Lent: Why We Fast
We don’t do it because we think that some good thing like food or technology are bad. We do it because we recognize that we are bad and need to overcompensate to become good.
Traditional Catholic Grievance Fatigue & Protesting Corruption
There are more constructive ways to address the crisis than the cycle of blame we seem to be caught in.
The Liberal Hypocrisy On Sex
Prior to the sexual revolution, our society had a certain legal and moral consensus on sexual behaviour. Then certain factions in society started pushing for a cultural shift that produced the sexual revolution based on a desire to liberalize sexuality in western society.
How Christianity Led to Science
There’s this narrative out there that says that science arose in Christian Europe in spite of the antagonism of the religious authorities against reason. It portrays the scientific revolution as the inevitable triumph of reason over superstition.
Notre Dame vs. Modern Architects
Notre Dame, and other buildings like it, are left over from an age that believed something fundamentally different about art and design.
Defeating Pro-Life Arguments
Notre Dame, and other buildings like it, are left over from an age that believed something fundamentally different about art and design.
Will YOU Go To Heaven?
If we’re just sitting around assuming that we are destined for reward when we’re not, the best thing we can encounter is a bit of that old fashioned cynicism.
Does Clericalism Explain Corruption?
At every turn of scandal, authorities, including the Pope, continue to tell us that these are symptoms of clericalism.
Liturgy: Your Taste Doesn’t Matter.
We’re avoiding the difficult yet necessary duty of conforming ourselves to what God requires of us and, instead, trying to conform our religion to our pre-existing preferences.
Basing Identity on Our Desires
If we all have the desire to do the right thing, but aren’t necessarily always willing to, does that mean that our desires to do the right thing translate into high moral inventory?