Welcome to the Bizarro World...where we decide what words mean

This article is incredible. Two woman decided entered a "civil union" and one of the woman became pregnant (probably through Invitro). Apparently, some years later, the woman who have the baby decided that she did not, in fact, believe that homosexual activity was morality good and became a Christian. Later, there was a split between the two woman and the Christian (I will call her The Mother from here on out, because SHE IS) woman decided to not allow the other woman to visit the child. When the court odered the mother to allow visitation, she skipped out and now they have issued an arrest warrant. The other woman is reported to have said, in the article, "I hope the judge's order today gives law enforcement the tools they need to find my daughter". WHAT ???? It is NOT her daughter. She may have had a relationship with the daughter, but she IS NOT the girl's mother. Words do have meanings. This is just another example of the "gay rights" agenda shoving the moral repugnance that is homosexual activity down our throats.

Evolution is a Threat to Human Reason

I, recently, came across a book in Barnes & Nobles. The book is titled "Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought". I have always suspected that the human mind in intrinsically tied up with the physical body and that "how we live" is (and ought to be) tied up with how we are hard-wired. In skimming this book and reading some reviews online, a contrasting thought occurred to me, though. If we conceive of the mind being too intrinsically based in the flesh, the consequences for society would be catastrophic. Stated more simply, if this biological morality paradigm is given free reign, then why should a woman not eat her mate after mating, like some spiders do? Human morality, again, is the trump card to the diabolical! This article says it better.

The Beauty of Modesty

It is time for Christians to return to modesty. This article is a must read!
“Modesty is reverence for mystery.” - Msgr. Charles Pope

Do You Promise to Tell the Truth...?

I just got finished viewing the 1961 epic movie "El Cid". What a movie! Given the predominance of the CGI and computer-based technologies, I doubt we will see anything like this in the near future. The sets, costumes, and overall pagentry were extremely vivid and grand. Overall, I do not feel it is a great movie. However, it is certainly remarkable in the epic genre. Perhaps, it is even one of the best of the genre.

One scene stood out to me, though. El Cid compels king Alfonso VI to take an oath that he had no direct or indirect hand in the death of Alfonso's brother (Sancho II), on the Holy Bible. Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar "El Cid" will not kneel to Alfonso VI until he this oath is taken. I was struck by the contrast of this scene with the modern value of integrity and honesty.

Before I begin, let me be clear that I do understand the poem of El Cid is substantially mythic. I am not laboring under the delusion that the poem is 100% factual. This is not my point. Myth does, though, sufficiently articulate what a culture believes OUGHT to be valued. In the case of the scene that I mentioning, truth and integrity are shown as integral to what it means to be a hero.

More specifically, though, I want to underline the placement of the hand on the Holy Bible for an oath. The modern liberal mind usually reels at the thought of an oath on a holy book. They even find it repulsive that one should be required to swear "By God". My question is related to this point. If one does not swear by a higher authority, what would one swear by? Given this, can our society reasonably assume that a "card carrying" atheist is under any compulsion or binding to tell the truth. If one does not believe that they will not be held to account (eternally) by the ontological, rational basis for all life (God), why should we not think that this atheist will simply lie when the circumstances are in his best interest? After all, he is only answerable to himself, if there is not TRUTH.

Just a thought....

A Catholic Viewpoint on Secularism

Common sense argument against same sex "marriage"

Here is a solid, commonsensical, rational, and reasonable arguement against the legalization of same sex unions.

A Refreshingly, yet Tradicional Perspective on Ecology

This is way a true holistic ecology should look like.