Link to the entire series of posts Works Cited/Suggested Resources How the Natural Law Lead Me to the Catholic Church An introduction to ethics: A natural law approach by B. Besong. Aquinas: A Beginner's Guide, Edward Feser The Last Superstition, Edward Feser Five...
This is a list of some of my favorite resources on Classical Theism and the topics discussed throughout this series of blog posts. There are many, many others out there, but these are the highlights from where I pulled most of my current viewpoints on these matters....
Every day, we now witness the irrational conclusion drawn from the loss of essentialism in the modern mind. It’s as if each day tries to outdo the absurdity of its predecessor. For instance, the Girl Scouts of America are now suing the Boy Scouts of America for...
Is Reality Optional? Is reality just a construct of our minds? Is it whatever we feel it is? Can I declare I am a 10 foot tall, 5-year-old Chinese girl and it really is so? Can I declare myself an animal or an alien species trapped in this human body and it becomes...
Errors in the Church The Christian church also needs a serious renaissance of the teachings of teleology and natural law. The church should be leading people back to sanity through natural law. In some ways, the Roman Catholic Church has tried, but it too has largely...
Manifestations of Upside Down Morality I remember what it is like not to see the world teleologically. Just a few years ago, I used to disagree with many biblical moral values. Now, I can't unsee the logic of teleology behind a biblical view of morality. I hope others...
Of the three classical theism topics being discussed in this series (part 1 and part 2 here), the loss of a teleological view of the world has the most devastating consequences. Many things that are objectively bad our modern society now calls good. The world needs to...
Problem #1: The Loss of Divine Simplicity Many people have too small a view of God, atheists, agnostics, and theists alike. Divine simplicity is the doctrine of God often missing in modern discourse, its absence causing many errors. Historically, divine simplicity was...
Down is the new up. -- Thom Yorke of Radiohead With firm conviction, what is objectively bad the modern world now calls good. Abortion, sexual immorality, gender identity disorders, etc., are all things hailed as good (even virtuous!) and are hills that people are...