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  1. Coolerranch

    Films promoting African American & Native American Participations in Catholicism

    https://dcgary.org/news/films-tell-story-african-american-catholics-legacy-churchs-ministry-native-americans Their culture applications to Catholicism and how Catholicism has affected them.
  2. bob121

    Is the "Jesus" of Popular Culture Distracting Us from the Real Jesus?

    For many of us, our first picture of Jesus came from a movie, a children's book, or a painting. It's the image of a soft-spoken man with long, flowing brown hair, a neatly trimmed beard, and often, a serene, almost otherworldly gaze. But is this familiar image a help or a hindrance to our faith...
  3. O

    If one has a lifespan cap of 50-60 years, how would you live life differently

    Hello folks. Philosophy is a subject that I am not that good at, but it is still fascinating, especially when thinking of sci-fi or fiction ideas that try to stick to reality as much as possible. So, here is the question: You are an alien species of the Vishar people living on a distant world...
  4. O

    Remember the early 2010s

    Hello, my Gen Z brethren. Does anyone remember the early 2010s? The indie pop music back then, Christian music, and movies back then were golden. This was half a lifetime ago. I am 24 now, almost 25. Movies: Interstellar (2014) The Hunger Games (2012) Skyfall (2012) In Time (2011) Avatar (2009)...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    They Call Them Old

    They call them old. They call them sheltered. They say they’re bold. They say they’re fettered. They say they’re crazy, That they’re insane. But they’re not lazy, The truth explain. For that’s opinion, But not in truth. They’ve no dominion, They are uncouth. They make their judgments, The...
  6. chevyontheriver

    Al Kresta dies at 73

    I just found out yesterday that Al Kresta had gone home from the hospital for hospice care. He had liver cancer. Then this afternoon that he has died. This was a guy that shaped my thinking and challenged me over the years. He was born a Catholic, drifted through New Age stuff, became an...
  7. Tranquil Bondservant

    The Comprehension of the Erasure of a Justification For Morality

    The erasure of our loving God who sets the parameters for our behaviour Though it's never expressed as a stated belief or understood as such, our culture on a most fundamental level in it’s zeitgeist understands the erasure of a justification for moral actions. As seen with how marriages are...
  8. G

    A powerful member of a species, is repeatedly told "you have failed to evolve" and does not know how

    Hi there, So this is just setting up the progression, in the opposite direction: a powerful member of a species is repeatedly told "you have failed to evolve" and the member does not know how - what happens as soon as that member mates and has offspring? Surely it depends on how that member...
  9. G

    On the nail: why is being human easier for you, than being a monkey is hard for me?

    Yes, hello, The premise is really simple, if you believe you are evolved, all you have to do is assume that you are the top of the food chain; but if I believe I am from a monkey and don't want to believe in Evolution, understanding how I became a monkey is almost impossible? There is a clear...
  10. G

    General struggles, in popular culture? List them here!

    Hi there, So I just thought it might be interesting to list places when general struggles (in mental health, etc.) has been a focus of popular culture. Three references that come straight to mind are: A Brilliant Mind - with Russell Crowe The Caveman's Valentine - with Samuel L Jackson The...
  11. Theologyofone

    Where Has The Truth Gone?

    Where has the Truth Gone? In today’s world today the truth is fiction. Everyone has a truth. Some have alterative truths. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise when there is so many points of view of right and wrong. There is no framework for distinguishing what is truth. This has been progressing...
  12. T

    The Pearl Of Great Price

    A daily blog based on the research I am doing to make a daily podcast about Christian History. The Blog is an introduction to the podcast which I will then post a link to. I am curious about how the Holy Spirit has been working in different ways, in different denominations, so like to focus on...
  13. Zaymer

    Christianity and Art-culture?

    There is only so much time in a day. There is only so much time in a life. Question being: how best should that time be used? The most important question to answer regarding the usage of time is whether one believes in a reality beyond bodily death, and if so how does one best secure a 'good...
  14. S

    Decades in decline

    Any thoughts on this? From Ravi Zacharias... “In the 1950s kids lost their innocence. They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise to a new term ---the generation gap. In the 1960s, kids lost their authority. It was a decade of...
  15. Gott Esser

    You Are What You Love Book Review Preface-Chapter 3

    I am writing this book review as a practice to force me to critically engage with the book more and I am posting this because it will force me to be accountable to actually writing these reviews. I hope it is helpful to anyone interested in the book. And please feel free to push back if you...
  16. M

    Feedback on my song that releases 12.6.19

    Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and wanted to see if I can get some feedback on my new release. The first single, The Dawning Fire, releases this Friday December 6th. The rest of the Ep will release in early 2020. We recorded at The Sound Emporium in Nashville last July. The feel of the...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    Right and Wrong Judging

    We, as human beings, make judgments every day as to what to wear, what to eat, what to do, what to say and where to go, etc. So, judging, in and of itself, is not wrong. It becomes wrong, though, when we judge wrongly. I have faced a large number of false judgments against myself in my...
  18. 2PhiloVoid

    Learning from Atheist books/videos to improve Christian Apologetics?

    There are some, such as myself, and apparently these fellow Christian academics at Biola University (in the short 7 minute video below), who think it is possible to learn from atheistic media (books/video/articles, etc.) to improve our own Christian understanding in various ways. This thread...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    Put Them Off!

    Romans 13:8-10 ESV Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word...
  20. Extra Toasty

    A Culture Sunk in Vanity

    The Western culture has been sinking deeper and deeper into vanity. I feel that, in our society, virtue has become degenerated from something that is valued in itself to something valued as a rhetorical tool. We have developed into a sort of 'hype culture' where a virtuous action is principally...