (yes, the total has grown considerably; probably because of recent publicity), here are some articles sent in by readers that…
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Evolution & The Big Bang Are Perfectly Consistent With Christianity (And Catholicism)
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blogcast Summary Against Modern Thought to bring you breaking news: Evolution & The Big Bang Are Perfectly Consistent With Christianity. In what should have been…
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Another Academic Calls For Shorter People To Battle Global Warming
Academic philosopher S Matthew Liao (NYU) and pals are coming to get you. They want to monkey with your genes, kill your unwanted, inject growth-stunting hormones into your womb, poison…
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Sexual Immorality, Low Birth Rates, And Religion
Pew Research released a survey on the Global Views on Morality, asking adults in each of several countries whether the following activities were morally unacceptable: Extramarital Affairs, Homosexuality, Abortion, Premarital…
