atheists – Catholic Heart and Mind

I read this quote from the New Testament on the Freedom From Religion Foundation* website (http://ffrf.org) tonight:

Even Jesus Was** Against School Prayer “Thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men…” “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.” – Matt. 6:5-6. [Quoted from url: http://ffrf.org/faq/state-church/prayer-in-public-school/%5D

Seems the Freethought folks are actually implying that Jesus would be on their side on the issue of freedom from prayer in schools. Continue reading “Free thoughts on (not so) Freethought” →

Maybe it’s happened to you. Conversations with friends or acquaintances veer somehow onto the topics of creation, evolution, intelligent design, faith and various other equally innocuous notions guaranteed to heat the blood and bring tempers to the boiling point in short order. Perhaps someone you know has thrust a book by Richard Dawkins or Sam Harris in your face, telling you to “read this and get yourself free of those antiquated notions” of God and faith (and, of course, that madman Jesus), Continue reading “Intelligent discussions on evolution and intelligent design” →