Here I sin boldly by asking the Democratic Party to (1) maintain support for a woman’s access to health care and protect her reproductive rights; (2) add a public concern for the well-being and moral protectability of the unborn child; and (3) encourage state or even federal legislatures to pass creative legislation that that addresses both. Trump and Arizona on Abortion
Whether or not an everlasting hell exists is a difficult matter to settle. Nevertheless, we cannot just drop this concern, because how we develop the idea of hell has to do with the such concepts as divine love and divine justice. The existence of Hell corresponds to divine justice.
Blasphemy is in the news reporting on movements to repeal anti-blasphemy laws and because of Quran burnings in Sweden and Denmark. It's time the systematic theologian clarify the three types of blasphemy: (1) denunciation of God or God's believers; (2) pursuing evil the he name of the good; and (3) pursuing evil in the name of evil. Blasphemy as (1) sacrilege; (2) evil in the name of the good; and (3) evil in the name of evil.
Pope Francis has just appointed Argentinian Archbishop Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernández to head the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Among other enjoinders, His Holiness has shifted the emphasis away from heresy hunting toward sharing "theological knowledge." In this post I try to spell out how valuable theological knowledge can be when it takes the form of systematic theology that is applicable, comprehensive, logical, and coherent. New leader for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
Two Mass Shootings Per Day Two mass shootings per day. That's what I'm thinkikng about. I am writing this post in northern California. I glance Two mass shootings per day: America's tragic choice.