Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Dave Armstrong is a fellow Michigander and he was giving the Pistons well deserved props for making it to the NBA Finals with the Lakers and the great memories it evoked for those of us that recall the 1988 and 1989 Finals between these same teams. Anyway, I just had to comment on that being…

Gotta say I am psyched up about this one! Catholic RageMonkey has listed us under his Monkey Like Blogs section which is their list of well-liked blogs. We are listed with several of our own favorites. Gotta love it!

Cardinal George, whom I have not been necessarily lenient on, has shown that he is willing to stand up to those who want to use the Eucharist as a political statement. See the story here. Seems there is a gay group that wears a rainbow sash on Pentecost each year to Church. It is undeniably…

I have been hearing about the book Connections that details the relationship between the Osama’s group and Iraq. And of course, I had been hearing about all the little details for the last 2 years or so as well. This book collects them and lays out the story. I will buying it as soon as…

Seems he was in a convent. Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley issued a statement saying Law would have been happy to live a quiet life, but “the Holy Father has assigned him to a Church in Rome, the original task of Cardinals. We pray that God will bless Cardinal Law in the ministry he takes up.”…

Maybe it is time for all of this to come to a conclusion and emerge stronger then ever. I think God that there is still Church leaders that can see the true measure of the faith. Archbishop Chaput said, “One of the ironies of an already strange election year is the number of non-Catholics, ex-Catholics…

Kentucky businessmen challenge others to ‘think about God’ each day LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) — Sometimes the most remarkable ideas grow from the simplest of notions. Five successful businessmen in the Louisville area decided that they wanted to help others take a single, simple step toward living a better life each day. They wanted to help…

According to Catholic World News… A bill before the New York Legislature would make it illegal for crisis pregnancy centers to refer pregnant women for ultrasounds. This is extremely chilling for those working the front on the abortion war. According to the April issue of Catholic World Report magazine, a study carried out at a…

http://www.catholic.org/featured/print_news.php?ID=985 Abortion May Drag Us To History’s Grave by Connie Lynne Carrillo Anthropologists tell us two of the biggest indicators of a doomed civilization are the practice of infanticide and human sacrifice. In other words, cultures and species that kill their own young do not survive. If history really does repeat itself, then American society…

The Politics of Communion Church leaders who admonish politicians on moral issues are doing their jobs. A Christianity Today editorial | posted 05/26/2004 In the centuries before Constantine “Christianized” the Roman Empire, the church was wary of politicians. Lists of professions that would bar a person from making gifts to the church, becoming a priest,…