by Karlo Broussard | Jul 2, 2025 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Atheists often point to science—especially evolution—as a way to explain the world without needing God. One famous voice to make this case is Christopher Hitchens. In his 2009 debate with William Lane Craig, Hitchens opined, It’s not very much contested any more that...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 24, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) teaches that at the Last Judgment, “the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare” (1039). This means that the blessed in heaven will know which of their loved ones are in hell. This seems to cause a...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 5, 2025 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
The late Mary Anne Warren argued that one of the earmarks for determining a human being to be a person is the attainment of “consciousness . . . and in particular the capacity to feel pain.” This is a common tactic that pro-abortion advocates take to elude pro-life...
by Karlo Broussard | May 22, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Some claim that certain passages in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, such as paragraphs 1821 and 1058, seem to support the thesis that it’s possible to believe that humans will not end up in hell. For example, paragraph 1821 reads, We can . . . hope in the glory...
by Karlo Broussard | May 19, 2025 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Romans 6:3-4 is a go-to passage for many Christians when they want to show from the Bible that baptism actually does something—that it saves. Paul tells us that through baptism, we’re “buried therefore with [Christ] . . . into death . . . [so that] we might walk in...
by Karlo Broussard | May 14, 2025 | Articles, General Ethics
In its Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (6th Edition), the USCCB defines “abortion” as “the directly intended destruction of a viable fetus.”1This is what most people have in mind when they think of abortion. However, there is another...
