Take a look at this Onion-style spoof news article, “Starcraft Tournament Players found to be North Korean agents“, on Writer’s Block. Left me somewhat LOL, though I admit it takes a homo superior–that is, a nerd–to truly appreciate it:) Read the rest of this entry »
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North Korea and Starcraft (with notes on Chesterton and Pius XI)
In Asia, Christianity, Ethics, Games, Hitler, Humor, Logic, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Protestantism, Religion, Secularism, Spoof, Values on April 11, 2011 at 22:45Why Jack Bauer must die (an Aquinas-style essay)
In Art, Culture, Debate, Entertainment, Humor, Logic, Media, Opinion, Philosophy, Spoilers, Spoof, Television, Theology, Thomism on January 19, 2008 at 17:22Previously on this blog, this was published in 3 parts. The following post was written between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
Why does doctrine matter? part 2 of 2
In Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Culture, Debate, Faith, God, Jesus, Logic, Opinion, Personal, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Thomism, Thoughts on October 8, 2007 at 00:39…We were living 2,000 years after the Apostles, in a land thousands of miles from the land they trod. My best friend’s other question was in point: what’s the point? Read the rest of this entry »
Why does doctrine matter? part 1 of 2
In Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, Church, Culture, Debate, Faith, God, Humor, Jesus, Life, Logic, Love, Opinion, Personal, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Thomism, Thoughts on September 29, 2007 at 20:42…Weren’t we just bandying concepts, forming intellectual structures that were fascinating, but in the end, didn’t really matter? Wasn’t Christianity a mere mass of ideas, existing somewhere in a cloud of speculation, but having no link whatsoever with the life we lead? If it’s so real–as indeed, we believed it was–why was it complicated?… Read the rest of this entry »
Why Jack Bauer must die (an imitation of Aquinas), part 3 of 3
In Art, Criticism, Critique, Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Literature, Logic, Media, Medieval, Opinion, Philosophy, Review, Society, Spoilers, Spoof, Television, Thomism, Thoughts, Writing on September 23, 2007 at 01:24Previously on this blog, we discussed why Jack Bauer should be removed from 24. The following continuation was written between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Jack Bauer must die (an imitation of Aquinas), part 2 of 3
In Art, Blogging, Criticism, Critique, Culture, Debate, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Logic, Media, Medieval, Philosophy, Review, Society, Spoilers, Spoof, Television, Thomism, Thoughts, Writing on September 22, 2007 at 17:10Previously on this blog, we discussed whether we may judge if Jack Bauer should be removed from 24. The following continuation was written between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Jack Bauer must die (an imitation of Aquinas), part 1 of 3
In Art, Criticism, Critique, Culture, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Logic, Media, Medieval, Opinion, Philosophy, Review, Society, Spoilers, Television, Thomism, Thoughts, Writing on September 22, 2007 at 16:40The following was written between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Read the rest of this entry »
Approaches to the Problem of Evil
In Atheism, Bible, Christianity, Faith, God, Jesus, Life, Logic, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Thoughts on September 12, 2007 at 20:59I’m just sharing here some thoughts I posted as comments to an article entitled “A Biblically Smart Answer to an Impertinently Stupid Question” Read the rest of this entry »
History as Christian Vocation
In Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, Faith, God, History, Jesus, Logic, Opinion, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Society, Spirituality, Theology, Thomism, Thoughts, Tradition on August 11, 2007 at 14:26Every Christian is by necessity a historian, a student and transmitter of history, for her Faith is at heart, a historical religion. At its core lies the affirmation that the eternal, trans-historical God, the Maker and Sustainer of human history, became a part of that history Read the rest of this entry »
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