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Yesterday we looked at Pope Francis’ quote in his sermon from last Wednesday. He said: “The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!”.. We [...]

In 2005 a Russian man made the news with his claims of being able to bring dead people back to life. This was no Miracle Max resuscitation of the “mostly dead” nor a psychic sixth sense of channeling revenant spirits. His claims were audaciously clear: [...]

In my post on what not to say to Catholics you care about, I mentioned the doctrine of Sola Scriptura. I got some questions about it, so I want to elaborate on the doctrine. Sola Scriptura is Latin for “Scripture Alone” which was a motto of [...]

Some governments take their role too seriously. In his book titled How to Label a Goat, Ross Clark has created an insightful anthology of some of Britain’s most ridiculous rules. The book’s title alludes to the British guidelines on how to keep track of sheep and goats. Before [...]

Yesterday we looked at the hermeneutic that causes Jehovah’s Witnesses to eschew blood transfusions. They miss the metaphor that blood represents the life and death of an animal or person. The Jewish hermeneutic is far more simple: Moses said not to eat blood. Case closed. What the [...]