Friday Frivolity: Warning! Programmers!
As a software engineer, I know this to be true…
Category: Catholicism
Keep Calm
Does the Church think that Scripture is important?
During my various apologetic endeavours I have often heard the assertion that that Catholic Church doesn’t think much of Sacred Scripture. I have been told by well-meaning non-Catholics that the Church doesn’t care about God’s word and that our clergy do everything they can to keep the Bible out of the hands of their congregations.
When meeting with these assertions, I invite my interlocutors to peruse the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which is the official compendium of all that we believe as Catholics. The section concerning Sacred Scripture begins at paragraph #101. It draws heavily from a Second Vatican Council constitution “Dei Verbum” (“Word of God”) and is a nice summary of that conciliar document.
So, what does the Church actually believe and teach about Sacred Scripture?
Meet Pope Francis
(Thanks to Da Mihi Animas for this one)
Science and the Torah
While watching clips of “The Big Bang Theory” on YouTube, I came across a video of Mayim Bialik, the actress who plays Amy Farrah Fowler on the show. If you’re old like me, you may also remember her from the show Blossom, but I think it’s safe to say that her character in The Big Bang Theory is probably my favourite.
Amy Farrah Fowler: My kind of woman
Relationship Warning Flags
The Art of Manliness offers “14 Red Flags to Look Out for in a Relationship”:
Agree? Disagree? And hmmm….might it be time to finally resurrect the Why doesn’t that nice Catholic Guy Ask Me Out posts?
OSAS & Three Cups of Tea: Cup 3
In the last two blog posts I critiqued the Scripture interpretations of Mack, a commentator on my Once Saved, Always Saved post. Mack had responded to my article, claiming that I had been misapplying Scripture passages to support my argument that it is possible to lose your salvation. If you would like to read my two previous replies, they are available here and here.
We have nearly finished looking at Mack’s commentary, so please pour yourself one last cup of tea and we’ll take a look at the final two passages…
