Source: Channel N – TV via YouTube This video recounts some of Steve Jobs’ reflections on life having reached the end of his. It recounts how he saw his career, business, wealth, family, life and relationships with greater clarity. The voice-over may not be the best, but the more important […]
Culture, Science & Society
Commentary and discussion on a range of cultural topics, ranging from media to art, science, and everything in-between!
The core message of a major transgender study was wrong
Source: Michael Cook via mercatornet.com Hailed as confirmation of the need for gender-affirming surgery, a study in the American Journal of Psychiatry was mistaken. How many times have you read that transgender individuals need surgery to keep them from slipping into bad mental health or even from committing suicide? “For […]
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Source: how2findtruth via YouTube The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, Arkhipelag GULAG) is a three-volume non-fiction text written between 1958 and 1968 by Russian writer and historian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It was first published in 1973, followed by an English translation the following year. It covers life in what is […]
Prominent clergy, laity issue statement exposing coronavirus plot for ‘world govt’
Catholic clergy led by former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Gerhard Ludwig Mueller, Joseph Zen, and Janis Pujats have joined an appeal “for the Church and the world” that warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is being used as a “pretext” by world leaders to “control” people, strip them of their fundamental rights, while providing a “disturbing prelude to the realization of a world government beyond all control.
Why I don’t Criticise the Pope!
In order to understand why I think Catholics should, generally, avoid criticizing the Pope and why I, especially, refuse to do so publicly, is by first understanding the Church through the analogy of a family.
The Power of Modest Clothing
Every now and then something will occur that will incite a debate about modesty in clothing in our culture and this is important because most of us can agree that modesty is a good thing and the reason we know it’s a good thing is because we hate it when people act immodestly around us based on whatever standard we uphold.
2020: the Year of Raphael
On the 500th anniversary of the death of Raphael Sanzio, one of the greatest artists of the Italian Renaissance, discover his person and how he forever marked the history of art.
The Magician’s Twin: Part 1 – Scientism
More than a half century ago, famed writer C.S. Lewis warned about how science (a good thing) could be twisted in order to attack religion, undermine ethics, and limit human freedom. In this documentary “The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Scientism,” leading scholars explore Lewis’s prophetic warnings about the abuse of science and how Lewis’s concerns are increasingly relevant for us today
The Magician’s Twin: Part 2 – Evolution
“C.S. Lewis and Evolution” is the second of three short documentaries inspired by the book The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society. It examines the evolution of Lewis’s views on orthodox Darwinian theory from his time as a college undergraduate to his death in 1963.
The Magician’s Twin: Part 3 – Intelligent Design
“C.S. Lewis and Intelligent Design” is the third of three short documentaries inspired by the book The Magician’s Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society. Lewis is best known for his magical stories about Narnia, but a new documentary explores his life-long struggle to find intelligent design in a world filled with pain.
Influential New Age Guru Encounters Jesus
A spiritual guru with hundreds of thousands of followers has a terrifying vision and realizes he underestimated the powers he played with. He turns to the Bible to find out if Jesus is who he claimed to be.
How Can Birth Control Be Wrong? Part I
Learn about the Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception in this FREE three-part video series.
Part I: Biblical and philosophical basis for the Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception.
In this video, I explain the biblical and philosophical basis for the Catholic Church’s teaching on contraception—by far the most controversial