Restoring faith in reason amid skepticism, doubt, and fake news
Catholics are rightly fond of quoting Pope John Paul II’s opening line in his encyclical Fides et Ratio: “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of […]
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This is the second article in a new nine-part series entitled “Evidence for Agnostics.” New articles in the series will be published each Monday. Many modern people are functional agnostics. And, they usually come in two varieties, though many oscillate between agnosticism and atheism. “Hard” agnostics believe that they can’t know that God exists, and […]
At every juncture of human life and human operations, we encounter individuals and the community under moral, physical, and spiritual challenge. To soften this void, we engage every sort of “ism” as a substitute purpose for human life, whether it be environmentalism; communism and its penchant for economic redistribution; materialism as its own good; atheism […]
The motion picture “Forrest Gump” earned six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its most celebrated line perfectly captures the simplicity of the main character: “Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re gonna get.” We do not know what Mama said about philosophy, but if she said it […]
Despite the fundamental importance of the natural law, it is often neglected, shunned, or misunderstood. We have a certain connaturality with the natural law so that a person can live and profit by it without having to philosophize. Nonetheless, it is important to shed light on the natural law, especially for those for whom it […]
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