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Is Human Nature Merely a Toy?

Christopher Reilly August 2, AD2019 1 Comment

We human beings have always played around with our nature. But there is a point where the playing goes too far. We like to alter

The Shroud of Turin: The Unbelievable “Forgery” Theory

Anthony S. Layne July 26, AD2019 12 Comments

Ever since the 1988 radiocarbon tests of the Shroud of Turin, the laboratories’ conclusion that the fabric dates from between 1260 and 1390 “with 95%

It is Always Time for Faith

Richard Van Kirk February 11, AD2019 No Comments

Saint Paul writes a message of hope in time of great trial in his Second Letter to the Corinthians. He calls the body a tent,

Some Thoughts on Freedom and Truth

Gene M. Van Son July 4, AD2018 No Comments

Some 242 years ago Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States of America was born. We declared our freedom from the

Contraceptives Hurt Women and Millennials May Agree

Mary Pesarchick February 3, AD2018 23 Comments

[A] man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a woman, and, disregarding her physical and emotional

Book Review: Mike Aquilina’s “The Healing Imperative”

Anthony S. Layne November 20, AD2017 1 Comment

Mike Aquilina is one of the most prolific Catholic authors today, having churned out over fifty books as well as numerous essays and articles.

Plato, Miracles, and the Reality of Matter

Bob Drury July 17, AD2017 1 Comment

Plato realized that the intelligible is immaterial by identifying a fundamental difference between the intelligible and the material. The intelligible is universal, while the

Continuing the Reconciliation of Evolution with Revelation

Bob Drury June 14, AD2017 6 Comments

The purpose of revelation is not to confirm what man can know of material and immaterial things through his own natural capacity. The purpose is

A Matter of a Universe That Matters: Why I Am a Christian

Anthony S. Layne May 30, AD2017 2 Comments

“Always be ready,” Scripture tells us, “to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you”

A True Catholic Hero: Jerome Lejeune

Stephanie H. To September 30, AD2016 2 Comments

We have a dearth of public, real-life heroes. Most public figures, whether in entertainment or politics, fall far from the mark when it comes to

Credo Scientific Dogma Part I

Guy McClung May 14, AD2016 1 Comment

People in power, throughout history and still today, tend to misuse and abuse science to achieve their ends. Could it be because they make science

The Reality—or Lack Thereof—of Time Travel

Cecily Lowe January 29, AD2016 No Comments

(Spoiler alert: for those of you who have not seen the Back to the Future trilogy, particularly the second installment, reading this could potentially take

I Complain, Therefore I Am

H. L. Duncan May 25, AD2015 30 Comments

The popular atheist blogger, Hemant Mehta, ponders change with the question, “What happens when atheists are no longer a minority?” He mentions the human need

The Depiction Of Motion In Scripture And In Science

Bob Drury March 16, AD2015 1 Comment

I backed out of the garage and to the right onto the parking area, then turned left onto the driveway. At the end of the

Tipping the Sacred Cow of Science–Confessions of A Science Agnostic* **

Bob Kurland November 24, AD2014 11 Comments

Definition of “agnostic” (Oxford): “having a doubtful or noncommittal attitude toward something” “Behind the tireless efforts of the investigator there lurks a stronger, more

The Remarkable Jesuit Chinese Missions

Andrew Kassebaum July 3, AD2014 6 Comments

In late December 1668, in a contest held at the Chinese Bureau of Astronomy, the Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) correctly predicted the length of a

Which is real–Science or God?

Bob Kurland May 13, AD2014 7 Comments

“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.‘ I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I