A critique of the Oppy-style argument: "naturalism and theism explain the same data equally well, but naturalism has fewer commitments, hence naturalism is preferable." The key premise we target is explanatory parity 🧵
"Since, then, no one is allowed to be remiss in the service due to God, and since the chief duty of all men is to cling to religion... - it is a public crime to act as though there were no God." -Leo XIII, Immortale Dei
A priest friend expressed the view that the Communion decrees of Pius X—issued in a situation entirely different from our own—require certain emphatic clarifications in light of subsequent developments. I'm inclined to agree with him, provided no Jansenist misunderstandings arise
What might a synthesis of the manuals/theologians say about the crisis of delayed marriage? Probably that the main failure occurs long before marriage prep: we awaken passions early, impose adult duties late, and then call young people unready for the remedy God provided. 1/16
16/16 From Nazareth to Cana, Christian formation should lead the young from obedient growth and useful labor into the permanent gift of self: ordinarily in marriage, or, where God truly calls, in priesthood or consecrated life.