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Some Logical Reflections Related to a Supposed Alawi Doctrine

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

0. In his August 19, 2015, article, “Iran’s Support for Syria Pragmatic, not Religious (or, Who are the Alawites?),” posted on Juan Cole’s essential blog, Informed Comment, Ari Heistein draws our attention to the challenge outsiders face in understanding the … Continue reading →

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The Latest by the Philosopher/Maverick on Islam

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

0. As I indicated in “The Maverick and the Philosopher,” my post of January 4, 2015, my respect for the thinking of the philosopher, named Bill Vallicella, who writes for the blog, Maverick Philosopher, has as a counter-balance my despair over … Continue reading →

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Feser on Faith in The Last Superstition 1: Pure Reason and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Rchard E. Hennessey

1. I first read Edward Feser’s The Last Superstition* a few years ago, as part of an earlier effort at understanding Thomas Aquinas’s attempts at proving the existence of God. Then, however, for a variety of reasons, I relegated that … Continue reading →

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The Inconsistency of the Doctrine of (the Distinction of Divine Persons and so That of) the Trinity with Monotheism

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Rchard E. Hennessey

Introduction. In my immediately previous post, the “Thomas Aquinas: Beyond Aristotle’s Aristotelian Conception of the Numerical” of April 1, 2014, the discussion of Thomas Aquinas’s understanding that numerical or arithmetical terms such as “three” have application to non-physical reality quite naturally … Continue reading →

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The Pope on Prayer and a Prayer re the Pope

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Rchard E. Hennessey

As I engaged in my regular morning meandering in and among my usual internet haunts, I came across William Doino’s October 28, 2013, First Things article, “The Smoke of Satan Returns,” documenting Pope Francis’s having “made it a point to … Continue reading →

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