Dear friends, bear with me as I work through some of this stuff. This is going to include some basic philosophy, which I know is boring to many of you, but will lead to some specific comments about Catholic teachings on gay marriage, which I know you enjoy picking on.
Natural law theory is the dominant [...]
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The purpose of human life is to be happy, to flourish.
Posted in Aquinas, Aristotle, Catholic social thought, ethics, from old blog, natural law on November 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
More catholic stuff.
Posted in Catholic Church, Catholic social thought, Catholicism, Rahner, conversion, ethics, from old blog on April 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Note: Edited April 10, 2007, to remove personal details.
St. Ignatius of Loyola developed his Spiritual Exercises to help develop & practice being able to discern what helps move us closer to God, what opens us up & makes us more loving (movements of consolation) and what moves us farther, what closes us off & makes [...]
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Posted in Catholic Church, Catholic social thought, conversion, from old blog on April 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Note: Edited slightly April 10, 2007, to remove personal details. I think it’s interesting to see what was going on in my mind a year ago! This was originally posted on my old blog, and was addressed to my friends, who were justifiably skeptical about this new stage of my life. I am happy and [...]
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