by Karlo Broussard | Jun 7, 2017 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
A few months ago a caller on Catholic Answers Live said he didn’t believe that God exists because the belief cannot be proven true (verified) or false (falsified) based on empirical observation. What he meant was that there is nothing in our sense experience that can...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 25, 2017 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Skeptics will argue that Jesus’ resurrection is just one more instance of the dying-and-rising-god motif prevalent in the religions of the ancient Near East. The Scottish social anthropologist James Frazer popularized this motif in his 1890 book The Golden...
by Karlo Broussard | Apr 11, 2017 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Defenders of traditional marriage argue that redefining marriage to include same-sex unions undermines marital permanency (lifelong union) and exclusivity (only one spouse). If biological sex doesn’t matter, they argue, then why should duration and number? This is...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 29, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
You’re at the park playing with your kids and two conservatively dressed young men are riding their bikes nearby, and you immediately recognize they are Mormon. Thoughts start whizzing through your mind: I hope they don’t come here. If they do, what will I say? Should...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 14, 2017 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
If you could wave a magic wand to get rid of either rape or religion, which would you choose? Popular atheist Sam Harris would choose religion. In a 2006 interview he argued, “more people are dying as a result of our religious myths than as a result of any other...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 8, 2017 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics believe the Eucharist is Jesus, literally. But does this belief have apostolic origins? St. Paul, an apostle, wrote vividly about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, so I believe it does. Paul talks about the Eucharist in 1 Corinthians 10:16-21 and...
