One of the interesting things about some of Jesus’ parables is that he sometimes explained what the parable meant. In September, I wrote a two-part series on the Parable of the Sower (here and here), where I discussed how Jesus explicitly stated the meaning of the parable. Coincidentally, Jack @ Sigma …
This is part of a series on Roman Catholicism and the eucharist. See this index. In “The Eucharist, Redux #4,” we discussed Craig Truglia’s claim that Jesus did not use unleavened bread at the Last Supper. As I pointed out, Truglia’s strongest argument was primarily one of grammar, not one …
On Voting Day, it is fitting that Feeriker put together a collection of links about not voting in “Some Of Us Are Staying Home, And Here’s Why.” Regarding the critics… …I’ve written about this in the past: “Fighting Evil or Doing Good?” “Review: Do we “Resist the devil” or “Resist …
Looks like there is a new policy. Would have been nice if that had been the policy when I was there, eh? In other news, I’ve run out of posts (for now) and will be posting less frequently until I catch up.
John Wycliffe was an atomist. By the power of the church, the following statement is an offense against God and the church worthy of excommunication: Any continuous mathematical line is composed of two, three or four contiguous points, or of only a simply finite number of points; and time is, …
If you search Sigma Frame using Google for a particular word, you get no results. But if you searching directly on the WordPress site, you get 8 results. If you try searching Google for the titles of each of the 8 articles, only 2 are indexed. Now if Google was merely …
Today we’re going to be talking about the motivations behind rape. This is an inflammatory and divisive topic for which I have no skin-in-the-game. There are many reasons to question official narratives, and this may be one of them. That in itself is reason to bring the topic up. Reader …
Preface Recently I’ve written a lot on the occult and mysticism. Over four years ago, in July 2020, I began drafting what would become this article. It’s interesting to see how my thoughts have stayed the same or changed over that time period. When Catacomb Resident said that I was …
Historically Mary, mother of Jesus, has been given two different Greek titles. The first, and most ancient one, is the Greek Theotokos (which means “bearer of God”). The second is the Greek Theogonias (which means “generator of God”). Saying that Mary was the Theotokos is not particularly controversial or exceptional. Both Roman Catholics …