Author: Adam Fischer

Spirit and Flesh – 5 March 30, 2017UncategorizedEd Pluchar “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness… Continue reading Spirit and Flesh – 5

Spirit and Flesh – 4 March 29, 2017UncategorizedEd Pluchar We have laid out three ways of knowing the spiritual realm, which is further proposed as the true realm.  The physical realm is but an echo. The difficulty remains that – ordinarily –  we know the physical realm with a higher degree of confidence than the… Continue reading Spirit and Flesh – 4

Spirit and Flesh – 3 March 16, 2017UncategorizedEd Pluchar We have established that humanity, over and above the emus, has an innate sense of the spiritual realm, and this is demonstrated by the persistence of religion in human life, among other things.  Against the naturalist, we see the impossibility that human life could have been… Continue reading Spirit and Flesh – 3

Spirit and Flesh – 2 March 16, 2017UncategorizedEd Pluchar A basic biological creature – an emu, perhaps – only deals in the physical.  Life is all hatching and growing and foraging and mating and running and dying.  Often it’s not quite that good. By the naturalist’s account, this ought to be everything for humanity, and… Continue reading Spirit and Flesh – 2

Spirit and Flesh – 1 March 15, 2017UncategorizedEd Pluchar What one must immediately see is that the spiritual and the physical are completely different.  And we have always seen this. They are parallel lines, running together but never crossing.  If we were mere physical creatures – like the lower animals – a “spiritual realm” would… Continue reading Spirit and Flesh – 1

« Dignity     Venerable Antonietta Meo » Sign of the Cross By Ed Pluchar, on May 1st, 2011 Arriving at, during, and departing from Mass, Marcy and I will make the sign of the cross on ourselves, and then on our girls.  Amelia (almost 2) is particularly interested in the holy water, and will… Continue reading Sign of the Cross

Secularism is impossible… March 15, 2016UncategorizedEd Pluchar …just like Libertarianism. Now, before showing why this is so, let us just say that both have their merits as concepts.  The merits, however, are exceedingly superficial. Libertarianism, for example, is the idea that government should leave people alone to the fullest extent possible.  In fact, a thoroughgoing… Continue reading Secularism is impossible…

Salvation by Grace – 3 October 1, 2014UncategorizedEd Pluchar The first and second posts in this series introduce us to the layman level of the Justification divide:  Before considering the arguments from authority (those of Scripture, and those meaning to interpret Scripture), how is the layman confronted by the issue? Here I attempt an analogy to… Continue reading Salvation by Grace – 3

Rosary Miscellany September 29, 2016UncategorizedEd Pluchar Our Mother is patient and kind. The first joyful mystery is the Annunciation.  This, of course, refers to the moment when the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would bear the Son of God Most High. One often reflects on the magnitude of this announcement.  From then-Cardinal Ratzinger:… Continue reading Rosary Miscellany

Reasoning to God – Introduction December 18, 2015Reasoning to GodEd Pluchar Introduction Now – after years of glancing past the subject, and after a thousand banalities, and after as many or more moments of good humor and respectful discourse, deep resonance, and shaded awe of what virtue the other is capable of – let us… Continue reading Reasoning to God – Introduction