Turns out that by the third week of the third trimester, unborn children can form memories. American Papist addresses the obvious question, that is: what implication ought this to have on the abortion debate? It’s pretty weird that unborn babies can remember things. Pretty strange and confusing memories, I would imagine (“it is very dark…… Continue reading 30-week Old “Fetuses” Can Form Memories
Author: Joe Heschmeyer
For More on Holdren
I suggest you check out GetReligion’s great piece contrasting the media attention given to geneticist Dr. Francis S. Collins, on account of his being publicly an evangelical (and thinking it compatible with science), vs. the virtual silence given to Holdren. It also has a list of crazy views he’s espoused, and cites appropriately to another… Continue reading For More on Holdren
Less “Ironic,” More “Terrifying”
Contuing the Reverse Cassandra theme, Obama has picked neo-Malthusian John Holdren to be “Science Czar.” It would be hard to find a less qualified pick. Harriet Myers would be a better candidate than this guy. Wikipedia has this to say about Holdren: In 1969, writing with Paul R. Ehrlich, Holdren claimed that, “if the population… Continue reading Less “Ironic,” More “Terrifying”
Speaking of Irony…
About a day before my post on the papal encyclical’s treatment of the absurdity of scarcity myths and overpopulation fear-mongering, Newsweek ran an article called Are you Ready for $20 Per Gallon Gas? We’re told in the article, “pump prices are off from last year’s highs, but don’t expect that to last.” I mentioned in… Continue reading Speaking of Irony…
Does the Eucharist Deny Chalcedon?
C Michael Patton, over at Parchment and Pen, is one of the most lucid Calvinist bloggers I know of. He has a strong respect for the Early Church Fathers and for Church History, although he obviously understands it differently than Catholics do. In addition, he’s as irenic as he is intelligent, so even when I’m… Continue reading Does the Eucharist Deny Chalcedon?
“Athiest Pastor” Not Disciplined
This is technically old news (it’s from March), but I hadn’t heard about it before, and it’s worth the heads up. Klaas Hendrikse, a Dutch Protestant pastor, wrote a book in 2007 called “Believing in a God who does not exist: manifesto of an atheist pastor”. Yet he remains a pastor in good standing with… Continue reading “Athiest Pastor” Not Disciplined
The Pope and the President
I. Leadup to the Visit: Is the Pope a Liberal?If you haven’t heard, Pope Benedict XVI met with President Barack Obama on Friday. In the leadup to this, certain voices from the Catholic Left (particularly those who are more Left than Catholic) put their money on the pope taking a soft-line approach towards Obama’s pro-choice… Continue reading The Pope and the President
Justice Ginsburg’s Sense of Irony?
Justice Ginsburg gave a fasincating interview to the New York Times, which is well worth the read, if only to hear about the differences in how seriously a female v. a male lawyer/jurist is taken. While there are a number of issues on which I don’t agree with Ginsburg, I respect her lucidity and intelligence… Continue reading Justice Ginsburg’s Sense of Irony?
Donate to Peter’s Pence, And Cut Your Hair!
Trying to find out more about Peter’s Pence*, I looked on the relevant Vatican’s site, and came across something pretty funny: The general criterion that inspires the Peter’s Pence Collection is derived fromthe primitive Church:“The primary source of support for the Apostolic See should be in offerings freely given by Catholics throughout the whole world,… Continue reading Donate to Peter’s Pence, And Cut Your Hair!
If the Eucharist is a Miracle, Why Can’t We See It?
The objection that the Eucharist can’t actually be the Body and Blood of Christ is frequently rooted in a pretty logical objection: if the bread and wine are actually transformed into the Eucharistic Body and Blood, why can’t we see this transformation? After all, this is a miracle, and miracles are testaments to God’s glory:… Continue reading If the Eucharist is a Miracle, Why Can’t We See It?