Dialogue: Does Personhood Begin at Conception?

… Includes Extensive Discussion on the “Hard Case” of Pregnancy by Rape Sogn Mill-Scout’s words will be in blue. He is a Christian. I have edited and shortened the original exchange by about one-third. It was originally 18,700+ words. Sogn actually changed his opinion, away from “pro-choice” (about halfway through the dialogue), to pro-life with exceptions […]

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Papal Ring-Kissing, Gossip, & Pharisaical Nitpicking

Luke 11:42 (RSV) “But woe to you Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.” Matthew 23:24  “You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” The latest tempest-in-a-teapot with regard to opposition to […]

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Are Trump & His Supporters Nuts & Evil? (vs. Mark Shea)

All of this Trump-bashing and Trump-hatred is expressly against scriptural admonitions. St. Paul and St. Peter both stated that we should honor and obey the emperor and the government. At the time, that was the pagan Roman Empire, that was killing Christians, and Emperor Nero. If we wanna talk about someone who was truly mad […]

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Typical Deconversion Story: False Dilemmas & Incoherence

I have long noted as regards deconversion stories from Christian to atheist, that, very often, these accounts of an exodus out of Christianity have the following characteristics: 1) an initial fundamentalist belief, which is thought to be the sum total of Christianity (as if there are no other more thoughtful and nuanced species of it). […]

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St. Paul on Profaning the Body and Blood of Jesus

From my book, The Catholic Verses (Sophia Institute Press, 2004, pp. 124-126). ***** 1 Corinthians 11:27-30: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of […]

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St. Paul on Falling Away from Grace and Salvation

From my book, The Catholic Verses (Sophia Institute Press, 2004, pp. 79-83). ***** 1 Corinthians 9:27 (RSV): “I pommel my body and subdue it, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 10:12: “Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.” Galatians 5:1: “For freedom Christ has set […]

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Binding, Authoritative Tradition According to St. Paul

From my book, The Catholic Verses (Sophia Institute Press, 2004, pp. 37-40). ***** 1 Corinthians 11:2 (RSV): “I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.” 1 Thessalonians 2:13: “And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word […]

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Dialogue on C. S. Lewis’ “Trilemma” (Jesus’ Claims)

Background: C. S. Lewis argued in Mere Christianity (also later used to good effect by Josh McDowell) that — given Jesus’ claims — He could only reasonably be regarded as a Lord, Liar, or Lunatic. Our friend is trying to logically get out of the “Trilemma.” His words will be in blue. * * * * […]

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The Church Opposes Homosexual Acts, Not Homosexuals

A Catholic psychologist wrote: I think that, over the next 100 years or so, a lot of self-righteous people and self-righteous organizations (read religions) are going to be eating their words regarding homosexuality. This could develop into another proof that our energies should be spent on spreading the Gospel and not negative commentary on things […]

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Martin Luther as Initial Cause of Protestant In-Fighting

Martin Luther always failed to see how his own radically new (“here I stand, no matter what Church and tradition [and, I would add, Bible] say”) sola Sciptura principles led to the rapidly proliferating sectarianism that he utterly despised and detested. For example, Thomas Müntzer, Markus Stübner, and Nicholas Storck: leaders of the Anabaptist sect, […]

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“Faith Alone”?: Quick & Decisive Biblical Refutation

Acts 16:30-31 (RSV) and brought them out and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” [31] And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” But of course, Jesus explains what it means to “believe” in Him: John 14:12 Truly, truly, I say to you, […]

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How to Cultivate Meaningful Family Prayer

Praying together as a family—at all—can seem intimidating. Life is busy, and because of this, most families are happy just to make prayer happen, much less make it meaningful.  But there’s good news! You don’t have to be a saint or have perfect kids to have an awesome family prayer time. So how do we […]

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Could God POSSIBLY Use Trump, Like Queen Esther?

. . . and Like He Used Balaam’s Ass, Jonah’s Whale, King Cyrus, and the Babylonian Heathen King, Nebuchadnezzar (Not to Mention Adulterous Murderer, David)? From a Jewish news source: On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a Christian television network that it’s “possible” that God sent President Trump to save the Jews — just […]

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The Nature & Function of Prayer: Reply to Two Atheists

The words of my two atheist friends will be in blue and green. ***** Why does Jesus say that we will get whatever we ask in prayer, as we obviously don’t? Because prayer is conditional upon being consistent with God’s will. So if we pray (to use an extreme example) for a difficult neighbor to […]

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Catholic Conversion: Some Silly Protestant “Analyses”

We converts to Catholicism are often told that we didn’t understand Protestantism before we left it (and that was, of course, supposedly why we left — we were dupes of Rome and her nefarious, deceitful apologists because we were so stupid in the first place). In most conversion stories to Catholicism that I have seen, this […]

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A Brief Introduction to the Development of Doctrine

