I am me
As Trump is we
And we are free
And let’s vote Trump together
See how they run
To grab all our guns
See how they lie
They’re lying
Month: January 2016
Your Bible probably has a mistranslation in it at James 2:14.
BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 20, 2016 • Apologetics; Exegesis; Good Works
In James 2:14. (Unless you read the Douay-Rheims, or the King James.) Here is James 2:14 in the NAB translation that is read at Mass: “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? I emphasize the word “that” because it is wrong. It should not be there. Here is the same verse in the 1899 Douay-Rheims: “What shall it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but hath not works? Shall faith be able to save him? Notice that “that” does not appear here. But most modern Bible translations include it, or some variation.
Seven reasons to vote for Donald Trump. 7QT XXII, seriatim.
BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 14, 2016 • Politics; Seven Quick Takes
It’s time we admitted, dear reader, that there are in fact seven reasons why Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States. Let us consider not only that he alone can beat Hillary Clinton, but all the ways in which Mr. Trump is morally superior to Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump is …
Does the pope really think Jesus sinned?
BY: Henry Matthew Alt • January 8, 2016 • Exegesis; Pope Francis
At the end of that pilgrimage,” the pope says, “Jesus returned to Nazareth and was obedient to his parents. … A pilgrimage does not end when we arrive at our destination, but when we return home and resume our everyday lives. … We know what Jesus did on that occasion. Instead of returning home with his family, he stayed in Jerusalem, in the Temple, causing great distress to Mary and Joseph who were unable to find him. For this little ‘escapade,’ Jesus probably had to beg forgiveness of his parents.” Does this mean the pope thinks Jesus sinned?