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If one wants to read a recent example of Pope Benedict's use of Reason, one should read his address to the Roman Clergy on February 14, 2013 in its entirety in which he states that it was not Vatican...
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Finally, what a delight to "hear" a voice of reason in Prof. Beckwith acknowledge that Pope Benedict's Regensberg Lecture was not a "mistake." I have no idea where this ridiculouos narrative got such...
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I could write pages on this topic, but let me make two points: 1. Faith and reason must work together and be consistent with each other because both come from God, who is truth itself. They are just...
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Beautiful. Like most militant materialist atheists, Dawkins contradicts himself every time he opens his mouth! He gives us an incontrovertible, scientific exposition of what ails his soul every time he...
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athanasius, you have neatly explained why the Truth can set one free - and why the inverse is also correct. - Other Joe
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Athanasius - that beatifully stated. What further reading can I do on your examples of secularism and fideism? - Andrew Flattery
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This is a good analysis. It's also something that's been said before, to little effect, apparently. There have been many attempts made to point out to Dawkins and his followers how their philosophy is...
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To Andrew: I suggest starting with BXVI's Regensburg address, especially Father Schall's book that includes the address and adds excellent analysis. JPII's encyclical on Faith and Reason is also...
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@Manfred, BXVI is not trying to shift the blame for the scandals which have rocked the church. He is just pointing out the fact that no one involved with the second Vatican council anticipated the...
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@Lamont: The Popes who took the name Pius had one trait in common-they all fought heresies and heterodoxy. Pius IX wrote the Syllabus of Errors in 1867. Pius X wrote Pascendi and Lamentabili in 1907...
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Beckwith's piece is premised on Dawkins' embrace of scientism, but witness the following statements from Dawkins' The God Delusion: "Perhaps there are some genuinely profound and meaningful questions...
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Kent: The Dawkins disclaimers are not inconsistent with my claim that he is "the quintessential scientific rationalist, denying that anything that cannot be captured and quantified under the categories...
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Thank you for your response, I can see your point and how it impacts what I said. Still, I'm not sure that one needs to have any notion that human life has objectively proper ends to be entitled to say...
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Manfred, from where I am sitting, you appear to be an ideologue- as if you are your own magisterium and the interpreter of the divine economy. My personal choice between your interpretation and the...
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Mr. Dawkins has no philosophical training, so that he really doesn't know how frequently he contradicts himself. For instance, his famous example of how a computer program can produce several lines of...
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Another thing: Physical law. You must infer laws from their effects, but they themselves are not material. It is odd to suppose that, ontologically, the individual objects that obey the laws are...
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