“We are Forerunners. Guardians of all that exists. The roots of the Galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms… And the impervious shelter, beneath which it has prospered.”

Islam and slavery

Apparently the talking heads in the media and the “fashionable” political circles of this country are very surprised and deeply outraged at the threats that a group of Islamic “terrorists” have made regarding selling over 200 kidnapped girls...

The lessons of the Didache

Someone- let’s call him A. Reader for now- emailed me with some reading material a little while back and asked for my opinion on it: I have been meaning to contact you for some time to ask if you’ve ever read an early Christian work called The Didache. I...

Why should the Church endorse sin?

A young Churchian completely misses the point of the teachings of her faith: But, for my friend Ella*, these issues and obstacles seem blissfully trivial in comparison to the worries that keep her up at night as the big day approaches. She’s marrying her...

There really is no fun in Islam…

You can’t even get spaced if you’re a Muslim, according to the UAE’s government: The United Arab Emirates issued a religious law Thursday banning Muslims from manning a spaceflight voyage to Mars. Starting in 2024, Dutch...

Happy Christmas

From the Gospel of Luke: Mary’s Song  And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour, for He has been mindful of the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has...

The Church will survive a bad pope

There has been some considerable gnashing of teeth among the American right after the recent release of Pope Francis’s first ever papal manifesto- and it’s not hard to see why: “Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of...

Talking turkey

When your (not at all) humble servant was a wee boy living in the Pacific Rim, he was a Cub Scout and then a Boy Scout. (This was back in the days before the BSA was neutered by the politically correct lunacy that has infected it today; as a result, I actually know...

Domain Query: Enduring the Long War

[Damn religious holidays… If it weren’t for the fact that Rosh Hashanah is today (and I didn’t know it), I could have reached out and punched someone at a Krav Maga class. Instead here I am writing a blog post… Oh well. If you happen to be...

The Trojan Pig

No, this isn’t a reference to a bad condom commercial. It’s actually a reference to a very interesting piece written over at a blog called The Muslim Issue that chronicles what happens as Islamisation progresses within a host society. A few excerpts:...