A Brief Defense of My Catholic Faith
In these dark days, it is indeed relevant to consider why one believes what one professes. Too often the modern ridicule of faith leaves the faithful without a reasoned response for their faith which, of course, further...
Hey Neo-Darwinists, We’re fighting about Philosophy, not Science
Opening: “I believe in science”. That was the answer a fellow classmate gave in my Capstone Biology course. The professor had gone around asking each student if they believed in God. She, being an atheist like the...
Define and explain the nature of faith being sure to distinguish it from doubt, opinion and ordinary human science.
Faith is a free gift given graciously to man from his maker, God. Though this gift is unmerited and comes freely from God’s love of us, man must participate and joyfully receive the gift of faith. “Man merits glory as...
A Brief Examination of Pope Saint John Paul II’s Fides et Ratio
Man in every culture, time, and location has always demonstrated a common unity; all mankind has – in our very nature – a deep, burning desire for truth. We are made for it and are drawn to it. Our reason, that...
The Tyranny of the New
I just finished reading a short, indicative article from the Miami Herald’s Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, Leonard Pitts Jr., in which a very silly and commonplace assertion was repeated with almost every word and punctuation...
A Brief Explanation of the Nature of Philosophy, Science, Theology and their Relationship
The Nature of Philosophy Philosophy is defined as “literally the love of wisdom”1 and is “the science in which natural reason, apart from divine revelation, seeks to understand all things by a knowledge of their...