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Two Bases of Catholic Morality

"Two Bases of Catholic Morality"  for those who want to know where those edicts come from.

Let Us Celebrate St. Thomas Aquinas

Is Theology Threadbare? I love the implicit chronological chauvinism that seems to suggest that the current understanding of Science is indeed the only understanding of science that has any meaning.  If we choose to so confine our definitions, then there can be no reasonable debate and the question asked is mooted because it cannot be addressed in terms of science, it must be addressed more as a way of knowing.  Just as present science is one means of knowing about the world, so too theology is a means of knowing, and therefore a "science" in the etymological understanding of it. But do go and enjoy--it is a remarkable imitation of St. Thomas Aquinas, and a fitting tribute.

On the Problem of Evil

Evil as It Appears to Atheists and Theists from which I derive the quotation du jour: " Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct, but to find these reasons is no less an instinct. "  F. H. Bradley

The Uncaused Cause in Hawking

Proving the existence of God through theoretical Physics without really trying.

Modernity's Uninvited Guest

On the problem of evil

How to Make Divine Simplicity. . . well. . .

Less than simple.  Maverick Philosopher with scattered notes on Divine Simplicity