2013 – Jon Haines

18 Oct

Whether St. Thomas is Boring? By: Br. Raymund Snyder, O.P.

By test
In Philosophy

People often criticize St. Thomas Aquinas for being “boring.” Today, on the feast of the Angelic Doctor, I offer this light-hearted reflection… from a great Domincan Blog found below: Whether Thomas Aquinas is fittingly called boring? Objection 1: It would

06 Sep

The Sobering French Revolution Continues…

By Jon
In Enlightenment, Religion, Theism/Atheism

The secularization of France, once the daughter of the Church, continues. According to katholisches the French Senate claims that in the next year there will be around 2,800 churches in the country which will be demolished. Why? They are empty and taking

21 Aug

Do We Know How Lonely We Are?

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In Empirical Science, Philosophy, Resources

Vimeo’s staff pick has some good points to share… It makes sense that the appearances of friendship goods (social media etc) would attract us but because it is a more superficial type of communication the human

27 Jul

Juventutem Chicago and Rio (WYD)

Within 48 hours I attended two Juventutem masses (young adults interested in the extraordinary form). First as you might've heard, a Juventutem group in Chicago was officially confirmed this past Wednesday with a pontifical high mass with Bishop Perry. The

18 Jul

Nothing Is Greater Or Less Than Us – Sidewalk Art

In my time spent just around Chicago in the past week or two, I have begun to pick up a theme of a message that is very popular: Nothing Is Greater Or Less Than US. I began to notice

15 Jun

Way One Analyzed Logically

This post may be out of the blue for a few people out there, but I thought I'd share it anyways. It's not too often you come across an analytic understanding of Aquinas' first 'proof' of God's existence…and a good

04 Jun

Evolution of Science in 200 Words

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In Philosophy

The word science has a different meaning today than it did 100, 500 and 2500 years ago where in each case an alternative meaning for the word has become primary. The greeks found philosophy circa 500 BC using

21 May

What Is Truth and What is Truth?

By test
In Philosophy

The question “What is truth?” has been asked throughout the centuries and continues to be. However, from a Christian point of view, “the truth” can be looked at in different ways. The truth can be

19 Apr

3rd Annual Reasonfest!

By Jon
In Modern Philosophy, News Commentary, Philosophy

Just like last year on the national level, secular humanists continue to host 'reason' events ever more, continuing the tradition from the French Revolution. Its interesting because with these growing each year, it just goes to show even more that

09 Apr

More Ignorance on the “God Particle”

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In Empirical Science

Anyone reading this blog probably already intelligent enough to understand why this article is nonsense and part of the continued effort to spin the science of the higgs boson as having significant philosophical, and therefore theological implications, but I’ll

Year: 2013