America has long been a hotbed of fracturing and consolidating. At any given time, dozens companies are becoming conglomerates while existing conglomerates are spinning off subsidiaries. In religion, America has one giant denomination, the Roman...
Crucifixion allegories are justly unpopular.
The crucifixion of Christ was a turning point. Without the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension the ages would not have been divided into two: the years Before Christ and those After Christ. Two thousand years...
“For the glory of Your Name, O Lord, deliver us.”
The Old Testament records that God punishes people, and entire peoples, for disobeying His Commandments. Catholic Fundamentalists say that another way: The First Programming Log is there to show that The Loving Programmer has written...
Brain-damaging sports make other evils seem good.
There have been two dozen suicides among professional football players in the last 25 years. Yesterday, that number went to 13. Dementia is a common denominator. Dementia is caused by head injuries. There are lots...
Playing the most important odds of all.
“Lifespan calculators” are found by googling “lifespan calculator”. If we answer the questions on one of the lifespan calculators, we can find how much longer that insurance companies’ actuaries think we’re going to live. They...
Catholic Fundamentalism considers Today’s Reading.
Applying computer terminology to Scripture may provide helpful insight. When we look at a Scripture passage like Today’s Reading, from Matthew 12: 24-30, we see that it was written in the Iron Age for people...
Weekly Reading, Sunday, July 27, 2012
Reading 1 2 Kgs 4:42-44 A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God, twenty barley loaves made from the firstfruits, and fresh grain in the ear. Elisha said, “Give it to the...
We need a name for this!
The Mayor of Boston, Tom Menino, just celebrated the opening of a mosque in his city. The mosque was built on city-owned land that was sold to Moslems far below market value. The mosque’s Imam,...
One party favors forced labor.
Two-party systems have been around since the beginnings. The Blues and the Greens fought for dominance in the late Roman Empire. Labor vie with Tories in England. Here, there are Democrats and Republicans. Often, there’s...
Penn State, Michael Mann, Jerry Sandusky.
It is rare for a post on catholicfundamentalism.com to be titled with three proper nouns. What’s the common ground? Is there common ground? Well, Jerry Sandusky and Michael Mann were both associated with Penn State....