Tag Archives: idolatry

Ratzinger on Casuistry

Whoa!  Cardinal Ratzinger says (in “The God of Jesus Christ”): Jesus’ working on the Sabbath is not directed against the Sabbath.  Rather, he is fighting to preserve its original meaning, preserving it as the day of God’s freedom, so that the hands of the casuists may not pervert it into the opposite, that is, a …

June 1, 2009 – 9:54 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Important Questions

Check out this screenshot of a poll being conducted on a web site I just visited.  Visitors are asked what they think about “Creation Evolution”, and to categorize themselves into some pre-selected bucket.  Helpfully, the poll also offers “None of the above” (implying that you have your own theory) and “I have not decided” (implying …

May 29, 2009 – 8:17 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Twittering in Church? Strike a Pose!

[Via SharperIron] This recent article in Time Magazine, about a church in Michigan that encourages congregants to use Twitter, has generated a lot of discussion.  The Seattle Times ran a similar story months ago, about Twitter usage at Mars Hill in Seattle. The discussion is mostly of the moralizing sort: “should we allow this strange …

May 29, 2009 – 10:24 AM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Electric Guitars? God Forbid!

I recently discovered a blog named Remonstrans, maintained by someone using the handle Dissidens.  Dissidens is a skilled and entertaining writer, and he has a keen nose for idolatry, as do many of his commenters, so I am pleased as punch to have found the blog. When I first began reading his posts (like this …

May 28, 2009 – 8:38 PM | By joshua | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments (0)