Tag: Musings

Catholics and Science

Catholics and Science

[ 9 ] March 6, 2012 AD |

Two months ago when the topic of a symposium on Catholic education was first mentioned, I had a brief com-box discussion with my colleague Miss Allie Terrell (her submission to this symposium can be read here). What does (or should) a science course look like at a Catholic University? Or for that matter, what does [...]

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Contemplating Beauty

Contemplating Beauty

[ 0 ] December 30, 2011 AD |

Beauty is mentioned alongside goodness and truth as something for which all men yearn; yet of the three, beauty itself is most enigmatic. We want to know the truth—that is, we want what we think of reality to actually correspond to reality—and we want to pursue or acquire the good—our actions should thus be ordered [...]

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Creation and Contingency

Creation and Contingency

[ 3 ] September 12, 2011 AD |

Would it be strange if I said that one of the people who helped to strengthen my faith in God is himself an atheist [1]? And that he strengthened my own mental “case for God” by attempting to weaken the case for a Creator? It might be accurate to say that Dr Hawking helped me [...]

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