A friend got me thinking recently about the moral weight of suicide. I don’t have many thoughts that are clear on the topic, but I did find an interesting quote I thought probably sums up my thoughts well, from Letters from California Jumpers: I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was…
DetailsI am curious as to what the moral requirement is when our biology is somehow bettered by possibly immoral action. For example, masturbation can lessen chances of prostate cancer. Possibly in this category, heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers. Why would God create biological mechanisms that are furthered by sin? (I don’t know if the Original Sin…
DetailsIt isn’t Sunday. OOPS. But that Sunday Song is staying up there… I do have one more thing for you today, and article whose subject I have been thinking of often lately (I will post why soon, when I get a chance to sit down and write). Janet Smith, Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred…
DetailsHere are some things I have found of late while surfing around the interwebs… Religion: Dinesh D’Souza has been appointed the prez of King’s College in NY. Perfect opportunity in my opinion for the Catholics to do something for the evangelicals. Mark Shea (of course) talks about the spirit versus the letter of the law…
DetailsFrom this week’s ToTheSource, comes Dinesh D’Souza: We have witnessed a moral revolution since the 1960s that has altered our public understanding of morality and spurred the “culture wars” that continue to divide America. This moral change cannot be understood simply in terms of “urban values” (Blue America) versus “community values (Red America). Nor is…
DetailsThis woman may be a good politician, but she sure is a disingenuous b****:Just sayin’… Every Catholic blog on earth has also picked up on that clue. I like Hitch, and I like Fr. Barron. Here’s a mix: You can thank God that the laws of physics on this planet make for beauty and danger…
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