Spe Salvi

My post defending the Catholic Church from allegations of injustice is so far the most popular post in this blog.  Like any blogger, I am flattered of course by the attention, but at the same time, I believe that the comments were made by people inflamed by the encyclical Spe Salvi, released last November 30, [...]

In Defense of the Church

NOTE: This entry was originally posted in my Livejournal account, then posted to my blogspot account. I am now posting it here as a sort of stock reply to atheists who conveniently use the Catholic Church as the scapegoat for everything.
The original post starts here:
Historically, religion has been used as a tool to oppress, [...]

Mocking Religion

A kind (or damned?) soul has posted a link on Facebook that led to a site that sells “alternative Christmas presents”.  While I consider myself pretty liberal on matters of religion, some of the gifts were a bit difficult to accept in the spirit of fun.  There’s this USB drive in the shape of the [...]