Outside The Asylum

It has recently been proven to me in a conversation on facebook that I use some language surrounding pro-life issues differently than the majority of Americans. Here are my definitions, and I refuse to waver from them based on mere democratic peer pressure. Abortion- the active taking of a life of a fetus. NOT included are operations to remove an already dead fetus. Birth control- artificial techniques used to provide moral assurance of not getting pregnant. Natural Family Planning is not included because there is no such moral assurance, even when done correctly, God could still give you a little miracle. Female and male hormonal therapy for various cancers and other complaints also does not count, because the intent isn't moral assurance of not getting pregnant. The reason I say moral assurance is because other than full surgical sterilization, there is no known method of reversible birth control that can provide absolute assurance- and in fact, when used correctly, condom...

Well, I've done the sleep study, and yes, I definitely have a severe case of sleep apnea. One more interim thing to try before going on the CPAP machine- a dumbbell shaped neck pillow, and sleeping on my back to keep my airway clear. We'll see how that goes.

This is a part 1.  It would have been another Channeling Chesterton, but like Chesterton, to do that I need to do my research and I have not yet even found the book.  I just heard about this morning.  So this is a really superficial treatment of the basic concept, which is what are the real motivating values of Americanism, and how does Catholicism differ. A recent researcher asked an interesting set of political questions.  But he asked people to put themselves in the mindset of their perceived enemies- he asked conservatives to predict how liberals would respond, and liberals how conservatives would respond.  Turns out only conservatives could do this exercise, and the reason was tied to motivating values. Liberals in America, it seems, are stunted politically, they are motivated by care for the victim, liberty for themselves, and preservation of resources.  Conservatives add to this respect for authority, rule of law, and the concept of sanctity, or ...

Normal atheists are disgustingly normal.  That is to say, they may believe in only what they can see and no more, but to them religion is just more data for that soft science they call anthropology.  They are perfectly willing to join in whatever "superstitious religious ritual" you want, precisely because they KNOW there is no harm in it and many of them are jolly good fun besides.  IF God does not exist, IF the occult does not exist, how could Satan exist?  And thus, where is the harm in any religious practice, to the atheist? However, in Western Civilization today, there is a new breed of heretic along these lines- the athesistic believer, the anti-theist.  This is a man (or woman) that is lying to himself (or herself).  They claim to be atheist, but they truly believe in the power of God to work through ordinary human beings.  They also hold no love for God but rather a massive hatred of God and a disordered love of liberty.  I say disorderd...

Well, the curse of my father has fallen upon me.  Narcolepsy, with sleep apnea as a possible cause.  Back into medical debt I go, just when I had dug myself back out to within my credit card limit of paying it off.

I guess if I can't say something nasty, I have nothing to say. Keeping up my Lenten promise NOT to blog about the HHS mandate unless attacked, and not to reply to anything my local paper writes on their blog about it, keeps my postings low.