New Post: "Were Adam and Eve Real?..."

Hello all, here's a new post, Catholic Stand, on evolution and Catholic teaching: "Were Adam and Eve real?  Evolutionary Bottlenecks and Darwin's Radio."   Enjoy!

New Post: "The Culture of Death; the Suicide of the West: Abortion, Infanticide, Euthanasia"

Hello all: a new post on Catholic Stand: "The Culture of Death, the Suicide of the West: Abortion, Infanticide, Euthanasia."   The title speaks for itself.

New Post, Magis Center for Reason and Faith

Hello all, a new post on the Magis Center for Reason and Faith: "Quantum Logic: Last Days and the Resurrection of the Dead."   Enjoy!

New Post: "Resurrection of the Dead, Last Days: Quantum Logic, Cosmology"

Hello all.  A new post on Catholic Stand: "Resurrection of the Dead, Last Days: Quantum Logic, Cosmology;"   about the implied resurrection of the dead in quantum mechanics.

New Post on Catholic Stand: "Science for Catholic Home Schoolers"

Hello all.  A new post on Catholic Stand: "Science for Catholic Home Schoolers: A Historical Approach."  Partially based on my experience so far with teaching science at Maria Kaupas Academy, an assistance program for Catholic home schoolers affiliated with the Anglican Ordinariate parish, St. Thomas More (Scranton, PA).

New Post: "Does quantum mechanics speak to Catholic Teaching III: the Measurement Problem"

Hello all and a Happy New Year to you.  A new post "Does quantum mechanics speak to Catholic Teaching III: the Measurement Problem"   I discuss the philosophical and thelogical implications of this and other aspects of quantum mechanics.

New Post: "Does Quantum Mechanics Speak to Catholic Teaching?"

Hello all.  A new post on the Magis Center for Faith and Reason website: "Does quantum mechanics speak to Catholic teachin? II: Quantum Mysteries Intersect Theology"    I discuss how the superposition principle might yield an example, an analog for the Holy Trinity, explain with a simple example what quantum entanglement involves and how quantum mystery supports Catholic teaching.  Enjoy!  Comment!

New Post: "Deus Caritas Est; the Attributes of Love"

Hello all.   I hope everyone had a fine Thanksgiving.   New post: "Deus Caritas Est; the Attributes of Love."   (Title says it all.)

New Post: "The Quantum Catholic: Do Quantum and Religious Mysteries Intersect?"

Hello all.  Be consoled or rejoice at last night's elections results.  It could have been worse (and it could have been better).    And now for something completely different (the Monty Python opening line):  "The Quantum Catholic: Do Quantum and Religious Mysteries Intersect?"  Enjoy

New Post: Essay 8 of Web-Book, "Does Science Tell Us how to Live?"

Hello all...Happy Days, Calloo, Callay!   Web-book is finished (almost--except for science background section).   Essay 8, "Does Science Tell us how to Live?" is up.  Please visit and comment.

New Post: "Science and Catholic Teaching: Life is Sacred from Conception to Birth"

Hello all.   A new post on Catholic Stand: "Science and Catholic Teaching: Life is Sacred from Conception to Birth."  Spread the word!

New Post: "Memento Mori: Thoughts on Growing Old."

The new post, "Memento Mori: Thoughts on Growing Old" is a reflection on our Shi-Tzu's dying, old age at a local nursing home for religious, and Muriel Spark's novel, "Memento Mori."  One of my better pieces, or maybe just something meaningful for me.

New Post: "The Great Sin of the Left"

Hello all.  A new post  on The American Catholic: "The Great Sin of the Left," which is to make us hate them because of their lies, corruption, .... and violate the teachings of Jesus, to love our enemies (Matt 5:44).

New Post: Faith, Decision Making and Probability III: Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle

Hello all.   New post on Catholic Stand: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability III: <br>Bayes' Theorem and the Anthropic Principle."  I  derive Bayes' Theorem and discuss two examples of how it is used to incorporate new knowledge into modifying probability as a measure of belief:  the Monty Hall problem (the three doors with a prize and goats), and a medical test for a rare disease.

New Post: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability II: How do we interpret probability?

Hello all.   Hope you're welcoming fall, and cooler weather.   A new post on Catholic Stand: "Faith, Decision Making and Probability II: How do we interpret probability?"   I talk about the various interpretations of probability--logical, frequentist and subjective--and how probability is conditional, based on evidence.

New Post:"Ex Opere Operato --A Convert's Reflection on Church Scandals"

Hello all, and a happy and relaxed Labor Day Weekend to you.    A new post on THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC: "<i>Ex Opere Operato </i>--A Convert's Reflection on Church Scandals."  I explore what I should think  about the recent scandals, try to put them in the context of a Church which has survived sinners in high places, and take comfort in the doctrine, "ex opere operato," that even though a priest is a sinner, his consecration of the Eucharist is valid and effective.

New Post: "How and Why We Believe: Faith, Probability and Decision Making"

Hello all.   A new post on CATHOLIC STAND: "How and Why We Believe;  Faith, Probability and Decision Making."
I talk about how faith works, give a simple example of probability as a guide to action, and then link probability with faith by discussing Pascal's Wager.

New Post: "Abortion Politics and the Shabbos Goy"

Hello all.   A new post on THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC: "Abortion Politics and the Shabbos Goy.
I make an analogy between a Shabbos Goy, a non-Jew who does things on the Sabbath that an Orthodox Jew is not permitted to do, and Catholic Politicians who say I don't believe in abortion, but it's ok for others to exercise a freedom of choice, who use Planned Parenthood to do what Catholic teaching forbids. Senator Bob Casey is a prime example of this.

New Post: "Are We Special--The Anthropic Principle"

Hello all!   A new post, "Are We Special, The Anthropic Principle," on the Magis Center for Faith and Reason website.  It's taken from Essay 4 of my web-book, "Truth Cannot Contradict Truth"

New Post: "71 Accusations--How many are guilty?"

Hello all.  a new post on The American Catholic: "71 Accusations--How many are guilty?"  It's about Bishop Gainer's letter (Diocese of Harrisburg, PA) and the 71 male religious named as  childhood sex predators in Shapiro's Grand Jury investigation.  The actual numbers, on analysis, don't make that impressive a headline.