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(And so are you.) Here’s what I mean: Agnosticism refers to what we can claim to “know” (gnosis being the Greek word for “knowledge”). An agnostic, then, is simply someone who doesn’t know something about a particular subject. The Latin equivalent of agnosticism is “ignorance” — if someone asks you whether you agree with the […]
I was recently watching HBO’s new documentary on Scientology, Going Clear, and was astounded at how so many wealthy, powerful, and seemingly intelligent people have bought in to L. Ron Hubbard’s bizarre and sci-fi inspired vision of the world. 75 million years ago some god called Xenu transported a bunch of humans to earth in a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]