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Big Conservative media celebrities have regularly chastised the left for failing to acknowledge the existence of evil in our world.  Yet while the left is indeed a moral swampland, Big Conservatives should remove the boulder from their own collective eye first. Violence, whether it is politically-motivated against those who leftist thugs deem insufficiently progressive, or…

Many self-identified (though not necessarily practicing) Christians, or at least those living in the contemporary Western world, tend to think that the existence of other religious and philosophical traditions somehow threatens the unique claims of Christianity. While I won’t bother rehashing it here, in my last essay I made an argument designed to show that…

As readers know, this series, “Thinking Clearly, Choosing Wisely,” was partially—but only partially—provoked by an exchange I had with a friend, a fellow Roman Catholic who has proceeded to put into question, if she hasn’t altogether rejected, some of the most fundamental teachings of the Christian faith. The concerns that my friend expressed are the…

In a previous essay, I argued that if there is no God, then there is no objective, or real, value, whether positive or negative: no goodness, no evil, no right or wrong, and no other values either. Now, Christianity is unique among the world’s philosophical traditions in claiming that God is Love. God is Love. …

God is Love. A recent conversation with a friend, a fellow Roman Catholic whose quest for Truth is evidently leading her in heterodox directions, as well as an email from an irate reader who took unequivocal exception to this uniquely Christian conception of God, provoked me to unpack this proposition. In a future essay, I…

While on Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show recently, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg admitted that he favored removing Thomas Jefferson’s name from events. Buttigieg was specifically asked about the removal of the names of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson from the Democratic Party’s annual dinner events.  He responded that it “was the right thing…

The mass shooting at a synagogue in California during the last weekend in April served as but another opportunity for the left to advance its latest Big Lie: The Lie of the ever-growing threat of “White Nationalism.” Some thoughts: First, it is just that we should refer to the White Nationalist menace as a lie,…

In two previous essays (here and here), I noted that I was inspired (in part) to analyze the topics discussed therein by a discussion with a friend and a fellow practicing Roman Catholic.  My friend had revealed to me that in her quest to further her knowledge of God, she has concluded (at least provisionally)…

In a recent essay, I relayed that the analysis offered of its subject matter, the logic of the concept of God, was inspired by an exchange that I had with a friend and fellow Roman Catholic.  My friend had mentioned that her own search for Truth has led her to essentially reject some of the…

During a recent conversation with a friend, a fellow Roman Catholic who not only attends church regularly, but who often serves in Mass as both a reader and a Eucharistic minister, she revealed, to my surprise, that her quest for Truth has so far led her to put into question some of the most fundamental…
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