Jesuit Father James Martin and the LGBT community
Today, on the feast Albert the Great, father of the natural sciences, I have written a letter to Father James Martin SJ, author of amongst others “Laughing with the Saints” and – recently, “Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity”. From Belgium, Europe, where I learned about his work via the internet, about his great sense of humor, I wanted to share with him some of my thoughts on what I read about his book concerning sexuality or ‘LGBT’. As a 60 years old former biology teacher from the Netherlands, husband, father of six and since sex months grandfather, I have specialized in the relationship between biology and faith as well as bioethics, sexual morality included and studied at the Institute for Theological Studies in Brussels of the French speaking Jesuits in Belgium. This has lead to my apostolate ‘Biofides’, al things biology and faith (both philosophically and ethically). This is what I wrote. (more…)
Sexuality and Gender – Findings from the Biological, Psychological, and Social Sciences
Questions related to sexuality and gender bear on some of the most intimate and personal aspects of human life. In recent years they have also vexed American politics. The New Atlantis offers this report — written by Dr. Lawrence S. Mayer, an epidemiologist trained in psychiatry, and Dr. Paul R. McHugh, arguably the most important American psychiatrist of the last half-century — in the hope of improving public understanding of these questions. Examining research from the biological, psychological, and social sciences, this report shows that some of the most frequently heard claims about sexuality and gender are not supported by scientific evidence. The report has a special focus on the higher rates of mental health problems among LGBT populations, and it questions the scientific basis of trends in the treatment of children who do not identify with their biological sex. More effort is called for to provide these people with the understanding, care, and support they need to lead healthy, flourishing lives.
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Top 10 Things You Need to Know about Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’
Pope Francis’ highly-anticipated environmental encyclical has arrived and Fr. James Martin, S.J., presents the ten things you need to know about it.
America Media, June 18th 2015
The Fine Tuning of the Universe
For more resources visit: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/finetu…
Be sure to view the Kalam Cosmological Argument animation video: http://youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0
Source: Reasonable Faith
The theology behind Humanae Vitae
Dr. Michael Waldstein, the Max Seckler Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University, describes the theology behind Humanae Vitae. Dr. Waldstein’s talk was part of the “Humanae Vitae at 45: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Holiness” Conference at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Science of the Theology of the Body
In the 93rd episode of his podcast called ‘Catholic Laboratory’, the Scottish catholic scientist Ian Maxfield revisits the Science of the Theology of the Body and takes a glance at several news stories and research papers that support the teachings of the Catholic Church on sexuality and morals. He already did so in earlier podcast episodes that we will mention here beneath.
God Is the Best Explanation
On February 1st, 2013 at Purdue University, Dr William Lane Craig participated in a debate with Dr Alex Rosenberg on the topic, “Is Faith In God Reasonable?” Over 5,000 people watched the event on the Purdue University campus along with tens of thousands streaming it live online from around the world. This is a series of eight video clips of each of eight arguments that Dr Craig presented in his opening statement.
Overpopulation is a myth!
Sience and faith in a historical perspective
23 Clips from an interview with Prof. Peter Harrison, former Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford, and director of the Centre of the History of European Discourses at the University of Queensland. Harrison gives a nuanced answers to questions on the differences and the interplay between science and faith from a historical perspective. He answers questions about the presumed conflict between science and faith, about Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin.
How a world renowned physician and geneticist comes to belief
Dr. Francis Collins is a physician and geneticist known for spearheading the Human Genome Project and for his landmark discoveries of disease genes. Talking to a terminally ill patient at her bedside made geneticist Francis Collins begin to think more carefully about his atheism. It led him to study C.S. Lewis, and realize that there was more to belief in God than he had thought. In these videos he tells his personal story.

