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Views on the Jews
The 16th March 2008 marks the tenth anniversary of a remarkable document, We Remember, A Reflection on the Shoah, issued under the auspices of John Paul II. (Shoah is the Hebrew name for the Jewish Holocaust.) Apologies for the past … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Herald other, Church and Society, Moral judgment
Tagged antisemitism, dreyfus, inquisition
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I am probably right
A great controversy in the history of moral theology was the concept that a doubtful law could not bind. The logic was simple: you can only be bound by a law which you know to be true and truly applied. … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Herald other, Moral judgment
38 Comments
The Grand Theory of Nothing
So that’s that then. Stephen Hawking has assured us that the laws of physics are sufficient to explain the universe we live in – and that we have no need to posit the possibility of God. His book, The Grand Design, … Continue reading
Posted in Bio-ethics, Catholic Herald other, Philosophy, Spirituality
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The heathen at the gate
(First published in The Catholic Herald on 12 February 2010) So for the time being crisis is averted. It would seem that the combined efforts of the Lords Spiritual, our bishops, and the big gun of the Pope himself have … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Herald other, Moral judgment
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God exists – so enjoy yourself
It is of course well known that religious people, and especially Catholics, live a miserable life. Obliged to worship an egotistical and vengeful deity who demands nothing but praise and endless sacrifice, they are trapped in a web of sinfulness … Continue reading
Posted in Bio-ethics, Catholic Herald other
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