On November 24, 2016 I published a post called “The Extraordinary Adventures of Kristen Scharold” which was a response to an article that Kristen Scharold had written in the New York Times about how she had been a devout Evangelical all of her life and is now in a homosexual relationship with another woman. Both of these women claim to be Christian. The post received no comments. It didn’t stand out in terms of the amount of views it got either. That is, until recently.
On the morning of February 11, 2013 I was pulling into the parkade where I worked at the time. I had just received a text message from my mother telling me of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Before I got out of my car to go to work, I immediately looked up the age of Cardinal Walter Kasper on my iPhone. His 80th birthday was three weeks away and he’d be 80 before the conclave started. I felt a huge sigh of relief come over me. Did the Pope wait this long intentionally so that Kasper could not have been eligible? In his last book he talks about how he had decided to resign in the summer. Did he wait until February to announce this so that Kasper would not become Pope? We can only speculate.
Above is an interview of Martin Sellner, who is a leading Identitarian in Europe. What is the goal of the Identitarian movement? To save Europe from Islam of course. In this interview we find some disturbing things. It’s all about ethnicity. It doesn’t matter if you’re Christian, atheist, neo-pagan, socialist, or capitalist. It’s all about being European and non-Islamic. That’s essentially what it is.
Recently, I was having a conversation with a friend and the phrase: “I may not agree with what you say but I shall defend to the death your right to say it?” came up. This phrase is often attributed to Voltaire, though there is some evidence that someone else may have come up with it instead. However, it really doesn’t matter who said this stupid phrase, since I’m going to refute it anyway.
Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. There is a lot of tension between the Jewish community and the Catholic community these days. This is especially evident amongst Israeli Jews and Polish Catholics. American Rabbi Shmuley Boteach shared a meal with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. The account can be read here:
Over the weekend, I was in my hometown for a pro-life banquet. One of my friends is a member of the organization that put on this event so he reserved a seat for me. These events are always fun. I saw a bunch of people who I hadn’t seen since this same banquet last year. I also saw a lot of pro-life politicians. One of them I hadn’t even seen in three years, naturally at the same banquet. Seeing a lot of old friends was fun, but what made the night amazing was seeing elite pro-life apologist Scott Klusendorf speak.
On Tuesday I saw the third installment in the God’s Not Dead franchise entitled God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness. While the first two movies are happy, triumphant, and yes, shallow, this movie tries for a more darker and serious tone. How did Pure Flix do with this one? Unfortunately it was a complete disaster. I’m not a fan of the first two movies but they at least do what they set out to do, which is throw red meat to an Evangelical audience. This movie tried to do too much and because of that it ended up being incoherent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_298J0M1DY
I hope that all of my readers had a good Easter. I also want to offer my congratulations to all those who became Catholic at the vigil. Welcome to the family!
In the not too distant future, citizens of the Republic of Ireland will vote on whether or not to repeal the eighth amendment. The eighth amendment bans abortion in the vast majority of cases. With this amendment gone, Irish citizens will have a clear path to abortion. Based on all of the polling data I’ve seen, abortion will most likely be legalized.
In case you’re not aware of Matthew Vines and what he does, he’s the founder and Executive Director of The Reformation Project. The Reformation Project is an organization that tries to get Churches to collapse on homosexuality and accept the “LGBTQ community” and agenda.