James the Greater is one of the twelve apostles; he is brother to John and a son of Zebedee. He is the James of the “inner circle” of “Peter, James, and John” who was present at the Transfiguration. He was martyred in the early 40s AD. James the Lesser is a moniker for James son of Alphaeus; he is the second of the twelve apostles known as James. If he is not the same man …
Human Life vs The Dollar
You know that HIV-AIDS epidemic that you hear so much and so little about. Turns out that one of the single greatest contributors to the problem is the fact that plastic syringes, which cannot be sterilized, get reused around 200 times. The result shouldn’t surprise anyone: millions of new infections each year. Guess what all you who are on the Last Acceptable Prejudice bandwagon, ie. Catholic Church critics: condoms don’t, can’t, and won’t ever protect …
Concerning Newtown
In light of Newtown, CT and the Colorado theater shooting… let’s all take a moment… to thank the bureaucrats and Obama for fighting for guaranteed contraception while doing nothing for mental health.
Philosophy and Theology Basics
“Philosophy is the knowledge of everything that exists as determined by their causes which are open to the investigation of reason alone.” As such, philosophy is encompassing of human knowledge, extending beyond sense experience to what may be known through the rational mind and inference. The first philosophers began with sense knowledge and sought to provide explanations for experiences gained through sense. The intelligibility of the world meant that they proceeded from mere experience to …
God’s Grace Be on Connecticut
What happened yesterday was truly tragic, and I am not using it as an opportunity to talk about gun control. Rather, because a country full of imbeciles are using yesterday as a reason to talk about gun control laws, I’m addressing the topic that others stupidly put on the table. First, exceptions and hard cases make bad law. Second, the city with a long experiment with the strictest gun control laws in the country, my …