Politics
On Enemies of the Church
In my previous post, I took stock of the possibility that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Supposing that he is, what would
Nicene Guy
August 22, AD 2012
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Politics
Barack Obama: Enemy of the Church?
There is a meme which is beginning to make its rounds on facebook stating simply that President Obama is an enemy of the Church. Given his tyrannical HHS mandate, which seems to be specifically targeted at Catholics…
Nicene Guy
August 21, AD 2012
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Religion
Faith, Final Theories, and the Higgs Boson
“In my time, I have heard two quite different arguments against my religion put forth in the name of science. When I was a youngster,
Nicene Guy
July 24, AD 2012
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Religion
Freedom and Fort Nights
During this fortnight for freedom, it is worth reflecting on some words of wisdom by Blessed Pope John Paul the Great: “Freedom consists not in
Nicene Guy
June 26, AD 2012
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Religion
Scientistic Dogma and the Soul
Concerning dogma there are, as Chesterton observed, two kinds of people: those who recognize that they rely on it, and those who don’t. It is
Nicene Guy
May 29, AD 2012
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Mercy and Killing
Capital Punishment and Mercy Unmoderated
The late Russell Kirk may be numbered among my favorite political philosophers. Not everything which he wrote was good, but much of what he did
Nicene Guy
May 1, AD 2012
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Columnists
Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit
Claims by prominent and not-so-prominent physicists that the universe can create itself from nothing are not exactly new. Indeed, such claims have been made since
Nicene Guy
April 3, AD 2012
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Catholic Education
Catholics and Science
Two months ago when the topic of a symposium on Catholic education was first mentioned, I had a brief com-box discussion with my colleague Miss
Nicene Guy
March 6, AD 2012
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Columnists
Trust Not in Technology
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat (or drink), or about your body, what you will wear. Is
Nicene Guy
February 7, AD 2012
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Spirituality
Assumptions and Models
The scientific method, as does much learning in general, begins with observation. Father Stanley Jaki likened this process to the first step in the march
Nicene Guy
January 24, AD 2012
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Columnists
Acts of Faith in the Sciences
The idea that we have faith in everyday matters is not new. This secular faith is practiced by, well, everybody, since we rely on a
Nicene Guy
January 10, AD 2012
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Religion
Contemplating Beauty
Beauty is mentioned alongside goodness and truth as something for which all men yearn; yet of the three, beauty itself is most enigmatic. We want
Nicene Guy
December 30, AD 2011
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Columnists
Beauty and Nature
It is almost inevitably the first question I am asked in any gathering with more than four of my relatives: “So, what is it that
Nicene Guy
December 13, AD 2011
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Religion
My Second Best Reason to Believe in God
“I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are
Nicene Guy
November 14, AD 2011
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Spirituality
Spiritual Battles in a Spiritual War
In his book The Total Money Makeover, finance adviser Mr Dave Ramsey describes a method for not only getting out of debt, but also then
Nicene Guy
November 7, AD 2011
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Prayer
Miracles and Nature
“A small error at the outset can lead to great errors in the final conclusion” (Saint Thomas Aquinas, Being and Essence, quoting Aristotle). There has
Nicene Guy
October 24, AD 2011
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Religion
The False Dichotomy of Religion or Relationship (Part 2)
I concluded my last post by noting that there is a right way to engage in spiritualism, and a right way to develop a “personal
Nicene Guy
October 17, AD 2011
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Religion
The False Dichotomy of Religion or Relationship (Part 1)
Yesterday, my fabulous co-blogger Ms Fabiola Garza published a post about the necessity of religion (as opposed to simply spirituality). To be a good Christian
Nicene Guy
October 13, AD 2011
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Religion
The Hollow Worlds of Scientism and Cynicism
It is frightening to think of the extent to which people are now being encouraged to banish from the minds of their children great questions
Nicene Guy
October 10, AD 2011
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Religion
Faith and Knowledge
Is faith a type of knowledge? This question gets asked often in modern time, and has quite probably been asked time and again since time
Nicene Guy
October 3, AD 2011
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Religion
Copenhagen Universes
There is a claim which runs essentially like this: “Quantum mechanics says that the universe can create itself from nothing.” I have previously addressed the
Nicene Guy
September 26, AD 2011
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