Category Archives: Moral judgment

The Marriage Act

Posted on July 11, 2020 by Quentin

I received a note this morning from a young friend of mine. He told me, rather sadly, that his lady friend – with whom he had lived for the last three years – had left him for another man. In … Continue reading →

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Yes, it’s abortion

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Quentin

Yes, I think I must come to this subject. It is a touchy one but I think we must be ready to discuss our views We are very aware today, because of current incidents, of our former attitudes towards slavery … Continue reading →

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The Accent

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Quentin

We have had considerable discussion on the issue of racial prejudice. And quite right, too. But today I want to think about another prejudice. It rarely gets considered, it can have important advantages and disadvantages, and it appears to be … Continue reading →

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Have you got a conscience?

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Quentin

{Forgive me for my information mail carrying emails which should have been encrypted. This is a computer fault which I am investigating.} While we have looked at this subject before, it is so important that I think it worthwhile to … Continue reading →

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Jesus and the apples

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Quentin

I note this morning that this blog had been operating since 2008. Since then it has carried over 130 articles of substance. That’s by no means a record but I think it tells us that Christians of intelligence are more … Continue reading →

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Boule de Suif

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Quentin

We all know the parable of the Good Samaritan. The priest and the Levite ignore the man lying damaged in the road, only the Samaritan (a member of a despised group) stops to help the wounded man. We are being … Continue reading →

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What is your conception?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Quentin

No. I am not going to write about artificial contraception in the terms of natural law or the attitude of the Church, as confirmed in Humanae Vitae. I want to look at it as a phenomenon. Throughout the whole history … Continue reading →

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What would you do?

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Quentin

Our discussion on Pope Francis’ New Year’s resolutions was excellent. I was somewhat surprised at some of the views. But then I am one of his fans. So, I thought that, being the holidays, it might be useful to look … Continue reading →

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The evil of abortion

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Quentin

This week I want to consider an unsavoury subject: there has been much public discussion about the legalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. It has frequently been extolled as an extension of human rights. And the converse is that those … Continue reading →

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The Almighty’s Good Idea

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Quentin

One of the Almighty’s better ideas is evolution. The system he has set up makes continuously towards improvement. Given that living creatures can pass on their characteristics through breeding, this is the inevitable outcome. The good characteristics enable creatures to … Continue reading →

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