Category Archives: personal

Tempus Fugit

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If only I had more time to blog. Between class, research, RCIA, choir, and spending time with my wife, I can’t spend nearly as much time writing as I would like. I’ve been trying to cut back on blogging so as to not neglect my wife, so I try to pick one big topic to tackle each week.

My exchange with Adrian Warnock regarding "the simple gospel" seems to be winding down, which opens up a "slot" for something else. On the other hand, I’ve been outlining an article I’d like to write on imitation of Christ, directly and by proxy through imitation of the saints. That leaves me little or no time to respond to Ed Heckman’s well-constructed thoughts regarding Mary, the Catholic Church, and Scripture.

In his latest post, Ed does what no other Protestant with whom I’ve debated has done – actually read the Catechism. I’m so thoroughly pleased and impressed that I wish all the more that I had time to respond. He does a pretty thorough job fisking some of the Catechism’s statements about Mary. Obviously I disagree with him, but I respect his analysis none the less. I would be overjoyed if some of my knowledgeable Catholic readers would respond to him criticisms.

Go to it!

Romanism, Mary and The Catechism, Part 1

Update: If you’d like to write a post-length rebuttal but don’t have a blog of your own, send your post to me and I’ll consider posting it here.

Morals in Politics

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Seemingly based on the Libertarian Party's political quiz, this Moral Politics quiz plots your position on a map whose axes are moral order (x) and moral rules (y). Like any such quiz, it oversimplifies matters, but it's entertaining none the less. I like that I score as the party-less centrist I am. (HT:I Am a Christian Too) Continue reading →

“I’d Like to Thank…”

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I wasn’t nominated for an Evangelical or Catholic Blog Award. I was bummed (but
it was probably better for my ego). My hard work and slavish devotion to my readers
has finally paid off, though. Adrian
Warnock has awarded me one of this week’s Warnies.
🙂

I’ve added the Warnie Awards aggregator and blogroll to my right column. Be sure
to give previous winners some much-deserved traffic. 🙂

What’s in a Name?

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*Sigh* The more often people assume my blog’s name is the nick I go by, the more I think about ditching the pseudonym altogether. I’ve been using it for a long time and it’d be weird to abandon it. If you want to know where it came from, read the explanation in the left column. One thing I didn’t mention there is that I’d decided that only famous people ought to use their real names on their blogs. Sure, if I were Hugh Hewitt, I’d have enough name recognition to not use a pseudonym. "Funky Dung" is unique and memorable (if only because it’s odd). "Eric Williams" is not. It’s about as generic a name as one could have. I guess if my name was John, like many of my ancestors, my name would be even less unique. Then again, if people forget my nick and call me "Ales Rarus", how memorable can it be?

I wish my readership was bigger so I could get lots of answers to my questions, but those readers I have are loyal and honest, so here goes.

Should I stop going by "Funky Dung"? If so, should I adopt my blog’s name or use my real name?