by Karlo Broussard | Jul 28, 2023 | Articles, Christian Apologetics
Here’s a skeptical meme I recently came across: There are three problems with this (admittedly kind of funny) picture. Let’s take the first: Christians neglect the poor. This hardly seems worth the trouble to rebut. More than any other group you can identify, for...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 26, 2023 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics often critique the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura by saying it’s self-defeating. The reasoning usually goes something like this: 1) sola scriptura claims that we shouldn’t assent to any doctrine as infallible unless it’s found in Scripture; 2) The...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 7, 2023 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
Imagine if someone with a decent platform got on Youtube or Twitter and said, “I think we’re overly focused on a rational approach to COVID-19 issues and vaccines. We should pay more attention to our emotions about these things.” What sort of response would there be?...
by Karlo Broussard | May 24, 2023 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
News flash: “Catholicism is “Bull#!*%” Hmmm…news to me, but apparently not to one of our followers: The reason? The Church teaches, “Death was contrary to the plans of God the Creator and entered the world as a consequence of sin” (Catechism of the Catholic Church...
by Karlo Broussard | May 8, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
There seems to be little need to list examples of gender confusion and pronoun-shaming in our culture today. But we might mention a few names that have become representative of the movement behind this relatively novel commandment: Caitlyn Jenner, Lia Thomas, Jazz...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 17, 2023 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
Recently, I gave a presentation for a Catholic radio fundraiser in Billings, Montana. The morning of my departure, I went down for the hotel breakfast. Now, the day before, I’d heard the waitress speak of “free breakfast.” So, assuming I was getting a free breakfast,...
