In the “enlightenment”, in fact the claim to enlightenment is the idea that we will now focus on the stuff that really matters…the mechanical the manipulation of matter to for technology's sake, leaving behind our concern for
Some of you may have heard of the book by Edward Feser called “The Last Superstition”. If you have not read it, read it. It is definitely in my top 3 favorite books of all time.
Why? I wish
A quote from Stephen Hawking earlier today via Biltrix surprised me:
“This may sound odd, but according to the laws of nature concerning gravity and motion, laws that are among the oldest in science, space itself is a
The famous and anti-spiritual Richard Dawkins is still on the campaign trail for secularism following two “Reason Rallies”, one in DC and the other in Australia. Along the way he decided he would take a debate against
I thought I would share a few relevant quotes this morning:
“If people are scandalized at the Truth, it is better to allow the birth of scandal, than to abandon the Truth.”
Pope Saint Gregory I,
All is relative…relatively objective that is. Whether things are small or large doesn't matter because these are descriptors. They words that we invented. Things are the size that they are despite whether we can wrap our heads around them with
“True law is right reason in agreement with nature ; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands, and averts from
wrongdoing by its prohibitions…It is a sin to try to alter
What is truth?
I thought it would be good to take a step back and review what truth is in the most general sense. Welcome to philosophy! As simple as
Learn these three words:
Occasionalism
Conservationism
Concurrentism
These three words summarize the three main worldviews with regard to the relationship between God and the world…that is every perspective
If you saw my post about Fulton Sheen, you would have heard him read the following passage from Nietzsche, which I am sure many of you are familiar with:
THE MADMAN—-Have you not heard of that madman who lit