Randomness refers to thought. Generally, randomness designates the ignorance of order. Specifically, it is the logical process of defining a population or set of new
The Church is one in the integrity of the life of the Blessed Trinity, Whose life is shared with Man as sanctifying grace through baptism.
One form of modern relativism states that to understand, “You need to weigh out the probabilities.” (at minute 45:30) From this perspective, we can surmise,
In a recent essay in the National Catholic Register, author Joseph Pearce identified the atheism championed by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion as easy
In the context of a technological assay, such as a screening test for a disease, a false positive is a failure, but, if its frequency
Chana Messinger posted a lucid essay challenging the contention that science and theology, as forms of human knowledge, address different subject matter and therefore cannot
Richard Dawkins presents his central argument in The God Delusion as not only rescuing Darwinian evolution from absurdity (p. 122) but as demonstrating “why there
There is a controversy between adherents of two views of time, one called eternalism and the other presentism. Eternalism claims that from the perspective of
It would seem that the coming into being of a new material entity is necessarily creation today, i.e., here and now. How else but through
Simply, the Catholic and Gnostic views of materiality are, respectively, Good and Evil, which engender hope and despair. It is paradoxical that the modern adoration
So what if Richard Dawkins can’t count to seven? He is still a mathematician in accordance with the adage, “There are three kinds of mathematicians:
Trains and chains are popular analogies used to illustrate the argument for a First Cause, whom we call God. See: Reasons to Believe (p. 32)
The joys of revelation transcend philosophy more so than existence transcends the nature of every material being, including man’s nature, the ultimate material being. The
“Nix algebra, deaths, and vampires” was the message I received in comments on my previous essay. I am omitting the algebra from this essay. In
Can Bayes’ theorem debunk tales of vampires or books of the Bible, such as the Lucan book of Acts, identifying it as mythology as evidenced
God is the knowledgeable initiator of serial probabilities, according to a recent essay. In consideration of the contingency of existence and the corresponding probability of
We do not live in space and time because we do not live in a world created by human thought. We live in a world
As humans we can only concentrate on one thing at a time, so we divide our search for truth into separate disciplines. Philosophy is the
Scientists accept almost the entirety of their knowledge of science, even in their area of expertise, on faith in the testimony of others regarding the
Two false arguments for God’s existence are an old one, the a priori argument of St. Anselm, and a current one, the argument from probability.
We are living the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, specifically the fifth Joyful Mystery in the loss of Jesus, before his finding in the Temple
The Church is one in the integrity of the life of the Blessed Trinity, Whose life is shared with Man as sanctifying grace through baptism.
