Nature has an order to it. The variations we find in our nature that conform to that order thrive, evolve, and continue on. Variations that go against that natural order do not. So even in nature we see a rudimentary good and a bad. We see an ideal and we see things that contradict that [...]
I did some quick calculations: There are about 25.5 million teenagers in the USA (ages 13-19). On average, each one spends 87 hours per year looking for or at pornography online. That means U.S. teens spend about 2.2 billion man-hours on pornography per year. There are about 230 million adults in the USA (ages 20 [...]
This past summer Christopher West came under quite a bit of criticism after an appearance on Nightline talking about Theology of the Body. We had a good conversation here on Fallible Blogma about some of his teaching approaches in the context of his comparing Hugh Hefner and the Pope. But now West, after much reflection [...]
“We know from the book of Genesis that God created men and women ‘in His image and likeness.’ We know from the first letter of John that ‘God is Love.’ Therefore, men and women are made in the image and likeness of Love. This isn’t hard to see. Look at the design of the male [...]
I recently posted a video of one of Christopher West’s excellent talks on the Theology of the Body. Some of you loved it. Others were a bit critical of some of his methods, emphasis, or terminology and expressed such in the comment section. I thought it was a great discussion. There were plenty of other [...]
“What is the purpose and meaning and nature of sexual intercourse? It seems to me to be quite clear. It’s for two things. It’s for babies and it’s for bonding. And that’s what happens when you have sexual intercourse – you have babies and you bond. My view is, if you don’t want to have [...]
There are some very confused views of the human person in our world today – even just within Christianity. Pope John Paul II has articulated perhaps the most profound, and true, view to date.
Growing up I was around a lot of different denominations of Christians. We all agreed that sex should wait until marriage. And we needed to promote chastity. And there were promise rings and chastity bracelets and all that jazz. Those are all good things. But in that same sentiment was something that missed the entire [...]
Of all the self-help ideas for sale these days, there is one that is rarely mentioned: children. Maybe that’s because many of these self-help gurus don’t have kids. Or maybe it’s just because they haven’t found a way to make a bunch of money off of it yet. After all, it comes rather natural (without [...]
One of my favorite things about the Theology of the Body (and Church teaching in general) is how it builds upon and gives deeper meaning to earlier teaching. We talked in the last post about how the Theology of the Body takes us from simply having a list of rules we can’t break (legalism) to [...]
I’m not going to pretend I can come close to answering such a question – especially not in a single blog post. And probably not in my entire lifetime. But I do believe that we’ve found something that answers it more fully than ever before. Besides, I think it’s important to make an attempt to [...]
