Recent content by MikeK

I don’t think it can be argued that the United States does not incarcerate enough people. We have abnormally high rates of violent crime and incarceration in the developed world, and there are still people who seem to think that imprisoning even more people will solve the problem.

My point is that a lack of mention of a person in a brief historical account of an event does not constitute a suggestion that they dead at the time. That is a strange belief to hold, given the lack of evidence either way.

Today I learned that there are people who believe that a lack of mention of Peter’s wife constitutes reason to believe that she was deceased. I would never have let my wife serve my pals. My Mother In Law could have cleaned their wheels with her toothbrush for all I cared.

I did the same, and also with the Good News Bible. I think I started reading passages every night around age 12 or so, I continued that practice into my late 20s and probably made it cover-to-cover 4 or 5 times. I haven’t read it much since and forgot a lot of what I knew.

I don’t think there are bad words. Well, y’all is a bad word I guess. Barf.

Thank you for posting so charitably, I apologize for your respectful remarks being reacted to harshly. Some people have a very hard time understanding that a criticism of a poor argument is not an attack on their belief. You are correct, while there are many good arguments for Priestly...

What does this article say he said that he didn't? Occam's Razor. What he said was most likely his sincere thoughts on the matter. It is possible that there is a grand conspiracy afoot, and if one hunted for evidence to back up such a belief they'd find it the same as flat-Earthers and...

I think we all know what’s what. We know that Pope Benedict is not such a coward that he would cooperate with a coup. Judging by the way he’s lived his life, this man would surely die before dishonoring Christ’s Church so. We know from their statements that Pope Francis and Pope Emeritus have...

Digitally manipulating this photo was a foolish move and whoever was responsible for it should be sacked immediately. People have enough trouble trusting the Catholic Church, there’s no reason to give them information that confirms their biases.

Like, you think they’re staging an elaborate Weekend At Bernie’s style hoax? Huh. I’m pretty sure he’s very much alive. Do you know how many people would by nature have to be in on a conspiracy so immense?

Pope Benedict XVI adds that these volumes “reasonably demonstrate that Pope Francis is a man with profound philosophical and theological formation and are helpful to see the interior continuity between the two pontificates, even with all the differences in style and temperament.” Interior...

The Church is clear. It is very much possible that the Jew, the Muslim, the atheist might be saved through Christ. Nobody knows what Me Hawking was capable of regarding belief. And yes, it is very much a possibility that an otherwise good man might find salvation through Christ in spite of...

Not sure what either of you are on about. The Church has made it quite clear that it is possible for non-believers to be saved.

We have a lot of turkeys where I work. They're kinda fun. The Geese on our campus lake can get pretty protective of their young.

I did read the complete article, and what the student /says/ happened is clear but what actually happened is not.