News and Social Analysis
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Dissecting Catholic Doctrine: Trust God or Trust the Church
This is part three in a series of entries. This entry will cover whether to place our faith and trust in God or in the church. This analysis is based in part on the free publication entitled Pillar of Fire Pillar of Truth: The Catholic Church and God’s Plan for You. One of the biggest…
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Dissecting Catholic Theology: Original Sin
This is part two in a series of entries. This entry will cover the doctrine of original sin. This analysis is based in part on the free publication entitled Pillar of Fire Pillar of Truth: The Catholic Church and God’s Plan for You. Guilty of Nothing Congruent with the concept of baptism as a mechanism…
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Dissecting Catholic Theology: Baptism
This is part one in a series of entries. This entry will cover the doctrine of infant baptism and baptism as a method for washing away sin. As a Wisconsin native, the fleeting glimpse of a temperate climate in the traditional summer months inspires a frantic desire to engage in a range of outdoor activities…
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Small Business in Michigan Caught Banning Transgender Customers
(Originally written July 2023) A Michigan small business owner may have earned legitimate criticism following offensive comments directed toward individuals of a “non-binary” gender identification. As reported by Ken Meekins of MRCTV.com, in the article Michigan Salon Owner Receives Backlash for Banning ‘Anything Other than a Man/Woman’, Studio 8 Hair Lab in Traverse City, Michigan…
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Is it True that Jewish Tradition Supports Abortion?
This article explores the claim that Jewish tradition supports abortion. Related topics include how we define “humanity”, how we define “healthcare”, if all brands of Judaism hold comparable beliefs, and challenging general pro-abortion rhetoric as intellectually inconsistent and illogical. Jewish Rite Congruent with the modern brand of political apologetics, pro-abortion rhetoric continues to lack logic…
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Challenging Deceptive Pro-Abortion Propaganda in Mid-term Election
This article explores deceptive pro-abortion propaganda and a comprehensive array of common arguments. We will further examine the idea of “reproductive freedom”, the claim that abortion is “healthcare”, that abortion is “safe”, that protecting voiceless humanity at any stage of development is a product of “extreme” ideology, why pro-abortion expressions focus so exclusively on the…
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Is Unity an Ultimatum?
Unity is a fascinating concept given modern day manifestations, with politically driven definitions and criteria aggressively asserted to subvert ideological deviation. How do we reasonably facilitate “unity” in a “free” and “diverse” society? Does “unity” qualify as excepting differences while allowing a seat at the table despite key ideological deviations, or does “unity” equate to…
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Modern Institutions are Fighting Racism with More Race
This entry identifies how modern institutions are fighting racism through a hyperactive preoccupation with meaningless physical characteristics to counteract the symptoms of social and material disparity, originating well beyond the effectual control of individual organizations. Subsequently, organization executives and directors engage in often relentless racial campaigns evoking partisan definitions of equality, equity, and inclusion while…
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Is it true that the Christian Biblical God Loves Us as We Are?
A recent Facebook post inspired a complicated internal dialog regarding the duality of God’s love. Someone posted that God loves us as we are. This is an interesting statement proving either true, false, or both depending on how one interprets theoretical intention. Biblically, God is described as the potter and we are the clay, as…