Purposefully ambiguous, the new movie Calvary shows the challenging journey of a priest in a small town in Catholic-hostile Ireland. I found the movie to be one of the most Catholic I have ever seen, while possessing a beauty rarely surpassed even in well-done films today. Here is the contrast between the Catholic and everyman,…
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“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.”
James Hannam gives your lecture this week, rebutting the common notions that the Catholic Church is or has been (the Middle Ages, for example) somehow anti-science. Let’s let this myth die forever, shall we?
Umphrey’s McGee – Mantis
Are you sick of hamfisted Matt Walsh yet? I am too, but some paragraphs from his recent rant “Attention gay rights lobby your feelings aren’t constitutionally protected” are money: In fact, this is very much a part of the problem — this idea that you must be afraid of someone, or hate them, just because…
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Legal precedents like Hobby Lobby are not, contrary to popular opinion, using religion as a sword against others. Nor are they a loophole that people are using just so they can stick it to The Man for no reason. People sincerely believe these things, and whether you agree or disagree with the foundation of that…
DetailsNote these: Fascinating look into the Vatican’s finances. Pope Frank, cleanin’ house! Why didn’t I also think of charging many users just a few cents for bids on an auction site? The idea is relatively simple and absolutely genius. Add these 50 studies to the list of those that destroy the leftist worldview. High five.…
DetailsI would do him one better – something is weird about bin Laden’s involvement. I am not sure what is true (and r/conspiracy isn’t known to be a den of geniuses), but something is fishy about a guy refusing to claim responsibility until 3 years later…
It isn’t unusual in political discussion to hear someone say “Stop making your personal morality the rule for everyone else!” Besides being the epitome of a cop-out, since all beliefs about how society should be structured are based on a vision of morality, it is important to ponder why some beliefs are seen as morality…
DetailsAs much as I try to avoid linking to this loose cannon, he is right on the money in his latest column about PBS’ running of a pro-abortion documentary humanizing abortion doctors. He seethes, as we all should: [Y]our efforts to humanize abortionists are not necessary. We all know that abortionists are human. That’s why…
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