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	<title>Ascent to Mount Carmel</title>
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		<title>Laughing With God, Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently have become infatuated with this song by Regina Spektor entitled “Laughing With”.  The lyrics are very clever.  I normally don’t spend much time with poetry-esque things, but I’ll make an exception for this song.  Here are the lyrics; here is the song.
First, is this song written from a religious perspective?  Second, is this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=351&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking the Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To always see the good in others does not imply that we ignore the evil.  On the contrary, it is to find God in spite of this world’s messiness.
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		<title>The Use of Invective in Discourse</title>
		<link>http://phamilton.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-use-of-invective-in-discourse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A professor of mine recently defended St. Jerome for his use of invective in his writings.  St. Jerome is often found making comments about his opponents from which many contemporary readers shy away.  For those readers not familiar with St. Jerome&#8217;s style, consult the first paragraph of his work, On The Perpetual Virginity of Mary. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=342&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I believe in Zeus, Athena, and One God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would happen if Zeus, Athena, Artemis, and the entire pantheon of Greek gods, Norse gods, etc. appeared before us all and asserted their existence?  Would the monotheistic religions be refuted?  The answer is no.  Jews, Muslims, and Christians would still boldly assert that there is only one God.  There are important distinctions between God [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=340&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Catechizing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an argument that I hear frequently from catechists of a certain generation.  The faith, they argue, cannot be taught, it must be caught.  To have the faith is to have a relationship with a person, not just to know facts about that person.  Thus, the focus of our catechism classes ought to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=338&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losing a friend by the dissolution of the friendship is like losing a friend to death.  In both cases, we remember what was and we are saddened by the loss.  However, the dissolution of friendship is like a living death.
The interesting consequence of this line of thought:  in some ways, the dissolution of a friendship [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=335&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Augustinian Moment</title>
		<link>http://phamilton.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/an-augustinian-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Augustine famously threw up his hands as he wondered why God would wish to resurrect the body.  His Platonist metaphysics denigrated the body, making Augustine accept on faith rather than reason that the resurrection of the flesh is a good thing.
I&#8217;m having an Augustinian moment regarding prayer.  I know we are supposed to pray for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=333&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Humility from Blogging</title>
		<link>http://phamilton.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/humility-in-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been told that the human mind has an amazing capacity to forget painful experiences.  Maybe that is why I cannot remember writing some of the posts on my blog from two years ago.
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		<title>The Vincentian Canon and the Development of Doctrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have heard many Anglicans and Orthodox criticize the Catholic Church for teaching innovative doctrines not taught by the early Church.  In particular they will cite St. Vincent of Lerin’s words in his Commonitory that “we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.” (Commonitory chapter 2, paragraph 6)  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=322&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love Your Enemies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christ commands us to love our enemies.  But if an enemy is someone that we hate or do not like, can we love those that we hate?  Clearly the answer is no.  Then what does Christ mean here?  I answer that &#8216;enemy&#8217; must be construed as a one-way relationship, not a two way relationship:  an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phamilton.wordpress.com&blog=840890&post=320&subd=phamilton&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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