Category: Daily Column

Conventional Reality compared to Catholic Fundamentalism.

Those who believe in Conventional Reality have developed a view of the world that sums up as follows: “The universe is very old and appeared by accident, probably the result of a “big bang”. Billions of years ago, various life forms came into being on our planet, which by some coincidence, had water, sunlight, and […]

What love is is quantifiable.

Whatever we love has control over us. Love means giving up some control of ourselves to something or someone. The greater the love, the greater the control that we allow what, or who, we love to have over us. We have heard horror stories about the effects of drugs on people. It is because some […]

Scary precedent for “scientists”, being held accountable.

Something incredible has happened in Italy that’s a scary precedent for “scientists”, being held accountable. “The people of L’Aquila, Italy had been feeling tremors in late March. One local man, who was not a scientist, made the prediction that a big one was on its way. Responding to the man (who was not a scientist) […]

One subject for debate has disappeared.

The most fascinating subject in the debates between Presidential candidates was the thing that wasn’t mentioned. One subject for debate has disappeared. For decades, the Global Warming/Freezing scare-mongers have focused on Global Warming. Global Freezing has been ignored. It is not scheduled to reappear an an Imaginary Problem until the next sunspot cycle offers […]

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

We’ve had three Presidential debates. Most voters knew whom they would support before the debates, but many listened to validate their decisions. Those on the right focused on excessive spending, which they believe destroys economies and nations. Why is there excessive spending? One reason is simple: A lot of people think manual work is beneath […]

Oh, no! Plastic on Mars! Funding is needed!

An amazing shot of something found by the car-sized Martian rover that recently landed on the red planet showed something that many concerned environmentalists think is plastic scrap. The picture that caused the concern: There it is, right in the middle of the Martian landscape, something that looks for all the world (don’t know which […]

Weekly Reading, Sunday, October 21, 2012

Reading 1 Is 53:10-11 The LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity.If He gives His life as an offering for sin, He shall see His descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through Him. Because of His affliction He shall see the light in fullness of days; through […]

“Sell your cloak and buy a sword.”

Catholic Fundamentalism is usually concerned with what its name contains. But, in light of Jesus’s instructions in Luke 22:36-38 to “Sell your cloak and buy a sword.”, this is an interesting post to consider: AMERICA’S HUNTERS — Pretty Amazing! The world’s largest army… America’s hunters! I had never thought about this… A blogger added up the […]

Term insurance, or whole life?

We know that our bodies will stop working at some definable point. And, we are aware that they may stop, or be stopped, before that. So, we have life insurance. After spending, collectively, millions of hours thinking about life insurance. we spend billions buying policies. The richer a person is, the more time, and money, […]

The Holy Father and the Bishops have put us in a difficult position.

The Church is a living Chain of Command that reaches from The Holy Trinity to the most humble Catholic. At every level, obedience is required. If we see people who are not as obedient as they should be, we are not to judge them, but encourage them to get in line. We have to obey […]