“Born Again” Experiences

I research a lot of Jewish apologetics so I usually watch whatever Jews for Judaism puts out.  A man who does videos for them recently put out a video of his conversion testimony which you can see above.  In the above video at 7:40 he talks about going from Catholic to Evangelical and having a “born again” experience.  He essentially describes it as an indescribable feeling.

Book Review: Reclaiming Faith: Inclusion, Grace, and Tolerance by Michael Coren

Let’s just get this over with shall we?  Michael Coren’s new book is out.  It’s titled Reclaiming Faith: Inclusion, Grace, and Tolerance.  It’s not really a book in the same fashion as his last book, Epiphany.  It’s a collection of his articles from 2015 to 2019.  Basically from shortly after his apostasy to the present.

Is Liberal Religion Attractive?

Fake Deacon Michael Coren

I’m currently finishing up Michael Coren’s new book which is entitled Reclaiming Faith: Inclusion, Grace, and Tolerance.  Of course, it’s incorrectly titled because he doesn’t show any tolerance for people who hold the traditional position on marriage.  I’m about 80% done the book.  Expect a review here and based on what I’ve read so far, expect it to be just as bad as his last book.  I’ll admit that I enjoyed shredding that book.

What Muhammad Forgot to Tell the Ummah

My French Quran

We’ve all heard of the perfectly preserved Quran, right?  Millions of Muslims around the world memorize the Quran which hasn’t been changed since the time when Muhammad received it from Allah, right?  We’ve all heard the argument and recently I got into a debate with a Muslim on Twitter regarding this issue.

Rules For Retrogrades and a New Interview

Timothy Gordon has joined up with his brother David and their friend Chris Plance to start a new YouTube show called Rules for Retrogrades.  The show has been on for less than a month and there is already 9 episodes.  In other words, there is a lot of content and the topics range from the Amazon Synod to Catholic dating.

New Developments in the Orthodox Civil War

As many people know, last year I wrote about the civil war in the Orthodox Church between Moscow and Constantinople.  This whole argument is whether or not the Ukrainian Church will be autonomous or will be subject to Moscow.  The Primate of the new Ukrainian Church is Epiphanius, while the head of the Ukrainian Church in communion with Moscow is Metropolitan Onufriy.

Finally Some Good News

There have been three pieces of good news recently and I couldn’t be happier.  The first one is when Dave Reilly(the man above) challenged American conservative Charlie Kirk on his endorsement and promotion of sodomy.  Turning Point USA is a conservative organization.  We religious people tend to think that conservatives are on our side or at least more favorable.  Dave Reilly shows that at least some of them are wolves in sheep’s clothing.  As Catholics it would be wrong to give any money to Turning Point USA.

Musings on Catholic England

Bede the Venerable

I’ve been having quite good conversations online with English Catholics recently, both convert and cradle.  I know that English Catholics are required to do the fast every Friday of the year with no exceptions.  In Canada we’re allowed to substitute a penance while in America you only have to fast on Fridays during lent.  A priest told me that England is pretty unique in this regard as not many countries actually require the strict fast anymore.

What the Amazon and Canada Have In Common

Neo-Scholastic literature

One of the major issues of the recent Amazon Synod was the shortage of clergy in the Amazon region.  I wrote a post on how this should be handled, but the final document didn’t include any of the stuff that I was proposing.  It’s a bit of a shame really.  However, this week I was browsing the website for my diocese and saw some alarming stuff.  I want to take this information and build on my previous priesthood shortage solutions.

Should Catholics Attend SSPX Chapels?

My local Byzantine Catholic Church

I try to avoid getting into traditionalist issues on this blog because they normally involve a lot of drama.  Should faithful Catholics attend SSPX chapels?  I will admit that I’ve been to the local SSPX chapel, though I can count the number of times on one hand.  I remember one time it was the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and my Church wasn’t having a mass and I really wanted to go so I went to the SSPX chapel.  I’ve also gone to masses offered by the Resistance which is a breakaway group from the SSPX because they thought they were too liberal.  I haven’t been to either in years.  I’ve never gone to a sedevacantist mass and I never will.