During a recent episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors I made the point that I would welcome a presidential candidate who made no claims to being religious, since then I might actually have someone I’d consider voting for. Think about it: If a candidate is an outspoken Christian he will almost certainly: (1) desire to defund as many […]
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Worldviews Weighed and Wanting
It seems to me that there are certain moments in life when a person needs to ask, “If my worldview is turning me into this kind of person, maybe I need to step back and rethink things?” Whether we’re talking about issues political, cultural, or religious, the fact remains that many people need to take their metaphorical […]
“Musings of a Misfit Catholic”
I know, I know: It has been ages since I last posted anything here. I have been wanting to reboot this site for a while, so we’ll see how that goes. For now, though, I just wanted to give a quick update on the status of the book I have been working on for Random […]
Embracing Your Inner Pagan
In the most recent episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors the topic of narratives came up. My contention was that if there is an idea or line of thought that is almost universally recognized, then odds are that the idea is actually true. For example, if the knee-jerk attitude of most people is that we ought to love […]
Give Peace a Chance, or Something
I have mentioned it before, but being Catholic has had a mellowing effect on me. While a lot of guys from my former theological circle (Old School Presbyterianism), when they convert to Catholicism, tend to seek out an equally staunch Roman version of what they left behind (conservative Latin Masses, for example), I didn’t really […]
No Fight Left, Or So It Seems. . . .
As many of you know, I wrote a post over at Creed Code Cult recently titled “Two Years a Catholic” in which I, having realized that the two-year anniversary of my “apostasy” had arrived, sought to give a brief update on how things have been going for me. As I relay in the post, things […]