The proper way to discriminate by race
I’m struggling to find something positive about the Supreme Court’s recent decision outlawing Harvard’s affirmative action (that is, discrimination against Whites and Asians) practices, but as I see...
View ArticleKey moments in damnation history
Christian theology identifies key moments in salvation history. First, there was the Creation, including the creation of man in a state of original righteousness. Second, there was the Incarnation,...
View ArticleThe New Age, the Babylonian Exile, of the Church
We usually assume that no events of fundamental spiritual importance take place between Pentecost and the Second Coming. It was a revelation for me when I read a comment by JMSmith some time ago...
View ArticleHow could the Son not know the “day or hour” of the coming of the Son of Man?
But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Matthew 24:36 This is odd. Does “Son” here mean this “Son of Man” of whom Jesus has been...
View ArticleMiscellaneous: 7/26/2023
A test to see if you’re really an anti-liberal: you should prefer to live under the political and social establishment of your religion’s rival, including having members of your own sect excluded from...
View ArticleBlessed are the sorrowful; the Christian’s response to world apostasy
Christianity is no longer in decline; it is in outright collapse. We see this in collapsing church attendance and use of the sacraments, of widespread formal disaffiliation and apostasy, in the ascent...
View ArticleThree fantasies
It is, I suppose, a common thing for men to fantasize about their lives being different than what they are, of enjoying forbidden or unattainable pleasures, of achievements and victories in reality...
View ArticleMy own thoughts on the future of Christian theology
Pope Francis has recently written on the subject with, from what I hear, his usual vagueness and condescension. Let us see if I can bring some clarity to the matter with two questions. What are the...
View ArticleLearning to die
Christian tradition enjoins us to recall often that we are each fated to die. Cicero and Montaigne consider it the point of philosophy “to learn how to die”. During Advent, I have devoted my daily...
View Articleprivate cultures
Two observations. First, I believe many of us have had experiences like the following. I look back on the objective facts and accomplishments of my life to date, and I at once intuit “there’s so much...
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