What Abortion is NOT
Leftist media, especially in this political season, are confusing people by calling 'abortion' acts that are not abortion. It is imperative we understand the difference.... Read More
Author: Paul Murano
Joe and Sally Discuss Attending an Invalid Wedding
Sally: Hi Joe. Are you coming to my Wendy’s wedding? Joe: Oh, I’m sorry Sally, I’m unable to make that. I was about to send you back the RSVP letting you know. Sally: Oh, no! You have an emergency? Joe: No. It’s that Wendy is a baptized Catholic, which means that if she “marries” outside […]... Read More
Refuting the Nonsense, chap. 3: Moral Principles of Contradiction
Is it judgmental to judge the judgmental? Is pornography free speech or criminal injustice? Is "as long as he's happy" a good measurement for one's lifestyle or behavior? Let's go beneath the surface.... Read More
The One Mediator: What Does it Mean that Jesus is the Only Way to God?
The Holy Father has recently been the cause of another controversy, seeming to indicate all religions are ways to God. Let's go a little beneath the surface.... Read More
The Key Inconsistancy in Judaism and Islam
It seems that non-Christian monotheists (Jews, Muslims) have a strong sense of justice on the micro level but not the macro level. This is a bit perplexing. Retaliation and vengeance to make things right have long traditions in these faith communities; but even with this collective sense of justice, the need to properly make things […]... Read More
Falsehood Leads to Two Extremes
It’s interesting that today’s post-Christian agnosticism holds two extremes with regard to the afterlife: there is no Heaven and everyone goes to Heaven. In other words, nobody goes there and everyone goes there. But this is the normal pattern that results from holding onto an erroneous premise. Some other examples: Modern societies that do not […]... Read More
Refuting the Nonsense 2: Ethical theories
How do we discern the right way to measure morality? What is it based on? In this second episode of Refuting the Nonsense we go beneath the surface on the unreasonableness of today's popular ethical theories that challenge natural law.... Read More
What exactly are they celebrating?
Today is the solemnity of the beheading of John the Baptist; a very important witness for our time. As the precurser of Jesus, John was martyred for pointing out the illicit union and invalid marriage of Herod Antipas and Herodius. According to today’s gospel, both were offended by John’s words. But notice their different reactions: […]... Read More
MM: DNC Propagnda 2024
The DNC depends on emotional manipulation and the cultural conditioning of the past 50 years to sell its lies.... Read More
The Tragic Error of the Pro-Life Movement
The fundamental error that guarantees abortion will continue indefinitely.... Read More
The Irrationality of the Cultural Catholic
When God called out to Adam, "Where are you" in Gn 3:9, Adam & Eve could no longer comfortably hide from God. In the unnatural comfort zones we create for ourselves hiding from God, we create our own gods who see us as a "good person", despite not fulfilling our religious and moral obligations.... Read More
The disordered idea of eliminating ‘disorder’
Our age is marked by eliminating 'disorder' from our psyches.... Read More
What Am I Doing Hangin’ Round?
My favorite Nesmith song, from The Monkees... Read More
The Irrational Minds of Rational Creatures
This life is infinitely smaller than a drop of water in the never ending ocean of eternity. Yet, what percentage of our thoughts and attention focus on the temporal and worldly? It makes no sense. To test this hypothesis, count the conversations you hear today that relate to earthly and temporal things vs. unchanging truth […]... Read More
Why do Catholics venerate Mary?
There are many reasons. But here is one angle: God’s original command was to Adam. The “nchsh” (interpreted ‘serpent’ and ‘dragon’ in Scripture) at Eden can be interpreted as a demonic threatening force. From this perspective: Eve persuaded Adam to save himself at the expense of humanity (Gn 3:6). Mary persuaded Jesus to begin the […]... Read More
Is the GOP a Pro-Life Party?
While the GOP is a giant leap closer to justice than the party of death on government’s obligation to protect the most vulnerable, they’ve got a long way to go. For justice to prevail, three general principles of reason, confirmed by science, must be realized and fully embraced: . 1) All human beings, whose lifecycle […]... Read More
The Regressivism of Progressivism
One fascinating paradox, easily discernable, is that while the man-centered universe of secular progressivism promises to benefit each person by making him his own authority (i.e. his own god), it accomplishes the exact opposite. All the ‘liberal’ ideals the West cherishes, such as inalienable human rights and the equality of dignity in each individual, have […]... Read More
Pornography — A Public Health Crisis?
Originally published Aug. 2016 in The Valley Patriot When I was growing up I saw Democrats and Republicans switch values on the important cultural issues defining what it means to be human. Democrats were pro-life and supported natural marriage while Republicans were liberal on cultural issues. This changed when Rockefeller Republicanism evolved into Reaganism, […]... Read More
The Church is an Organism of Divine and Human Origin
The problem of failing to recognize the human being as an organism existing from conception is mirrored in failing to understand the Church as an organism— conceived with Christ’s calling the apostles and born on Pentecost day. With Christ as its Head and the Holy Spirit as its soul, the baptized in the state of […]... Read More
The Dehumanizing Effect of Fornication
“We’re in relationships for years, giving our bodies [to our boyfriends]. Then it ends. You just gave your whole self to someone…and it ends. We wonder why we’re so depleted and broken? There’s a reason [God] makes the rules the way He does.” —Actress & model Arielle Reitsma, on our demon-inspired “relationship” culture... Read More
Refuting the Nonsense and Reclaiming the Truth
Two minutes of introducing my newest book!... Read More
Introducing My Second Book!
To Order: https://www.amazon.com/Refuting-Nonsense-Reclaiming-Truth-Socratic/dp/B0D5WTK4P6 Take a chance and order a copy from Amazon. You won’t regret it!... Read More
Contraception is the Matter of Mortal Sin
What is the Church’s constant teaching on contraception (artificial birth control)? “You shall not practice birth control, you shall not murder a child by abortion, nor kill what is begotten” ~The Didache, 2, first Christian catechism, written in first century AD “Intercourse even with one’s legitimate wife is unlawful and wicked where the conception of […]... Read More
Love is Love?
Love isn’t love unless it’s love. The great liberal fallacy of today is that truth can be an obstacle to love. To the contrary, truth defines, and is the form of, love. Sincerity, tenderness, and attraction without truth to inform the content of its action can be very dangerous and harmful.... Read More
Adam and Judas vs. Peter and Paul
We can conclude something by looking at three key men in the Bible: Adam, Judas, and Peter. The crucial moment for each was not their sin, but in their response to it – illustrating it’s easier to sin than to repent. Penalties for original sin came only after Adam’s denial and transference of the blame […]... Read More