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First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition… Continue Reading →
Many people see our name “The Libertarian Catholic” and instantly erupt in a self-congratulatory spasm of pompous disbelief. “How can you be libertarian and Catholic at the same time?” they scoff. These people usually have a sophomoric understanding of either… Continue Reading →
Full quote: “The failure of this experiment of communal service, which was tried for several years, and by good and honest men proves the emptiness of the theory of Plato and other ancients, applauded by some of later times, —… Continue Reading →
If Cardinal Ruffo could transition from leading forefather of a fanatic reaction against Jacobinism to a skillful agent in service of the different powers of his time, ultimately not serving his faith but its institutional church, then why would his contemporary equivalents do otherwise now, when they can play the academic and political games as long as there is someone to serve?
1. “Follow your heart.” Jesus never said that. Christ said instead “Follow me,” (Matthew 4:19) because “The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 16:9) 2. “Be true to yourself.” Christ… Continue Reading →
If power corrupts, and absolute power corrupt absolutely, then what happens with passion? Does passion also corrupts, and absolute passion would also corrupt absolutely? Or can passion be a different kind of drive, one that creates a sense of trust and direction towards higher ideals?
Our passion, derived from love, would make us suffer in search of the sublime. And the sublime would be nothing but what already is beautiful but expanded to the same extreme perceptions that are already hurting and making us suffer. Enter the realm of limit-experiences.
In the realm of logical reasoning, the ad hominem fallacy is a formidable opponent of rational discourse. Derived from the Latin phrase “to the person,” the ad hominem fallacy occurs when an argument is attacked not on its merits but… Continue Reading →
Georgetown hosted an event with “the Executive Ministry of the Satanic Temple” this coming Monday night in the name of “dialogue”: Pretty sure the founder of the Society of Jesus, Ignatius of Loyola, wouldn’t endorse dialoging with the devil. He… Continue Reading →
A Catholic nun in France went viral on social media on Tuesday after she was captured on video tackling a far-Left climate protester who was allegedly trying to disrupt the construction of a chapel. The Times reported that the rugby-style tackle happened… Continue Reading →
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