Fr. Barron explains: Most of us have heard the adage: “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you are a nice person.” But is that true? Are right belief and right action two unconnected issues? Fr. Robert Barron doesn’t think so, and today he shows how our behavior depends on our moral convictions.…
DetailsDeterminism is a self-defeating philosophy, because if a person does not choose beliefs and is programmed to believe a certain thing, he or she is incapable of truly believing anything. In truth, the value of the belief is chosen for already. Even so, some people still support the idea – notably famous psychologists. Unfortunately, they…
DetailsHere are a few articles I have collected that are worthy of a click’n’read (I added a few sites in “Links” as well)… Time, yet again for the annual story I have posted for three years around this time: Army says “no more tanks”; Congress says “Oh, you’re gonna have more tanks, all right.” We…
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+ Robert McDermott, in his chapter “The Need for Physical and Spiritual Dialogue: Reflections on Ken Wilber’s Sex, Ecology, Spirituality” raises the issue of whether polemical discourse is ever appropriate for academic and especially spiritual dialogue . He ends up rather strongly condemning polemic, his major point being that it isn’t spiritual. But…
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