Dec
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Science and Scientism
December 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Science is arguably among the greatest achievements of the human intellect. The collective body of knowledge that has been slowly brought to light through the centuries by generations of philosophers, mathematicians, physicists, biologists, chemists, etc., has done much to improve not only our material existence but the state of our souls. Any genuine Christian humanist [...]
Dec
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Dancing the Limbo
December 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The concept of limbo has never been a de fide element of the Catholic faith, though there have been times and places where it was taught more forcefully than others. Aquinas was quite sure of its existence, but his version of limbo is basically heaven without conscious awareness of being in heaven–something that seems somewhat [...]
Dec
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Tales of Two Magicians
December 2, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Just for fun, on this First Friday of Advent, why not compare the thoughtful, sensitive, and insightful comments of a genuinely intelligent man on the nature of God’s interaction with us, here at PBS’s This I Believe, with the stupid, ignorant, and puerile stream-of-consciousness of this moron, also at PBS’s This I Believe.
Ironically, Penn Jillette [...]
