The exploration of evil spans philosophical and religious traditions, addressing questions of human nature and divine intention. This course surveys perspectives from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and modern thought, examining themes like original sin, moral depravity, and the psychological dimensions of evil. Key theorists, including Augustine and Kant, are analyzed for their contributions.
Social Justice Causes and The Catholic Church and How The Catholic Church Can, In My Opinion, Have More impact
The author argues that the Church’s primary mission should be the salvation of souls, not social justice activism. They believe that focusing on traditional practices, like the Latin Mass, can organically lead to social justice outcomes. Examples of influential Catholics like Lech Walesa and Cesar Chavez support this viewpoint.
Israeli Hostages Returned and Peace in the Middle East
Many in the United States probably do not understand how president Trump was able to bring apparent peace in the Middle East, how ever temporary, which was not accomplished, though tried by numerous other presidents (Nixon – even with the genius of Henry Kissinger, Carter, Regan, Bush one, Clinton, Bush two, Obama and Biden). Now I’m not pretending to be some sort of genius but I am able to give a point of view different from many
You Tubes Showing the gentle way Charlie Kirk conducted his discussions, Repeating My Thoughts Concerning Hell and arguing that Originally God Created Man Without Suffering
Since I was young, I always had only one question in my mind concerning my religion, “why would an all-good God create a place like hell?” I always had faith that it was true (since God – Jesus Christ, said it), that hell existed and I was always determined not to go there, by obeying… Continue reading You Tubes Showing the gentle way Charlie Kirk conducted his discussions, Repeating My Thoughts Concerning Hell and arguing that Originally God Created Man Without Suffering
On Sacrifice
Sacrifice, as was possibly mentioned some time in this blog (or at least should have been), is the supreme act of religion. But we need an in-depth description of sacrifice in its proper sense to investigate all its implications and past religions practices bearing on the Catholic holy sacrifice of the mass. To insure… Continue reading On Sacrifice
Politics and what seems to be the Problem with The Democratic Party in the United States
The problem the democrats have in my opinion, as (full disclosure) a republican, is that they have abandoned common sense. I feel they are blinded by an obsession with the use of sex purely for pleasure, with conception of a child an inconvenient nuisance and the perception that sex in some way drives most,… Continue reading Politics and what seems to be the Problem with The Democratic Party in the United States
Charlie Kirk Rest in Peace
His was an attempt to show two things in my opinion, 1) how unkind and even barbaric some of the non-conservative positions were 2) and that the only true way to both look at the world and interact with the world to change it for the better is the way Jesus Christ did.
Salvations Climax Summarized
The last thing that should be mentioned is Pentecost. In the Old Testament, God the Father interacted with man directly, communicating with him, punishing him, rewarding him and giving prophets the information that He would be sending a messiah to save them from the punishment due to original sin
Pertinent Information on the Great Courses Lectures on The History of Christianity from the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation
The following are the subjects of each of the 30-minute lectures Disc 1 1. The Historical Study of Christianity 2. The First Cultural context – Greece and Rome 3. The First Cultural context – Judaism 4. The Jesus Movement and the birth of Christianity 5. Paul and Christianity’s first Expansion 5. The Diversity of… Continue reading Pertinent Information on the Great Courses Lectures on The History of Christianity from the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation
The Holy Family and the Average Catholic Family (Part I Our Lady of Sorrows Book Review)
This book was one of the more thought-provoking books on the sorrows of our lady by Charles Journet who was eventually elevated to the position of Cardinal in the Roman Catholic church. The second of the 7 sorrows of our lady is covered in the following partial quote from the book and gives some… Continue reading The Holy Family and the Average Catholic Family (Part I Our Lady of Sorrows Book Review)
Traditional Thomistic Catholic 