Development of Doctrine Development is how Catholics try to explain away their doctrinal novelties Christian doctrine was given once and for all, completely developed, by Jesus Christ Initial reply Development of doctrine is common to all kinds of Christians; it happened in history with regard to doctrines agreed upon by all, and it is also […]

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It Ain’t About Kumbaya, But About Mindless Naivete

Catholic writer Mark Shea has recently written two posts (one / two) having to do with the beautiful African-American folk song, or spiritual, Kumbaya (which probably dates from the 1920s). His point (as usual), is to bash political conservatives, but (also as usual when he does that), he is dead-wrong and, I think, entirely misses the […]

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Ecumenical Dialogue: Protestant & Catholic Soteriology

C. Michael Patton (Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary, 2001) started the Credo House (formally, Reclaiming the Mind Ministries) in 2006. The ministry began in a seminary classroom as Michael dreamed of ways to introduce lay-people to the same type education that he was receiving while at seminary. Michael was on pastoral staff at Stonebriar Community Church […]

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Why Conform to Orthodoxy and Sacred Tradition?

A friend of mine commented on my Facebook page (edited slightly for prudential reasons): Certainly, no blogger / writer / apologist / theologian is going to be everyone’s cup of tea, and it’s good that there is a diversity of views, backgrounds, personalities, etc. If someone is pushing forward a viewpoint that someone else views […]

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Did Miracles & Supernatural Gifts Cease in 100 AD?

From my book, The One-Minute Apologist (Sophia Institute Press, 2007), pp. 22-23. ***** The Bible teaches that “when the perfect comes, the imperfect will pass away.” Thus the Catholic Church cannot claim that its ministers today enjoy the gifts and authority that Christ gave to the Apostles. ***** THE ONE-MINUTE APOLOGIST SAYS: The idea that […]

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Seeking a Spouse & Happy Marriage? Be Friends First

I always recommend trying to be friends first when looking for a potential marriage partner. It worked great for my wife Judy and I. We were friends for seven months, then best friends for ten, then we got serious and romantic and knew we would get married. All of that supported getting to know each […]

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Are My Books Difficult to Read?: Objective Amazon Standard

+ Comparison with Other Authors I ran across this tonight in my usual scanning of the Amazon lists of bestselling books. I’ve always said that my books (and writings in general) probably require a high school education to have the most impact on a reader. Secondly, I’ve reiterated that I am trying to challenge and “stretch” […]

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Debate w Atheist on Consistent Ethical Vegetarianism

Jon Curry is a friend whom I know in person (not just online). I’ve been to his atheist meetings, and he’s been to my house twice, to deliver a talk. He’s a former evangelical Protestant and atheist. We drive each other nuts but we keep talkin’! His words will be in blue. ***** Your argument […]

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You Can’t Judge Depression By Its Cover

“They seem/seemed so happy.” “They have everything together.” “I/They don’t have any reason to complain.” Chances are you’ve said at least one of these things about someone, or maybe you’ve even said them about yourself.  Researchers are discovering a surge in this topic that many are calling “smiling depression,” or the more technical term, “atypical […]

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Omnipotent & Omniscient God & “Absolute Proof” of Same

This is part of my reply to atheist “Grimlock”: from a larger fascinating discussion. He keeps claiming that Jesus came nowhere near “proving” that He has these attributes. But I think I showed that His demands are “rationally impossible” to meet. ***** What would be a scenario in which Jesus “demonstrated” that He was omnipotent […]

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Fair Ecumenical Discussion & Catholic First Principles

I’ve touched on this question many times before, in various papers. Recently, as part of [one of] my job[s] as staff apologist and forum moderator at The Coming Home Network, I was answering a question from an evangelical Protestant. I’ll paraphrase or re-state his questions (in blue) and give my answers as in my return […]

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Dialogue w Karl Keating Re “Official” & Self-Publishing

There is the possibility (during my lifetime?) that Blessed Cardinal Newman will be canonized, so that my three quotations books will sell like hotcakes. [that has now come true: praise God! It will likely happen sometime in 2019] I always say that the golden age for Catholic apologetics was about 1997-2007. I started my website […]

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Debate on Ethical Vegetarianism, Jesus, & the Bible

This is a dialogue with the thoughtful vegetarian Sogn Mill-Scout, whose words will be in blue. I’ve abridged it from the very long original exchange, which was in three parts (one / two / three). ***** We can choose to recognize that we are all part of the vast number of sentient beings that are […]

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Reply to an Academic Snob’s Insults of My Apologetics

[Y]ou are an untrained popular Catholic apologist. . . . As far as I know you hold no graduate degrees in philosophy, theology, history or any other relevant field. Noting a fact is not an expression of personal animus. At most it is an expression of indifference. . . . [P]eople wishing a quality dialog […]

