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Highlander wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2026 9:48 am BTW, this thread is really good.

Indeed. I'm actually tempted to have one more go at it, having failed the first two tries.

I may reread the entire set of Story of Civilization by Durant one day , if my eyesight holds out. In one day? That's a lot of books for one day. I don't know about your eyesight. When I'm done with them, I'll tackle the Summa Theologica in one hour, thanks to the skills I learned with the Evelyn W...

Doom wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 9:06 am "May you read Kant in the original German" was a common curse."

Reading him in English was bad enough.

Only two-percent milk? You could do more damage with half-and-half, or whole milk if you have a conscience.

Doom wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:10 pm Life Site News - "a completely unreliable source that runs unsourced articles containing 'shocking revelations' which they apparently make up out of whole cloth."

I'm glad you brought this up. I had come to this conclusion years ago.

Notice the IDF investigated this and took immediate action. They didn't attempt to cover it up or justify it in some way. If this were perpetrated by a Moslem, he would have been lionized.

I never thought he was funny. He was profane and obnoxious. Norm McDonald, on the other hand, had a hilarious deadpan manner. Even touchy subjects were handled with aplomb. I always enjoyed the humor about OJ Simpson in particular.

Highlander wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:12 am Smart people without wlsdom.

I'm always reminded of something George Orwell quipped: "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them."

I'm pretty sure I've dropped this quote here at least once. Never gets old.

Polish up on your Polish.

Problem solved.

I've long said - and may already have elsewhere on this board - that if a philosopher is so opaque as to elude understanding, he probably isn't worth reading anyway. I never had any problem with Plato or Socrates. Or Hume, for that matter.

anawim wrote: ↑Sun Apr 12, 2026 6:36 pm Galveston – 3000

This should probably be the Diocese of Galveston/Houston. I'd be astonished if my home island alone contributed 3000 souls to the Church.

anawim wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:28 am I agree with Doom.

He just said it a lot better than I could.

Indeed. I'm saving this as a document.

I'm 2/3 through reading this, and wishing I could get this in print form. I poked around the 'net and found other sites with this essay. I found a snarky response called "A Wolfe in Hack's Clothing" on Slate . That's rich, coming from them. They wouldn't know a sheep from a wolf because th...

On the plus side, the Church is growing. Let me know when churches start ordaining 30+ a year.

Look, I can barely manage my own cell phone. Don't beat me up with instructions on how to take a tinkle when it's my turn to join the space crew.

Jack3 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2026 6:34 am I wasn't prepared for this much disagreement with the Pope when he quoted the Bible.

Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition go hand-in-hand.

Highlander wrote: ↑Tue Mar 31, 2026 1:29 pm See, didn't end the sentence with a preposition.

And no split infinities, either.

norwegianblue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2026 6:43 am

Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Wed Mar 18, 2026 7:58 am It's all fun and games until the ship hits the iceberg.

Nobody sees it coming.

That's because it's dressed up as the Spanish Inquisition.

anawim wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2026 11:48 am People in the area can be helpful, but they're not overly friendly. Most are in a personal bubble.

Well, it IS New York, after all.

Jump on in, podner!