David McPike
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Santa is not real, so maybe stop lying about it already?
It's that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to Christmas preparations, so perhaps this would be a good time to break the news: despite what you may have been told , Santa Claus is not real . That's right: people have been lying to you about this! L...
It's that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to Christmas preparations, so perhaps this would be a good time to break the news: despite what you may have been told , Santa Claus is not real . That's right: people have been lying to you about this! L...
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God Forgets
Yesterday our pastor declared that, quite unlike us, God doesn't just
forgive; he forgets! I'm like, WHat?! So we forgetful human beings actually
have a faculty of memory superior to that of God Almighty?! Hold up just a
minute there. If you think that ...
Yesterday our pastor declared that, quite unlike us, God doesn't just
forgive; he forgets! I'm like, WHat?! So we forgetful human beings actually
have a faculty of memory superior to that of God Almighty?! Hold up just a
minute there. If you think that ...
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The Good Samaritan, a parable of latter-day saintliness?
The preaching preached to me this past Sunday was ostensibly about the parable
of the Good Samaritan. The preacher took the opportunity to share with us some
history which he believed we needed to understand in order to understand the
Gospel reading, namely...
The preaching preached to me this past Sunday was ostensibly about the parable
of the Good Samaritan. The preacher took the opportunity to share with us some
history which he believed we needed to understand in order to understand the
Gospel reading, namely...
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Bishop Barron: "Polishing the Diamonds" [with comments]
Polishing
the Diamonds By
Bishop Robert Barron There
is a regrettable interpretation of the cross that has, unfortunately, infected
the minds of many Christians. This is the view that the bloody sacrifice of the
Son on the cross was “satisfying” to the Fath...
Polishing
the Diamonds By
Bishop Robert Barron There
is a regrettable interpretation of the cross that has, unfortunately, infected
the minds of many Christians. This is the view that the bloody sacrifice of the
Son on the cross was “satisfying” to the Fath...
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Environmentalism and intrinsic evil
What should we say about someone who, faced with the option
of voting for a Nazi candidate, urges careful consideration of the pros and
cons? “We should avoid violent anti-Semitism and such. But we also need to
promote effective strategies for national stab...
What should we say about someone who, faced with the option
of voting for a Nazi candidate, urges careful consideration of the pros and
cons? “We should avoid violent anti-Semitism and such. But we also need to
promote effective strategies for national stab...
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Some views on Pope Francis' approval of the Argentine proposal
Robert Royal writes a very good piece here: A Bizarre Papal Move . Jeff Mirus writes an interesting piece here: Not Heretical . Ed Peters responds to Mirus here: May I Demur... I would add this response to Mirus: Mirus writes: "The key question is: Which is...
Robert Royal writes a very good piece here: A Bizarre Papal Move . Jeff Mirus writes an interesting piece here: Not Heretical . Ed Peters responds to Mirus here: May I Demur... I would add this response to Mirus: Mirus writes: "The key question is: Which is...
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Racism: empathy vs. love
https://mattstauffer.org/257/please-remember-my-black-son/ CCC 1767: "passions are neither good nor evil. They are morally qualified only to the extent that they effectively engage reason and will." Empathy is entering into and sharing in the passions/feeli...
https://mattstauffer.org/257/please-remember-my-black-son/ CCC 1767: "passions are neither good nor evil. They are morally qualified only to the extent that they effectively engage reason and will." Empathy is entering into and sharing in the passions/feeli...
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Grateful to Pope Francis
"It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought." (Aristotle, Metaphysi...
"It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought." (Aristotle, Metaphysi...
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"Let us be frank. Our opinions were not honestly come by..."
People are ignorant. This is a permanent part of the human
condition (we have limited intellectual capacity, limited resources for developing
those capacities, and limited will to do so). Thus, ignorance, just in itself, is
not at all a moral defect. (In it...
People are ignorant. This is a permanent part of the human
condition (we have limited intellectual capacity, limited resources for developing
those capacities, and limited will to do so). Thus, ignorance, just in itself, is
not at all a moral defect. (In it...
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"My kingdom is not of this world" - but vote! (or not)
"My kingdom is not of this world" - but vote! (Unless you are young and foolish and have no understanding of the important issues, have a poorly formed conscience, etc. - in that case, don't vote!) We have recently had a couple of spiels after mass from our...
"My kingdom is not of this world" - but vote! (Unless you are young and foolish and have no understanding of the important issues, have a poorly formed conscience, etc. - in that case, don't vote!) We have recently had a couple of spiels after mass from our...
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