Category Archives: Philosophy
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Great News for Murderers! Science Disproves Free Will!
3September 23, 2018 by lucieromarin
You can probably deduce my mood from this post’s title. To those who believe in free will, I apologise for …
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Agnostic Questions and My Answers
Leave a commentMay 20, 2018 by lucieromarin
An agnostic friend prompted me with some of the questions below. Thinking them over, I asked myself more questions from …
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Interesting Questions I’ve Been Asked
4August 7, 2014 by lucieromarin
Questions about the faith arrive in all kinds of ways. Bitter experience has taught me that if a guy asks …
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Linkage
Leave a commentAugust 4, 2014 by lucieromarin
Because I should be writing job applications right now: Here’s the transcript of a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick …
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In Thanksgiving for Converts
1July 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
Every cradle Catholic loves a conversion story, because conversion stories contain all the best elements of adventure and romance. There’s …
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Nature and Person
2June 14, 2014 by lucieromarin
Jokes abound about how agonising it is to have to preach on Trinity Sunday. One priest told the story of …
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Animals Have Souls, But They Can’t Receive Grace. Here’s Why. (Potency and Act, Part 3)
Leave a commentApril 11, 2014 by lucieromarin
One way to move beyond woe is to think about things other than woe – so, today, not a post …
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Stuck in Time
Leave a commentApril 1, 2014 by lucieromarin
One of the clearest signs (to me) that man was meant for eternity is that we handle time so badly. …
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Piety versus Magneto
4March 27, 2014 by lucieromarin
The trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ looks all kinds of silly (though I’m sure I’ll see the film …
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A Catechumen’s Test – the Answers
2March 23, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, my friend is now my brother in Christ, and has made his third Communion, which is a very happy-making …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 