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Another short religion lesson

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Yesterday I wrote about Halloween, and got more comments on a single post than I have in a long time. Everyone knows about Halloween of course, but did you know that today, the very day after Halloween, is a Holyday? If you’re a heathen (non-Catholic) you probably don’t know that this is a Holy Day […]

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Protecting the children: Swedish style

Monday, October 15, 2007

Guess what? It is possible to run a government on rational principles. Via Pharyngula, we learn that Sweden is protecting its children from a public menace that our government actually encourages: The Swedish government is to crack down on the role religion plays in independent faith schools. The new rules will include a ban on […]

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Bible lesson

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Post suggested by my son. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gpy4Y2OdzY[/youtube] A totally accurate re-telling of the story by the way, right down to the “take my daughters, spare my guests” part.

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Secularism rising

Monday, June 25, 2007

Steve Benen, writing at Talking Points Memo, comments on an article in the Atlantic, which noted that the number of Americans who stated that they had “no religious preference” doubled (from 7%) between 1992 and 2002. The authors of a study cited in the article, Michael Hout and Claude S. Fischer, concluded that the increase […]

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No hell below us

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

There are times when being a non-believer has its down side. Jerry Falwell’s death has brought on one of those times. When I was back there in pre-seminary school, I believed that when you died you were judged by God (or his duly appointed deputy) and sent to a proper place. I took some satisfaction […]

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Silently longing

Monday, May 14, 2007

The Catholic Church, at least today, has a fairly good record on science. Having been burned by Galileo (figuratively that is, almost literally for him), the Church has kept a rather low profile on scientific issues. Officially, for instance, it has reluctantly accepted the scientific validity of evolution. However, that doesn’t stop it from adopting […]

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Stranded in St. Paul

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

I would very much like to know what the position of the Religious Right might be on this current controversy in Minneapolis-St. Paul. It appears that most of the taxi drivers in the Twin Cities are Somali Muslims, who do not approve of alchohol. They have taken to refusing to accept passengers who show visible […]

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More on Limbo, short this time

Saturday, April 28, 2007

I am indebted to a commenter with the appropriate name of Gloria, who directed me to this site run by some Catholics who agree with my alarm at the passing of limbo. According to them, and I most humbly agree, the abolition of limbo is heresy, just one of many that they have documented: All […]

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Catholics on the Court

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I’m so confused. As I said a few days ago, I have a theological degree from Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, but even I can’t figure this out. When John Kerry was running for president, Catholic Bishops pretty much threatened him with excommunication for his views on abortion. They made it clear that they […]

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Sunday Sermon, or Limbo Redux

Sunday, April 22, 2007

As faithful readers know, I have an advanced degree in theology, having majored in that subject for eight years at Our Lady of Sorrows Grammar School, where I also took the obligatory minor in guilt. Faithful readers might also remember the dire consequences that I predicted would come to pass were Holy Mother Church to […]

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