Read the quote below from an opinion article: Just when you thought the religious right couldn’t get any crazier, with its personhood amendments and its attacks on contraception, here comes the academic left with an even crazier idea: … [Continue reading]
A certain way of looking at things
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 … [Continue reading]
What our response ought to be
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 … [Continue reading]
Love out of sin
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 … [Continue reading]
They come out every fasting season
We are just past mid-Lent. And, they are starting to crawl out of the dark, like Pithless Thoughts has documented in various cartoons lately. Who are they? They are the people who busily tell us how we ought to observe our Lent. They are the ones who … [Continue reading]
Breaking the casual/causal dilemma
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 … [Continue reading]
Casual, Causal, Conspiracies, and the End Times
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 … [Continue reading]
End time predictions and conspiracy theories
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 … [Continue reading]
The reality of unplanned pregnancy and the unreality of Limbaugh
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 … [Continue reading]
Orthodoxy and pro-life
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 … [Continue reading]
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