Summary Against Modern Thought: Proper Ends
Previous post. ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS ARGUMENTS 1 So, then, it is not difficult to answer the arguments that have been presented. 2 As a matter of fact, we are…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Animals Are Lower Than Man
Previous post. Only the lowest forms of slavery seek to control the thoughts of the slaves. Also see paragraph 12 for why it’s okay to eat meat. THAT RATIONAL CREATURES…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Rational Creatures Are Governed For Their Own...
Previous post. THAT THE RATIONAL CREATURE IS DIRECTED BY GOD TO HIS ACTIONS NOT ONLY BY AN ORDERING OF THE SPECIES, BUT ALSO ACCORDING TO WHAT BEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL 1…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Laws Are Divinely Given To Man
Previous post. Very simple Chapter this week. Notice that we don’t say here what the law is, merely that is exists. THAT LAWS ARE DIVINELY GIVEN TO MAN 1 It…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Divine Law Orders Man Toward God
Previous post. Next week we begin what the laws themselves are. THAT THE DIVINE LAW PRINCIPALLY ORDERS MAN TOWARD GOD 1 From this conclusion we may gather what it is…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: The End Of Divine Law Is Love Of God
Previous post. As the song says, put a little love in your heart. THAT THE END OF DIVINE LAW IS THE LOVE OF GOD 1 Since the intention of divine…
View ArticleLibertarian Wants Wolves To Stop Eating Rabbits & Lions To Become Vegans
The title is a joke, of a sort. It’s humor comes in its truth. It is true a self-labeling libertarian named Andy Lamey wants people to stop eating animals. He…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Love Thy Neighbor
Previous post. It’s unlikely your neighbor lives on the far side of the world, or the other side of the border. So just what does neighbor mean? Read and find…
View ArticleAI Is Coming For You!
The picture heading the post is of an AI machine carrying a small child to a paperclip factory. Why is it every time I read one of these evil-AI-destroys-the-world stories…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Believe Only What’s True
Previous post. It all comes down to faith. THAT THROUGH DIVINE LAW MEN ARE BOUND TO THE RIGHT FAITH 1 From this it becomes clear that men are bound to…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Our Minds Are Directed To God Via Our Senses
Previous post. Connatural: Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural (Webster, 1913). THAT OUR MIND IS DIRECTED TO GOD BY CERTAIN SENSE OBJECTS 1 Since it is connatural…
View ArticleThe Impossibility of Star-Trek Like Transporters
According to SyFy Magazine there was an episode of Star Trek: The Woke Generation (Kirk ≫ Picard) in which Riker was transporting himself to the ship, but where a mysterious…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Worship Belongs To God Alone
Previous post. A good reminder “cult” has changed in meaning over time. Latria = highest kind of worship. Why we worship God is in #5 below. THAT THE CULT PROPER…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Even Private Acts Can Be Sinful
Previous post. Getting away with it in private won’t cut it. THAT DIVINE LAW ORDERS MAN ACCORDING TO REASON IN REGARD TO CORPOREAL AND SENSIBLE THINGS 1 Now, just as…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: The Consent Fallacy Applied To Fornication...
Previous post. Our good saint did not use the name Consent Fallacy, but we see it in the first argument. No real comment is necessary here: the saint’s words are…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Matrimony Should Be Indivisible
Previous post. We know every one of these arguments, so it’s sad that we reject them. THAT MATRIMONY SHOULD BE INDIVISIBLE 1 If one will make a proper consideration, the…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Marriage Is One Man, One Woman
Previous post. No sharing. THAT MATRIMONY SHOULD BE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN 1 It seems, too, that we should consider how it is inborn in the minds of…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Incest Is Out
Previous post. Notice carefully that none of the arguments below are related to genetics or biology, which is important because some wag will always claim it is possible to “cure”…
View ArticleThe Best Decision For A Doctor Might Not Be Yours
Probably for the shock value, news outlets are quoting this odd doctor, Ezekiel Emanuel, who, the title promises us, says “U.S. Must Stay Locked Down For 12-18 Months Until There’s…
View ArticleSummary Against Modern Thought: Not All Sex Is Sinful
Previous post. Puritanism is not a viable option. THAT NOT ALL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IS SINFUL 1 Now, just as it is contrary to reason for a man to perform the…
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