Catholic Charities and the Victim Card

I’ve briefly commented on Catholic charities in previous blog posts, but would like to focus the discussion in this post on charities that ‘play the victim card’ and distort issues relating to ‘forced closings.’ For example, Catholic charities within the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington D.C. bill that was proposed. Catholics, in this incident and many others, […]

Making Sense of Ethics in a Modern Scientific Worldview: Essay

I just finished a “prototype” of my final paper for my Modern/Contemporary Philosophy class answering the question that has plagued modern philosophy in the West, “How, given the advent and advance of ‘the modern scientific worldview,’ can we capture ‘the fact of value:’ the fact that we all have and act from ideas about how […]

Jesus Resurrection Claims – Minimal Facts Approach

I’ve recently been watching debates, reading what historians have to say, and considering historical arguments for Jesus’ resurrection. Christian apologists claim that historians have agreed on a list of various facts surrounding Jesus’ death, ministry, and influence that the best explanation for all of these facts is that God raised Jesus from the dead. The […]