Religion
Tough crowd
God really uses life's screw ups
Even if you’re a total screw up, watch out. God may use you to change the world.
The list of screw ups who changed the world for the good is long. My favorite Old Testament example is …
The fervor of evangelical atheism
"Catholic voters can't vote for a candidate who stands for an intrinsic evil"
There is no room for compromise on the settled issues of our faith. There are two major social issues up for debate this election cycle that are settled issues of our faith. Marriage is between one man and one woman. And life begins at the moment of conception; so, abortion is murder.
It is the Christians, particularly my Catholic brothers and sisters who don’t stand with us on these issues, who distress me the most.
Why do Catholics pray to Mary?
I never realized the centrality of scripture to Catholicism until I became Catholic. Even then, it took me a long time to discover the richness of Mary, Mother of God, in the lives of Catholics, and the biblical underpinnings of Marian devotion.
Read MoreWhy was God so vicious in the Old Testament?
I received a very tough question: “If God has the ability to change people instantly, why would he need to kill so many men, women [pregnant women], and children like he did throughout the Bible? Why kill so many so violently in a flood when he could have just made them better people?”
Read MoreThe strange case of The Lady of Fatima
Who was this woman? She was “brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal ball filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun.”
Read More"This is vile"
“This is vile. The destiny of every woman is to do whatever happens, and thankfully we all have more options open to us than to be appendages to men and broodmares. How insulting to infertile women and women who never have a partner for whatever reason!”
Read MoreTwo beautiful vocations
Did celibacy cause the priest abuse scandal?
“It seems to me that there would be fewer problems if Catholic priests were allowed to marry, as they would have a legitimate venue for sexual release. Humans ARE sexual creatures. God made us this way so that we could “go forth and multiply”, but also told us the proper avenue for those desires.”
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