Film “Judith” Instead of “Noah”
Alex Knapp figures the big-budget movie adaptation of the Noah story will disappoint due to the straightforwardness and unsustainability of the plot, and I’m inclined to agree. The myth of Noah wouldn’t be the...
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Religion for Atheists
Ned Resnikoff challenges the supposedly easy path of superficially translating religious ritual and practice into forms that an atheist might find acceptable and beneficial: A fully developed theology is born out of conflict and...
Defining Faith between Theism and Atheism
Eying a discussion hosted by atheist blogger Leah Libresco on whether both theists and atheists can have faith of the same sort, my friend Darwin throws his papist hat into ring, rightly noting that...
An Old Gaelic Blessing
May those who love us, love us And those who don’t love us, May God turn their hearts: And if He doesn’t turn their hearts May he turn their ankles So we’ll know them...
Echoes on the Road
“What are we willing to suffer so that love might heal the wounds of humanity and transform them into the glory of God? Only when we can exit our private lives and enter into...
Spoiler Etiquette
Alyssa Rosenberg doesn’t mind being spoiled: “I regularly spoil myself on things I’m watching thanks to Wikipedia, and I fully believe the study that came out last summer that spoilers increase our enjoyment of...
Friday Morning Film Reflection
Woody Allen’s film concepts range from the brilliant to the brainless, and his execution from masterful to mediocre. I’ll usually give his movies a shot, in hopes of seeing his genius on display, but...
Obama: Ally of the Diabolical
That’s how Michael Voris, self-knighted champion of Real Catholicism, describes the president. In this worldview, President Obama is quite literally, if unwittingly allying himself with Satan’s ultimate desire to overturn the divinely-ordained natural order,...
