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The Inclination to the Truth Msgr. Charles Pope • March 14, 2016 • In a recent post (Is There a Way Back to Undeniable Reality and Universally Binding Norms?) I discussed how we today tend to “live in our heads” a lot more so than did the people living in biblical times and even those who lived up to and including the High Middle Ages and the Scholastic Period. Prior to that time, the “real world” was taken to be largely self-evident. But in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, a school of thought later called “nominalism” began...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronted with missteps in his own administration, President Barack Obama has frequently pleaded ignorance — suggesting he could not be at fault about things he did not know.</p> <p>It's an argument with clear benefits but also inherent risks for the White House. Used too often, the tactic emboldens critics who claim the president is incompetent, detached and not fully in control.</p>

You have seen my wisdom manifest , You have experienced the glory of my ways , But now you shall “know” a knowing beyond trust and faith and praise \o/ For I AM positioning you elsewhere , where my glory flows ~ ~ ~ , And now you shall experience the fragrance of my rose , So go my children and continue to do everything in my way , For The Father and I are with you , continue on to sing and pray , But remember in this offering there shall forever be , A place right here beside...

On Saturday, my wife and I went to see Knowing, starring Nicolas Cage, which is a strange mix of UFOlogy, panspermia, the destruction of Earth by fire (2 Pet. 3:10), the Edenic Tree of Life, and determinism vs. randomness. Cage’s character, John Koestler, is giving a lecture to his astrophysics’ class at M.I.T. when he presents the conundrum of determinism vs. randomness. 1 When the class asks him what he believes, he picks randomness. “There is no grand meaning, there is no purpose.” He ends the session with “I think s**t just happens.” The perfect summary of an atheist’s worldview....

I can’t believe I’m actually getting ready to do a movie promotion/review…. CNN/Entertainment has a story up on Nicholas Cage’s new movie, Knowing. It apparently beat out some stiff competition and surprised many that it is currently the number one film in the country. But, what grabbed my attention about it was Cage’s comments. Normally, I would brush over something like this but this made me do a double take. “I’m a huge believer of the human spirit,” he told CNN. “I think people are amazing. I think what we have accomplished is incredible. … If you think positive and...

Just got back from seeing Nickolas Cage's new movie 'Knowing'. I think a lot of you will like it. First the parental info: There is no sex, and I think there was only cuss word 's*** happens'. Watching Cage wander through a fresh plane wreck trying to keep people from burning to death is not for little kids though. If you've seen the trailers you know it's about a 50 year old list of numbers that turns out to be a list of disasters from the time it was written up to the present time and a bit beyond. What...

Matt Drudge did an excellent job today filling in for Rush Limbaugh. What would be even better is if we could get Ann Coulter and Matt Drudge on at the same time exposing Liberals. Rush's treatment is going well and he isn't expected to face any charges as well. Has anyone on FR posted this news yet, by the way? Rush thru treatment - John McCaslin - October 23, 2003 http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnmccaslin/jm20031023.shtml This column has learned that Rush Limbaugh's painkiller-addiction "treatment is going extremely well" and "we are confident that, as he promised, Rush will be back on the air within...