Tolerance. Unless you’re one of those godbothering christers who actually take the Bible seriously. In which case, shut up. Also, I heard some priests pulled a Sandusky, so any argument about morality is invalid. Plus, that Jesus stuff is like, so totally OLD.
And the angel opened up the fourth seal, etc… Speaking as a Catholic, I wish the Church would be more open on the contraception question. But speaking as an American liberal who believes that religious pluralism imposes certain obligations on government, I think the Church’s leaders had a right to ask for broader relief from… Read More I Agree With E.J. Dionne
Camp of the Saints has the goods. We should keep in mind that Christianity has always been a challenge to those views and values that human society normalizes. Abortion and contraception existed in the 1st century AD as well, albeit less effectively. As human societies exist to simplify human relationships, sometimes murder becomes a convenience.… Read More Mark Steyn: Rick Santorum is Creepy; Dr. Gosnell is Not Creepy
In 1999, the Vatican issued guidelines for exorcisms. Among them was the requirement that a person claiming demonic possession should first be screened by doctors to rule out illness. In 2012, that fact is used as the premise for a bad movie to trash the Church as “hypocritical,” “bureaucratic,” and uncaring. Because a religious organization… Read More The Big, Bad Catholic Church Strikes Again.
At Catholibertarian: Do the elements added by the U.S. bishops in 1983 to traditional just war criteria help in determining whether a particular war is just?. I always took the requirement of “a probability of success” to mean that there was a serious and thoughtful plan, in line with other principles, to bring about success quickly.… Read More Complicating Just-War Theory
Rick Santorum’s Catholicism runs to the fervent, and can discompose people whose faith is nominative at best. As one who believes in charity as a divine command, I’m going to offer that as an explanation for Alan Colmes’ cheap shot about Santorum bringing his dead son home in 1996 before taking him to the funeral… Read More Alan Colmes Loosens His Filter
I hate “Imagine” by John Lennon. Hate it. I hate it’s sappy, maudlin piano riff; I hate it’s dull, lazy structure. I hate the video featuring Yoko just off to the side like some soul-engulfing gargoyle. I hate the insipid cartoon image of Lennon that packages the song. But most of all, I hate the lyrics,… Read More Imagine All The People…Liking Better Songs: A Fisking of John Lennon
DaTechGuy, guest-blogging at FilmLadd, discusses an old movie with an old actor in an old role as an example of Buckley’s indoctrination: Now, I wouldn’t expect Carl Reiner to give an endorsement to Christianity, but note what he does. All religions are equal, all are valid, there is no “truth”, none of that “Thou shalt… Read More Oh, God! You Genial, Liberal Fellow
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