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God and Man at MIT
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (99+ words) The pamphleteers are hard to miss. They stand in front of the big doors of Lobby 7, MIT's main entrance, waving, preaching, and flagging down passersby with all the urgency The post God and Man at MIT appeared first on The…...
The Nine Billion Names of God
2+ week, 5+ day ago (249+ words) Francis X. Maier on Friday, March 27, 2026 Thus, when it comes to questions of why, science won't " because it can't " answer the Big One:" Why is there anything instead of nothing? Here's the irony." Intellectual vanity is good news for a gifted…...
Confronting the Ideology of Inevitability
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (94+ words) Protestant dispensationalism holds that the promises made to Israel remain apart from the Church, awaiting fulfillment in a rebuilt Temple, ushering in the Second Coming. Dispensationalism promotes a dangerously detailed The post Confronting the Ideology of Inevitability appeared first on…...
Lived experience" and moral tradition: rivals or partners?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (124+ words) The Catholic Thing Bishop Barron on the Woman at the Well: a master class in evangelization. Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome Hildegard of Bingen: "Columba Aspexit" (the dove looked in), sung by Catherine King Lived experience" and moral tradition: rivals…...
Faith and science aren't enemies (and young people need to hear it)
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (136+ words) The Catholic Thing Bishop Barron on the Woman at the Well: a master class in evangelization. Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome Hildegard of Bingen: "Columba Aspexit' (the dove looked in), sung by Catherine King Faith and science aren't enemies (and…...
Living without God in the World
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (228+ words) Mystery of God! thou brave & beauteous world! Made fair with light, & shade, & stars, & flowers; Made fearful and august with woods & rocks, Jagg'd precipice, black mountain, The post Living without God in the World appeared first on The Catholic Thing. Mystery…...
Biblicism: No Antidote to Scientism
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (860+ words) | Franc'z'tina | Nem'ina | talian'ina | Slov'k | 'paniel'ina | Portugal'ina Luis E. Lugo on utorok, febru'r 17, 2026 Vo svojom recent review on this site of Daniel Kuebler's book on the compatibility of Catholicism and evolutionary theory, Casey Chalk refers to the catechesis on creationism he received…...
There is only one human nature
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (100+ words) People are different. From the fact that their personalities are different, though, it doesn't follow that their natures are different. The virtues are good for all human beings; the vices The post There is only one human nature appeared first…...
The Church and Darwin
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (320+ words) | Franc's | Alem'n | italiano | eslovaco | Espa'ol | portugu's viernes, enero 16, 2026 Catholics are therefore free to hold a range of positions related to evolution, from rejecting it outright as incompatible with Genesis, to accepting just about all evolutionary theory except for what denies…...
Human love prefigures Divine love
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (491+ words) Purely human love is the embryo of the Love of the Divine. One finds some suggestions of this in Plato, who argues that the purpose of love is to make The post Human love prefigures Divine love appeared first on…...