Thomas Aquinas – Jon Haines

18 Oct

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

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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

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

10 Jan

Discoverer of “God Particle” calls Dawkins an Embarrassment

By Jon
In Empirical Science, News Commentary, Theism/Atheism

The Guardian has reported that Peter Higgs, the particle physicist claiming the existence of the Higgs Boson, the so called ‘God particle’ which most claim supposedly explains away anything related to the supernatural, has stated in no uncertain terms that Richard

10 Sep

What Do I Do for Serra?

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In Personal

In the latest edition of Serra Connects I have written a bit more about what my position at Serra International consists of. I have copied it below.

27 Aug

Tip of the Iceberg CNA Article on Science and Faith

By Jon
In Education, Empirical Science, Enlightenment, Faith and Reason, Philosophy

How do we know there is no contradiction between biology and belief in God? Certainly not by the methods of science. Its called logic… Scientists: No Contradiction Between Evolutionary Biology And Belief In God RIMINI, ITALY, August 24 (CNA)

09 Jul

The Polarizing of Faith and Reason In A Few Quotes

By Jon
In Culture, Education, Enlightenment, Faith and Reason, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy, Resources

In the so-called “Enlightenment” the classical view of the world was DIVIDED. Two main movements formed which fed off of each other, leaving us with the intense debate we have today: Fideism (Faith) “Faith must trample

08 Jun

Important: Humanists Want Monopoly on the Word: “Reason”

By Jon
In Education, Enlightenment, Higher Education, Modern Philosophy, News Commentary, Religion, Theism/Atheism

I've decided that I will start an organization here in Chicago that will promote….Veracity and Correctness! This organization will hand out flyers to people on the importance of being Correct in what you say and organize events to

17 May

Perks of the “Enlightenment”–Cripples Walk

By Jon
In Empirical Science, Enlightenment, Modern Philosophy, Philosophy

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

17 Apr

Travelling To Hong Kong Tomorrow

By Jon
In Personal, Travels

I wish to let my readers know that in the coming week and a half the posts will be a bit fewer because tomorrow I will be travelling to Hong Kong in order to attend Serra's 16th

16 Apr

On The Nature of True Liberty (4-6)

By Jon
In Books, Catholicism, Education

Here we continue our analysis of Libertas Praestantissimum, the relevant encyclical of Leo XIII in 1888. Read here the last (and first post), in which Leo XIII defines liberty and begins identifying the modern shift in its definition. Here follows the