Thanks to the myth of there being a perpetual war between science and religion, even broad-minded unbelievers are liable to think the faithful are trying to effect damage control when we emphasize that the Bible […]
“Let us admit, even if in a whisper, and only to ourselves: in this bustle of life at breakneck speed – what are we living for?” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “We Have Ceased to See the […]
Reflecting upon the post-Christian West’s bias against Christianity, G. K. Chesterton once suggested that his modern-minded countrymen regard the Twelve Apostles “as Chinamen, and judge them fairly as Chinamen,” and think of the Gospel “as […]
“In studying how the world works, we are studying how God works, and thereby learning what God is. In that spirit we can interpret the search for knowledge as a form of worship, and our […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., observes in Christ, Science, and Reason that the refutation of those who have denied Jesus’ existence as a historical person may be summed up in a single word: Tacitus. This first-century […]
“The most obvious candidate for worst decision by the [Supreme] Court is Roe v. Wade,” remarks Stephen Presser in his contribution to A Paleoconservative Anthology: New Voices for an Old Tradition. Obvious indeed, yet according […]
It has been persuasively argued that American education is subject to an “Unholy Alliance.” One wing of this alliance comprises leftist radicals, heirs of the 1960s, who promote sexual experimentation; the other wing is made […]
“The ordinance of heaven is termed the natural law; the principle which directs us to conform our actions to the natural law is called the rule of moral conduct; or the right path; the organized […]
“The idea of a universal Mind, or Logos, would be, I think, a fairly plausible inference from the present state of theory.”– Sir Arthur Eddington Years ago, I taught a high school history of science […]
For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means, as we have seen, the power of some men to make other men what they please. – CS Lewis, The Abolition of Man […]
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