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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— , The Enlarged Devil’s Dictionary [1967]
apologetics
On Cartoon Villains
Funky alerted me recently to an article by Annie Gottlieb, an accomplished and interesting author and friend of Ales Rarus, who advertises what purports to be a serious opposition to traditionalism in Towards a New Revelation (or, Why I Am Not a Traditionalist) over on AmbivaBlog. Since this site is frequented by a good […]
Meeting Mark Shea
Tonight I got to listen to fellow St. Blog's parishoner Mark Shea speak. Some of his speech material came from his essay "The Critics Rave". It was a fun and interesting talk about countering the Church's detractor's questions with another question, "Who […]
My Religious Experience is More Valid Than Yours. Nyah! :-p~~~
Riffing on a comment made in response to my post about the validity of religious experiences , I have a question to ask you folks. If I have a mystical experience (or some other theophany), I say that I experienced some aspect of the Holy Trinity. A Hindu might say that he […]
Leap of Faith
Sean, a buddy of mine and long-timer reader of this blog, made a comment that I think ought to be highlighted. Responding to my post about an atheist's argument against the veracity of Jesus Christ's claims, and a mutual friend's comment, he wrote the following.
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An Analogical Argument for the Legitimacy of Religious Experiences
In the course of religious study, it is easy to become very attached to the idea of "seeking out" God. The emphasis is often placed upon logical reasoning and scientific research. There are, however, other ways of finding (or not finding, whichever the case may be) God. I am in particular […]
