Category: Religion
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Is Trump Still the TACO Man? Or is he now THE HAMMER?
VDH, Ten Iranian Questions: Trump had warned the Iranians on numerous occasions. They never got the message. They were apparently listening to the American Left’s smears of Trump as a “TACO” (“Trump Always Chickens Out”)—a silly slur phrase that just died Saturday night. And die it did. To hell with the American Left with its…
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Are Catholics Christians?
A fellow philosopher writes, While reading Clarence Thomas’s opinion in Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services (2025), I came across this sentence: “Americans have different views, for example, on whether Catholics are Christians.” I’ve heard it said, before, that Catholics aren’t Christians, but never knew what to make of it. (The same thing is…
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Should Calvin University Divorce its Denomination?
This will interest our friend Trudy, a graduate of Calvin College.
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On Corporate Prayer and Institutionalized Religion
Substack latest. Ecclesiolatry is one of the topics discussed.
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Could a Jew Pray the “Our Father”?
I return an affirmative answer at Substack. It dawned on me a while back that there is nothing specifically Christian about the content of the Pater Noster. Its origin of course is Christian. When his disciples asked him how they should pray, Jesus taught them the prayer. (Mt 6:9-13) If you carefully read the prayer…
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Intercessory Prayer
A friend inquired, Never understood how your prayers can benefit me. Do you? I wrote back, If you have no trouble understanding petitionary prayer, why should you have a problem understanding intercessory prayer? He responded, Prayer is hard to understand. In a legal proceeding if my testimony can exonerate some one, I see the relevance.…
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Worldly Success and Spiritual Growth
Worldly success can easily ensnare, and most will fall into the trap. But for some, worldly success has the opposite effect: it reveals the vanity, the emptiness, of worldly success, and thus subserves spiritual advance. One is therefore well-advised to strive for a modicum of success as defined in the worldly terms of property and…
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Are Trad Catholics a Protestant Sect?
One of the more interesting blog posts I have run across recently.
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Is Religion Escapist?
Top o' the Stack
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Religion and Anthropomorphism . . .
. . . with an oblique reference to Mormonism. Substack latest.
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Books or Eternal Life?
A quick Substack poke at Camus.
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Am I a Religious Pluralist?
This from Tom O: I would very much appreciate it if you could clarify your views on religious pluralism. Are you a pluralist of some kind? That is, do you believe no single religion or religious tradition can lay exclusive claim to the truth regarding the Divine, salvation, the soul, etc.? If so, could you…
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A Test for the Religious Sensibility
You have it if these two books speak to you. Substack latest. With a bit of discussion of a recent book by Peter Kreeft on Augustine.
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Sam Harris on Rational Mysticism . . .
. . . and whether the self is an illusion. Top o' the Stack.