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Reply to Protestants on “Excessive” (?) Marian Devotion

[this occurred on Protestant Jerry Walls’ Facebook page (public post). His words will be in blue; those of other Protestants in various colors] OFF CENTER “Let us entrust the new year to Mary, Mother of God, so that peace and mercy may grow throughout the world.” –Tweet from Pope Francis It is further telling how […]

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Biblical Knowledge of Atheist “DagoodS” as a Christian

. . . Specifically, the Biblical (and Patristic) Teaching on Abortion “DagoodS” is a very thoughtful atheist with whom I have enjoyed many challenging dialogues (see them listed under his name on my Atheism web page). I’ve also met him in person several times. This critique of mine has to do with his deconversion from […]

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Theistic Argument from Longing or Beauty, & Einstein

I think the theist can make a strong, general appeal to beauty and aesthetics as an intrinsic part of the universe, and as necessary in their own way as breathing and brain waves. I would contend that there is a link between the beauty we perceive in the order and proportion, dramatic contrast, design, symmetry, […]

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Hallmarks of Catholic Theological Liberalism (The “Dirty Dozen”)

1. They think contraception (which all Christians before 1930 condemned as grave sin) is fine and dandy. (Note: Natural Family Planning, or NFP is essentially different from artificial contraception, and is fully supported by the Church, as I have written about several times). 2. They favor radical secularist / unisex feminism and women priests. 3. […]

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Debate: Argument from Non-Belief (ANB) (vs. Atheist)

From an atheist discussion list; uploaded with editorial permission from Steve Conifer, whose words will be in blue. The original exchange was extremely long, so I have abridged it for the sake of brevity, focus, and the patience of readers. Good philosophical discussions usually don’t have a neat and tidy ending, as complete concessions or admissions of […]

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Is Christianity Proof-Free Belief & “Ridiculous”? (vs. Atheist)

My atheist opponent’s words will be in blue. I guess it’s okay, if you read the Bible. Personally, I believe in the ability to believe. In the case of religion, I simply cannot. Anything can be said to be true without proof, but only religion requires us to do so. It’s untrue that we believe […]

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Purgatory: Exchange with a Presbyterian (Calvinist)

[The Presbyterian’s words will be in blue] Kinda sorta like when my parents promised me a spanking when we got home. But doesn’t Christ’s dealing with sin seem thorough enough? “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of […]

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Martin Luther’s Belief in Purgatory (1517-1522, 1528)

Hell, purgatory, and heaven seem to differ as do despair, almost-despair, and the assurance of safety. (The 95 Theses, #16; 31 October 1517; translated by C. M. Jacobs, 1915) With souls in purgatory it seems necessary that horror would grow less and love increase. (Ibid., #17) I say nothing about the fire and place of […]

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Should We Ignore Atheists or Charitably Dialogue?

I wrote the following on my old blog (1-7-11), to a Christian friend who was basically saying that we should ignore atheists: I think we can be friends with atheists by stressing the many things that we still hold in common. I get along far better with them than I do with anti-Catholic Protestants (because […]

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Debate on Trump Signing Bible Covers: “Sacrilege”?

This took place with my friend, Deacon Steven D. Greydanus, on my Facebook page. His words will be in blue. Words of fellow Catholic and friend, Margie Prox Sindelar (who also disagreed with the Deacon) will be in green. ***** [I began the Facebook thread by citing the article, “Trump signed Bibles. Heresy? Many religious […]

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Dealing With Others Emotions

We all know that when someone yawns, then we start yawning too. New research shows that our emotions cause the same chain reaction.  A study out of Yale University—lead by sociologist Nicholas Christakis—documented a variety of interactions of approximately 5,000 people living in one town over the course of 32 years. When discussing the results […]

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Angel Gabriel’s “Hail” (Lk 1:28): Veneration of Mary?

I’m not a Greek scholar, but even St. Thomas Aquinas thought this argument (broadly considered) had force (as we shall see below), so I barge ahead and submit this to the reader’s consideration . . . ***** Luke 1:29 (RSV-CE) And he [the angel Gabriel] came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the […]

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Mini-Debate on Libertarianism and Laws About Sex

This was with Tony Jiang: a non-Christian, and took place spontaneously on my Facebook page today. His words will be in blue. ***** It’s anti-traditional secularism, sexual “freedom”, and head-in-the-sand Marxist drivel that drives the Democrat Party. Yes, because Christian fundies think controlling people’s most private affairs is freedom. Can you elaborate? I don’t know […]

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Why Not Become a Protestant, Due to the Sex Scandals?

