The Folly of Utilitarianism

x – Come on, why would I care? It doesn’t hurt anybody.y –.How do you know?x – Because it’s private behavior.y – All private acts harm no one?x – And it’s consensual.y – So all private consensual acts harm no one?x-   That’s right.y –  If you consent to me striking your head with a baseball […]... Read More

Making sense of The Trinity – the central Christian mystery

How can God be both One and Three – without contradiction? Some insightful dialogue between Paul Murano and his guest Bob Leblanc on the foundational Christian mystery – One God revealed as three Persons, consubstantial and co-eternal. Beneath the surface… where faith and reason meet Give it a listen, here:  https://archive.org/details/BTS253... Read More

Dialogue: Human vs. Person?

Pro-choice: Okay, I must admit that science does prove that individual human beings begin at conception. But they’re not persons, until later. Pro-life: Oh? You make this distinction because of the three basic operations unique to persons – reason, free will, and self-consciousness? Pro-choice: Yes, you’ve got it. Pro-life: And you claim not all human […]... Read More