I still remember how much it struck me when I realized this was false. You are a body. You don’t have a body and a mind and a soul, you are your body. All of the activity that feels like not your body is from your brain. Neuroscience is really interesting! That’s all I have … More A Quote from C. S. Lewis
“Liberals can’t be Catholic? But I’m both!” If that was your reaction to this post’s title, please keep reading. I want to show you why I make that claim, and I think by the end, you’ll agree. It is my observation that those who identify as liberal disagree with at least one of the Catholic … More Liberals Can’t Be Catholic: Evidence from the Catechism and Canon Law
I’ve been thinking about this idea that people who don’t know about evolution (or vaccines, or whatever) in this age of the Internet are willfully ignorant, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I disagree quite strongly. Yes, all the evidence is online. Yes, the evidence for these scientific discoveries is overwhelming. Yes, pretty much … More On Whether All Ignorance Is Willful
He was born an ordinary cub, and grew under the loving care of his mother and the forest guardian, an old nymph. The nymph knew she was aging, and for several years had been searching all who were born in her forest for a new guardian, some youth worthy and capable of replacing her. She … More The Grizzly Wizard
For the record, I here mean young earth creationists, specifically, not people who think there was something guiding the process but otherwise completely embrace all of the evidence. This is a comment I made on reddit a while back that I have modified for this blog. I think it is a simple but important concept … More Why Creationists Don’t Accept Evolution
A bus exploded down the street, and as the van careened toward the zombies I began to question how much sense it made that one in the middle was doing the twist. Then I opened my eyes. My shoulder hurt. I was in the same position as when I fell asleep, and I spent at … More Travel Log of Mr. Berry Baksi
For a long time, I wrestled with the question of why, other than divine fiat, to avoid acts like murder. I could argue fear of law, but I really don’t care about the law, even though I normally follow it. Eventually, while driving home from work one day, it hit me: causing suffering is bad because suffering … More My Basis for Morality
After my last two posts, I’m feeling a little drained, so I’m just going to put a link to something funny. Seriously, this is the funniest thing I have read in quite a while: http://happyplace.someecards.com/15065/guy-comes-out-of-closet-on-facebook-to-friends-entirely-too-geeky-to-care I don’t really have a commentary on it, except that yes, CSS style sheets are great for making your web … More Friday Funnies!
I remember it being a rainy day, and I remember being in need of a shower. The rain might be a figment of my imagination. It was Sunday again. Once, I had looked forward to this day, for it meant sharing in the ritual of church. Indeed, I used to like that ritual enough that … More November 14, 2010
Before I Start Reading / First Impressions The Catholic Church has the Answer by Paul Whitcomb is a booklet, more properly than a book, being smaller than the standard six by nine paperback and weighing in at just sixty pages. It is published by Tan, which is a company famous for putting old Catholic books … More Reginald Reads The Catholic Church has the Answer
The Complete History of the Universe: A Personal Journey 