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Tag Archives: Apologetics
More on Proselytism
New addition. See towards the end of this posting for a dialogue between a Lutheran pastor and a conservative Roman Catholic priest. * * * This is not the first time I have written on this subject, but it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Reflections, Religious fanaticism, Roman Catholicism, True Church
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Christianity and Society
I came across the article Atheists sound the alarm: Decline of Christianity is seriously hurting society. It is quite fascinating and reminded me of the two articles (first and second) I wrote on Christian Humanism. I wrote these two from … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Mystery of Evil, Religious fanaticism, Religious pathology, Romanticism
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As the dust settles…
It usually takes contradiction to come to a wise point of view. Thesis and antithesis bring about synthesis as we often oversimply from Hegel’s dialectics. I see caricatures all over the place, and the kind of thing that alienates most … Continue reading
Another Couple of Hissy Fits
Perhaps he thought I had been beaten into submission – but I’m back! He has recently written Latin Mass Again and More From Guelzo On Anglo-Catholicism. Our friend has got steam up again and is ready to pummel us anti-technology romantics into … Continue reading
Isn’t it time to let it all go?
I often come across conversations, things people write and general attitudes asking the same question: why continue with Christianity? – or any permutations of ways to express the question in a similar way. In my own family, I found a … Continue reading
Dan Brown’s “Origin”
My visit to England gave me plenty of time for reading Dan Brown’s new novel Origin. My attention was drawn to it by learning that it featured the Palmar de Troya cult in Spain, something that always attracted my curiosity … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Mystery of Evil, Philosophy, Romanticism, Science
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Something of the Mind of Hell
I am presently battling with the notions of foundationalism and anti-foundationalism in epistemology and metaphysics from Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason to Fichte, Schlegel and Novalis, the latter of whom seemed, as a Christian believer, to be looking for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Conservatism / Liberalism, Mystery of Evil, Philosophy, Romanticism, Truth and tolerance
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A Mark of Low Status?
I think my term Elite Christianity has been misunderstood in some comments, and I have come across an article that gives me some insight into this ambiguity. “Engaging the Culture” Doesn’t Work Because Christian Beliefs Are a Mark of Low Status. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apologetics, Christian culture, Culture, Pastoral matters, Reflections, Relevance
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British Left-Wing Press admits the Historical Evidence of Christ
This is quite impressive coming from the mainstream left-wing press in England: What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died? The article was written by Simon Gathercole, Reader in New Testament Studies at the University of Cambridge. One … Continue reading
Replacing Christianity?
Some brief correspondence with my sister who is a convinced Baptist indirectly brought my mind to a website I discovered independently a day or two ago, The Spiritual Basis of Romanticism. Before any attempt to make intelligent observations, I tried … Continue reading