[NYer]

THE AUTHOR

Deal W. Hudson is the former publisher of Crisis magazine. He is now Executive Director of The Morley Institute for Church and Culture. He was associate professor of Philosophy at Fordham University from 1989 to 1995 and was a visiting professor at New York University for five years. He taught for nine years at Mercer University in Atlanta, where he was chair of the philosophy department. He has published many reviews and articles as well as five books: Understanding Maritain: Philosopher and Friend (Mercer, 1988); The Future of Thomism (Notre Dame, 1992); Sigrid Undset On Saints and Sinners (Ignatius, 1994); and Happiness and the Limits of Satisfaction (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996) and his autobiography, An American Conversion (Crossroad, 2003).

Copyright © 2003 Deal Hudson

[NYer]

Something to ponder and reflect upon over this long weekend ... and bring back to the office on Tuesday ... when you meet up with the secularists :-).

Enjoy!

[DBeers]

Yes -I have dealt with and opposed all twelve at one time or another -even here on FR.

[freedumb2003]

Why would someone set up this strawman?

These arguments are no help to anyone of faith.

It is like establishing a set of arguments against a 6 year old.

How sad.

[x5452]

Personally I'm looking for a more detailed response to 5. Just got asked this by a non Catholic.

[PetroniusMaximus]

"Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.”"

So does your priest confess his sins to you also?



Psalm 32:5
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD "— and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

[mware]

As a convert to Catholicism I found going to confession to be the most difficult adjustment. As I grew in my faith it began to make sense to me. If I had difficult in telling these sins to my priest I could not image what it must be like to have to someday confess my sins to God.

Confession has helped me on more than one occasion to turn from sin

[rzeznikj at stout]

Thanks for the Post!!

Though I have one question--is the Church's position on Abortion clearly infallible?

[Clemenza]

Bump. Sending to my lapsed parents.

BTW: Wasn't Deal fired from Crisis due to flirting a little too much with female staffers?

[A CA Guy]

#13 While here at the school, your child will be nearly forced into taking accordion lessons.

Hey, it happened to me anyway!

Umm paa paa my @$$.

[spunkets]

"1.) “There’s no such thing as absolute truth. What’s true for you may not be true for me.”"

LOL!

[Flightdeck]

The answer to #1 doesn't jive with special relativity.

[ShihanRob]

I was in an RCIA class, last Tuesday when the leaders of the class said that all religions are pathways for salvation. Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, whatever. Not only that, a sponsor of one of the catechumens spoke up and expressed that all of the other religions are equally valid as far as holding God's truth. I can't begin to express my disappointment. Thank God, that the person I'm sponsoring had done his homework and wrote these people off as sadly misinformed and, in one case, a crank.

Rob

[wallcrawlr]

Good article to post.

[Coleus]

5. “You don’t need to confess your sins to a priest. You can go straight to God.”

"Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed."

Many Catholics use this line from Mass as an excuse for not going to confession and receiving Holy Communion any time with no regard to mortal sin.