The Reconverted Catholic

It may not be a surprise that I am sharing yet another video by one of my favorite Catholic apologists, Trent Horn. Still, this is one subject that must be at the center of our societal conversation these days. Identity politics are so much all the rage, that the rage from it is causing even…

A few days ago, I experienced a synchronicity of sorts (and more on the synchronicity part later): I, like most people in modern society, spent a relaxing evening sprawled out on my couch – with a cat sprawled out on my legs — while hypnotically flipping through an array of streaming channels, genre categories, sub-categories,…

These days, my life on the Internet mostly consists of the following: reading a mind-numbing number of books, articles, and scholarly papers on Christian theology; finding resourceful videos about Christian theology, participating in social media group debates about Christian theology, seeking out fellow theologians to talk about, well, Christian theology; and now answering questions via…

Ok, folks, it’s time for a pop quiz! But this shouldn’t be a tough quiz – and it contains only three questions. Let’s begin: What is the core belief in Christianity that *all* Christians accept? If you answered, “Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior”, then you are off to a solid start! For what…

Anyone who has had some exposure to Shakespeare, or who invests gobs of time viewing and sharing memes on social media (yes, I’ve been guilty of this too), is probably familiar with the phrase, “To be or not to be? That is the question.” And though this phrase, or variation of it, has already been…

While fights about truth and reality are all the rage right now, as identity politics forces its way into every nook and cranny of life, what possibly can I say that won’t add to the drowning pool of comment wars and hate mongering on social media? What about the topic I have chosen for this…

In my view, one of the big challenges between Catholic and Protestants is how to approach topics without appearing narrow minded on either front, or reducing all discussions to black-and-white type answers. And neither camp gets a pass: I have seen both Catholics and Protestants use misguided approaches to Christianity. For example, in the Catholics…

In this blog, I am introducing a new series called, Bridging differences between Catholics and Protestants. Here is the why and how: A few months ago, I met with a priest at a local parish to discuss a multi-part apologetics course I would like to teach to fellow lay Catholics: Drawing on my video /…

After posting the first video in my series, “Questions and Comments for Atheists”, a skeptic/seeker sent me a well thought out perspective and question regarding how to define God. The skeptic’s main point was that, depending on whom you ask the question, or how the answer is given, the answer can lead to a wide…

As I have mentioned in several videos on this channel, I was a militant / “new atheist” for over 10 years. And almost identical to other new atheists, I made it a mission not only to seek out the truth, but to be stridently skeptic when discussing religion with theists. I frequently used the Matt…