Are most young people a lost cause, or just lost?

Although my FB posts, website blurbs, and newspaper articles pull no punches in articulating my personal take on the issues, my teaching style is very different. My approach in the college classroom is objective and Socratic, allowing students to think for themselves by following reason wherever it may lead. In philosophy classes I do not […]... Read More

Rejoice! Demonic attack is par for the course.

If you live a Christian life you will encounter the devil, and often. He arouses the ire of his unwitting followers on earth, often those who are respected as pillars of the community, and not infrequently a dissonant member of the clergy with little faith. They secretly hate truth and direct their vile at anyone […]... Read More

Nature vs. Ideology: Revulsion can be good as the soul’s warning to avoid evil

NATURE.  Human beings have a natural adversity to unnatural behaviors, usually taking the form of disgust or anger.  This is normal and healthy. Disgust recognizes perversion and anger seeks to right an injustice. How one chooses to respond to this natural interior reaction is the ethical question, i.e. productively or destructively. Every child and every […]... Read More
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My Fellow Truth Seekers…..

We live in an age that is suffering from a crisis of truth.  The people have been fed propaganda from the two mind-molding establishments of society – the media and academia – since babyhood.  There are two general motives for manipulating minds in this way: 1) to make money off people, 2) ideological pride that […]... Read More