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Suicidal Fruit: What Happens When the Mental Health Profession Fails Post Abortive Women.

The #AmericanPsychologicalAssociation asserts that there is no causal link between abortion and depression (which is ridiculous anyway, because virtually no social science research can ever assert causation. But that’s a different TED Talk). And a recent talk in Ireland by Dr. Lucy Johnstone of the British Psychological Society actually recommended abortion as a treatment for […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithonthecouch/2019/04/suicidal-fruit-what-happens-when-the-mental-health-profession-fails-post-abortive-women/

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Seidensticker Folly #32: Sophistically Redefining “Contradiction”

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts here attacking your worldview. You just going to let that stand? Or could you present a helpful new perspective that I’ve ignored on one or two of those posts?” He also made a general statement on 6-22-17: “Christians’ arguments are easy […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/seidensticker-folly-32-sophistically-redefining-contradiction.html

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Seidensticker Folly #31: Jesus’ Burial Spices Contradiction?

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker, who was “raised Presbyterian”, runs the influential Cross Examined blog. He asked me there, on 8-11-18: “I’ve got 1000+ posts here attacking your worldview. You just going to let that stand? Or could you present a helpful new perspective that I’ve ignored on one or two of those posts?” He also made a general statement on 6-22-17: “Christians’ arguments are easy […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/seidensticker-folly-31-jesus-burial-spices-contradiction.html

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My Holy Land Journal: Church of the Holy Sepulchre

[from my 2014 book, Footsteps that Echo Forever: My Holy Land Pilgrimage] ***** Day Nine: 26 October [2014] [Church of the Holy Sepulchre] After the first night in our hotel in Jerusalem (with some delightful fun walking the nearby streets after the Sabbath ended, for a pizza), we set out in the morning to the […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/my-holy-land-journal-church-of-the-holy-sepulchre.html

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Holy Trinity: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV Edition)

[all passages RSV unless otherwise noted] 1. The Unity of God and Monotheism Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD; (cf. Mk 12:29; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:5-6; 1 Tim 2:5; Jas 2:19) Deuteronomy 32:39 …there is no god beside me.… Isaiah 37:20 …thou alone art the LORD. (cf. 37:16) […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/holy-trinity-hundreds-of-biblical-proofs-rsv-edition.html

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Jesus is God: Hundreds of Biblical Proofs (RSV Edition)

[all passages RSV unless indicated otherwise] [Italicized verses indicate words of Jesus Himself] 1. Direct Statements of Jesus’ Equality with God the Father Matthew 1:23 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (which means, God with us). Matthew 4:7 Jesus said to him, “Again it is […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/jesus-is-god-hundreds-of-biblical-proofs-rsv-edition.html

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Superstition About the “Preserved” High Altar at Notre Dame

. . . And Continued Cynical, Highly Selective, “Pick and Choose” Acceptance of the Teaching of Pope Benedict XVI 2 Timothy 4:3-4 (RSV) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, [4] and will turn away from listening […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/superstition-about-the-preserved-high-altar-at-notre-dame.html

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Dialogue on the Renaissance: Good or Bad Thing?

This occurred spontaneously on one of my Facebook threads. I argued that it was mostly “good”; my dialogue opponent, William C. Michael, thought the opposite (with some eventual minor qualifications). His words will be in blue. ***** The danger of all of the Christian energy wasted on political action is that, eventually, it leads to […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/dialogue-on-the-renaissance-good-or-bad-thing.html

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Take Heart: Notre Dame WILL be Rebuilt: Better Than Ever!

Be of good cheer! All three rose windows survived. The two iconic towers with their wonderful bells are still standing. Notre Dame can and will be rebuilt. The entire stone frame is still more or less intact. Other cathedrals have been restored: some, with far worse damage (and some even from scratch). The most precious […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/take-heart-notre-dame-will-be-rebuilt-better-than-ever.html

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16th-17th Century Astronomers Loved Astrology (Part Two)

Copernicus, Tycho, Galileo, and Kepler [see Part One] [Astronomers’ names in the section titles below are linked to Wikipedia articles]***Bruce Scofield, an astrologer, writes in his paper, Were They Astrologers? — Big League Scientists and Astrology: As recently as 300 years ago, many astronomers knew a good deal about astrology. Four hundred years ago many astronomers practiced astrology. […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/16th-17th-century-astronomers-loved-astrology-part-two.html

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Three Popes (One a Saint) Called Abortion “Murder”

. . . But There is a Particular Time and Place for Such Language My friend, Rebecca Bratten Weiss, co-founder of the New Pro-Life Movement, has written: Unfortunately, just as there is a genuine anti-life attitude on the part of some abortion proponents . . . the readiness to ignore questions of culpability and cry […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/three-popes-one-a-saint-called-abortion-murder.html

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Protestant “Reformer” Martin Bucer: Death for Adulterers!

John 8:3-11 (RSV) The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst [4] they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. [5] Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such. What do you say about […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/protestant-reformer-martin-bucer-death-for-adulterers.html

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Atheist Eloquently & Admirably Denounces Anti-Theism

Martin Hughes wrote an article entitled, “I’m an atheist, but here’s why I define myself by what I love” (Patheos, Barrier Breaker blog, 4-6-19). There is much in it that I enthusiastically agree with, His words will be in blue. ***** It’s difficult to be part of a group whose entire existence is based on […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/atheist-eloquently-admirably-denounces-anti-theism.html

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The “High”, Glorious Mariology of Cardinal Newman

The following is a Foreword that my friend, Ryan Grant asked me to write for a new edition of the 1928 volume, The Mariology of Cardinal Newman, by Rev. Francis J. Friedel. ***** Blessed [soon-to-be-Saint] John Henry Cardinal Newman held to a very high Mariology even before he was received into the Catholic Church in 1845, at […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/the-high-glorious-mariology-of-cardinal-newman.html

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Importance & Influence of Blessed Cardinal Newman

Blessed [soon-to-be-saint] John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) was a (if not the) leading figure in the Church of England prior to his conversion to Catholicism in 1845; a scholar at Oxford who possessed brilliant speaking and writing abilities. His Parochial and Plain Sermons (1834-42), are considered by many the best sermons in the English language, and had “a […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/importance-influence-of-blessed-cardinal-newman.html

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“Moderate” Heinrich Bullinger: “Reformation” Anti-Catholicism

Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575) succeeded Zwingli as chief pastor of Zurich, Switzerland, and is widely regarded as the most moderate and tolerant of all the Protestant Founders. He was the author of the Second Helvetic Confession of 1566, and was an aide to Queen Elizabeth of England. Bullinger was also assuredly an anti-Catholic, as were all […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/moderate-heinrich-bullinger-reformation-anti-catholicism.html

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Perpetual Virginity of Mary: Held by All Protestant Reformers

All of the early Protestant Founders accepted the truth of the perpetual virginity of Mary. How could this be, if it is merely “tradition” with no scriptural basis? Why was its supposed violation of Scripture not so obvious to them, as it is to the Protestants of the last 150 years or so (since the onset […] from https://www.patheos.com/blogs/davearmstrong/2019/04/perpetual-virginity-of-mary-held-by-all-protestant-reformers.html