Category Archive: The Human Person

Oct 18

“Nefarious: Merchant of Souls” Documentary – Sex Trafficking

“But when he knows that he is not only worse than all those in the world, but is also guilty before all people, on behalf of all and for all, for all human sins, the world’s and each person’s, only then will the goal of our unity be achieved. [...] Only then will our hearts …

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Aug 29

Pro-choice thought experiment

Pro-choice thought experiment - by Tim Shaughnessy, Catholic Vote This is a good thought experiment for people to consider. Would you fight for the right to life of unborn homosexuals if there were some sort of sexual-orientation test? Would pro-choice proponents? I would, the Catholic Church would, and I daresay all other true pro-lifers would also.

Oct 11

Remember Death – Thoughts on Steve Jobs’ Passing

I’ll miss Steve. I have been an Apple fan for a while and kept abreast of the resurrected tech company as they have grown to their present prominence. I hope to meet Steve in heaven. I know he wasn’t a perfect guy (neither am I). However he was a great leader, loved his wife, valued …

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Sep 27

Functionalism and Human Personhood

For your entertainment and pondering, here is a video project from my college days that addresses the topic of “Functionalism and the Human Person”. Functionalist definitions of person-hood are often used in the abortion debate as a justification for why unborn children do not posses the right to life. The attempt is made to reduce …

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Sep 26

The Rewatchability of Movies and the Mystery of the Human Person

Few movies that I watch any more leave me with any desire to see them again. As technology advances, a movie may employ 3d graphics, CGI, and surround sound, and they may feature big explosions, loud car chases, and bright vibrant colors, and yet I can’t remember the last time I bothered to buy the …

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Sep 15

Christ’s love burns…

An authentic encounter with Christ’s love leaves people sure of two things: His eternal, passionate, unconditional love for them and his equally passionate righteous indignance toward their sin. If people are getting either one of these from us without the other, we are sharing a truncated, watered down, sterile version of Christ’s love.