I. The Violinist AnalogyJudith Jarvis Thomson presents a hypothetical in her book, A Defense of Abortion, which she thinks proves the moral justification of abortion. It’s called “The Violinist,” and here’s how she presented it: “You wake up in the morning and find yourself back to back in bed with an unconscious violinist. A famous… Continue reading Does “The Violinist” Hypothetical Prove the Defensibility of Legal Abortion?
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You Get Out What You Put In…
I’ve read a lot of fair criticisms of Catholic Answers Forum, and of apologetics forums in general. The format – virtually anyone can post, and can post whenever they want – can be akin to everyone speaking at once, or shouting over each other to get noticed and responded to. Besides that, all of the… Continue reading You Get Out What You Put In…
The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#2)
Answering the second of the Reymond Questions on the papacy today. His questions are available here, and you can find all of my answers by using the Reymond Question tag at the bottom of the post. Enjoy!I. What Catholics Believe – And Don’t. His “question” today is particularly long, so I’m answering it in separate… Continue reading The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#2)
Speaking of Laptops…
It turns out that some people don’t need their laptop to get stolen to spend some time “unplugged.” Jen at Conversion Diary purposely went a week without computer access, and learned a lot from it. Jen and I are certainly at different points on the santification journey.
The Shroud of Turin
There’s been a big to-do over whether they’ve found a way to duplicate the Shroud of Turin. A group of scientists funded by an athiest group came to the conclusion that they wanted to come to, by trying to forge the Shroud. The end result is so embarassingly bad that I think it’s good evidence… Continue reading The Shroud of Turin
The “Restoration” of Peter?
One of the victims of the Protestant Reformation was St. Peter. Because of the high accord in which Catholics hold Peter, there’s been a knee-jerk reaction to sort of “rob Peter to pay Paul,” by degrading the status in which Peter was held. One of the ways in which this was done is the creation… Continue reading The “Restoration” of Peter?
The Red Mass
As a Catholic law student living in Washington, D.C., I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that this past Sunday was the annual Red Mass. The Red Mass is a Mass for those involved with the law – judges, prosecutors, attorneys, law school professors, law school students, and the like. As a group, I suppose… Continue reading The Red Mass
A Reformed View of James 2:24, Part II
I previously presented and rebutted one of what I’ve found to be the clearest and most charitable Reformed presentations of James 2:24 (or perhaps more accurately, the entire second part of the James 2). My rebuttal is right here, and probably is needed reading to make sense of the response below. Anyways, I sent my… Continue reading A Reformed View of James 2:24, Part II
The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#1)
This list comes from Robert L. Reymond of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, from a long article entitled “Why Does Rome Teach What It Does About Justification and Salvation?” available here. I think that these question are pretty standard, and expose a lot of confusion that some Protestants have both towards Catholicism, and regarding their… Continue reading The Papacy: Answering Common Objections (#1)
First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes…
Yesterday’s Gospel reading was from Mark 10:2-16: The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They replied,”Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.”But Jesus told them,… Continue reading First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage, Then Comes…