The Pope is a Chemist

  I was interested to learn that Jorge Mario Bergoglio has a Masters degree in Chemistry. I also enjoyed this article discussing the history of Jesuits in science. And this quote from the Vatican Astronomer, Guy Consolmagno: “Doing science is like playing a game with God, playing a puzzle with God. God sets the puzzles and after I can solve… Continue reading The Pope is a Chemist

Honest Atheists

Love this article on New Atheism vs. the time honored Nietzsche and Camus and Larkin: http://theweek.com/article/index/241108/where-are-the-honest-atheists In addition to the authors insight that a secular world is not all progress and roses, I would like to add that I have trouble envisioning a moral world without religion. I simply do not have that kind of faith… Continue reading Honest Atheists

Good Dog

Although his owner has been dead for 2 months, Tommy, the German Shepard, attends Mass daily, just as he did when she was alive.