This is a reply to the nicely provocative article, “Why No Roman Catholic Conversions to Protestant Churches?” (8-20-18). It was written by D. G. Hart, who blogs at Patheos in the Evangelical section, called Putting the “Protest” in Protestant. Hart teaches history at Hillsdale College in Michigan: a great politically and culturally conservative college, and […]

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Isaac and Abraham’s Agony: Dialogue with Agnostic

Words of the late Dr. Jan Schreurs will be in blue. ***** If you want a Biblical example, look at the story of Abraham about to kill Isaac (Gen. 22). God, of course, would not command Abraham to commit a sin. In a letter to a theologian, I entertained the following positions: (1) Child sacrifice was […]

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Secular Humanism & Christianity: Seeking Common Ground

From discussions in a forum devoted to the question of God’s existence: May 2001. Uploaded with full permission of Sue Strandberg (a very friendly,  thoughtful, and impressive person), whose words will be in blue. ***** Hi, Dave; Welcome to the list. As you can tell, the volume of mail can get heavy at times. I began last […]

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God’s Proof of Himself Via Miracles (vs. an Atheist)

Words of the friendly and civil atheist Gavin G. Young will be in blue. This took place in one of my blog comboxes. ***** Dave, are you familiar with what is called the problem of divine hiddenness? It is related to the problem of evil. Namely, if a loving personal god exists why has the god […]

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Armstrong Fan Club #3: Mary Hammond, Anti-Apologetics Oracle

Mary Hammond is a Catholic. She wrote all of the words below (save for a few on her page) on my own [public] Facebook page [see the entire unabridged discussion], in April 2017  [see also another related Facebook thread where she was active]. Her words will be in blue. ***** I put forth to you […]

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Oral vs. Written Debates About Theology: Which is Better?

Elsewhere, I have explained in great detail why I think that public oratorical debates between Catholics and anti-Catholics are unfruitful, unhelpful exercises, for many reasons. I think it is possible to overcome these pitfalls in written exchanges. My view of such public debates has remained constant for at least five years now. I refused “King […]

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Did Jesus’ “Hard Saying” (Jn 6) Make Disciples Leave?

This is an exchange with Protestant “Realist1234” (Peter) in a combox on my blog. As of writing, he still hasn’t responded to my inquiring questions, over 18 hours. If he ever does respond, I will post it here, with my counter-reply. His words will be in blue. ***** The reason why Protestants like myself do not […]

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How to Make The Most Out of Lent

Lent is upon us and many of us are still praying and thinking about what Lenten sacrifice or practice we should implement over the next forty days. Sometimes it can be difficult to know what we should do for Lent. Of course there are the popular ideas of giving up social media or giving up […]

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Veneration of Human Beings: Seven Biblical Examples

Apostles Paul and Silas, Kings David and Saul, Prophets Daniel and Samuel, Patriarch Joseph Acts 16:29-31 (RSV) And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before [prospipto] Paul and Silas, [30] and brought them out and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” [31] And they […]

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Nuclear Bombing of Japan vs. Just War Ethics (Part I)

Introduction In an e-mail, I wrote (more or less “off the cuff”): As for my $00.02 on this, I think the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was clearly immoral by just war standards, and cannot be morally justified. Pre-emption is a notion I have no trouble with, and I believe it can be synthesized with […]

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Latest Anti-Catholic Theory on Catholic Converts: Filthy Lucre

Scott Hahn and Steve Ray Supposedly Were Motivated Primarily or Solely by Financial Gain, to Become Catholics? [all material below is public Internet material] *** One “Binky Brown” [a former Catholic] writes [on the anti-Catholic CARM discussion forum] (7-10-04): “Observations About ‘Clergy Converts To Catholicism’ “ You know the people I’m talking about: Scott Hahn, […]

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Honoring Rulers: Biblical Teaching vs. Crass Political Bigotry

Does the following statement (about President Trump) align with biblical teaching? You be the judge: “Massively Ignorant Bigot and Garrulous Buffoon-in-Chief”. Now here is what I believe (as best I can ascertain) is the relevant biblical teaching on the topic of honoring and respecting political rulers: 1 Peter 2:17 (RSV) Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. […]

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Debate on the Merits of Trump’s Korean Diplomacy

This is another discussion (posted one yesterday) with my friend, Deacon Steven D. Greydanus, from my Facebook page. It came about spontaneously today, and so (as with most of my debates), I am sharing it more widely, so that others can ponder two sides of a given debate and use their own critical faculties to […]

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Debate: Antichrist Traitor Trump & Cohen’s Testiphony

Exchange with my friend, the esteemed Deacon Steven D. Greydanus, from my Facebook page. His words will be in blue. ***** “I surround myself with the best people. I know the best people.” — the president with the highest turnover rate in modern history, including five former advisers who have pleaded guilty Are you still […]

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My Conversion to Catholicism: “Five Minute Version”

I was very happy as an evangelical Protestant. I underwent a conversion to Christ in 1977 after being very nominal in my Methodist faith as a child and young teenager. I was an apologist on college campuses in the late 80s and had done a lot of street evangelism also. In the late 80s I […]

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