I have decided to rewrite my last article. I am doing this for three reasons: One, I added comments that distracted from the main point of my essay. Two, I oversimplified (and I hate when people do this) historical events, like the causes of WWII. Third, a friend of mine pointed out that I did not develop my arguments sufficiently. These three mistakes, plus my tendency to ramble about many things which leads to confusing posts, have led to rewrite my essay on Christians in the military. ...

Although this article could be included in many different sections, it is primarily about a topic dear to my heart: Catholicism. Basically, I wish to discuss the nature of what "being a Catholic" means, juxtaposed by how many Americans (and Canadians) choose to define it themselves. Now, I should precaution my readers in that I am a firm believer in objective definitions that have as little emotional attachments as possible. I do not like the words "fundamentalist, conservative, libera...

I spent my birthday in a rather ordinary manner. I got up around 9, read for an hour or so, showered, and went to Sunday Mass. Mass was all right, with a decent Homily and the extraordinary ordinariness of partaking of the Body of our Lord. As the Church teaches, the Eucharist is the highest for of worship in the Christian Faith, and it seems to be the most profound of my experiences in Mass. I stayed afterwards, first, to help sell some mother's day gifts for the local Parish Youth gro...

I don't know about other people, but do you ever have on of those days that you just feel like trash? Well, today is one of those days. Without getting into it, I think that its cause requires a visit to my Confessor. I'll leave it at that. Yet, I want to explore myself to discover the condition of my soul. In fact, I am sure that my soul is burdened by sin, and the is the cause of my malaise. It's so damn annoying too, because it is something I know I shouldn't do. As St. Paul sai...

Link A pretty good discussion here. I suggest that readers to particularly pay attention to the responses of "Tarmac," with whom I have fairly good relations with. Although I do not support his complete pacifism, I cannot help but think that war, in most instances, is brought on by less than noble designs. I suggest people study Just War doctrine, specifically as outlined by St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, and whatever other sources that are out there. I am more inclined to sti...

Now, I know how everyone loves to bash Christian Fundamentalists for various reasons and, quite frankly, I get sick of it. There are a few reasons why I am sick of it, although it is debateable whether I will get into them in this article. First and foremost, I am not a Fundamentalist. Although (I use that word a lot) the term "Fundamentalist" is used for every religion and is hardly used in a positive way, I wish that society could separate the emotionally-laden term for a more obje...