Now before some fellow Orthodox or a Roman Catholic who will say to me that we go with Scripture and Holy Tradition, stop a moment and re-read the comic above. The Early Church Fathers, who ensured that what was received was passed on, were all strong Scripture scholars. Remember that the Septuagint version of the […]

On 9 Chickweed Lane the series on the young woman’s pregnancy continues. You would have to have been following the series to know that over a year ago they had a series on the grandmother during World War II. She herself got pregnant with the child of her wartime love, though she ended up marrying […]

This is another cartoon from the series 9 Chickweed Lane. The daughter (on the right) may be pregnant. She certainly seems to be having the symptoms, and she has gone fearfully to her mother to talk to her. The series has been having quite a good discussion so far on the whole issue of unplanned […]

So, here is a problem. Given what I have said in the previous two postings, how does one break the impasse? As I was writing this, I received a comment from Fr. Greg on my previous post in which he commented: While “post modernism” is usually identified with a certain kind of “left wing” nihilism, […]

Yesterday, I wrote about those who propounded conspiracy theories and those who propounded end-times predictions. I commented that they shared in common a confusion between a casual and a causal relationship. What do I mean? I pointed to something that was very popular several years ago called Six Degrees of Separation. Or, perhaps another way […]

I can remember a book published back in the late 1980’s called 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988. Obviously, the book was not accurate. However, it did manage to sell 4.5 million copies and caused the Trinity Broadcasting Network, the “World’s Largest Faith Channel”, to periodically include instructions for what to do […]

The panels above are from a current story arc in the comic 9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney. You can find his blog here. I have skipped several of the panels, but the ones above reflect the story arc. I do not know what the development of the arc will be, but it is apropos to my previous […]

I have previously mentioned that there are clear modern Orthodox statements against abortion. However, one of my favorite statements is actually not a statement. It is an amicus curiae brief filed by the Orthodox in this country before the Supreme Court in 1988. You can find a full copy of that brief here. I like […]

The comic above is a slight, but only a slight exaggeration. Actually, Roman Catholic healthcare plans do not, and have never, subsidized vasectomy. According to Roman Catholic teaching, vasectomies and tubal ligations are all equally forbidden, as they are both forbidden forms of birth control. But, the rest is true. In fact, Roman Catholic spokesmen […]