Territorial Bloggings

Fascinating statistics in this article/paper on the levels of “organic atheism” & the like.
Somehow I think Bp. Giertz would be aggrieved by Sweden’s #1 ranking, and Scandinavia taking 3 of the top 4 spots…
The top 10:
1. Sweden (up to 85% non-believer, atheist, agnostic)
2. Vietnam
3. Denmark
4. Norway
5. Japan
6. Czech Republic
7. Finland
8. France
9. South Korea
10. Estonia (up [...]

So, I had occasion to attend a Roman Mass this past weekend, having traveled to a downriver Detroit suburb for a wedding on my wife’s side of the family. I took it as a chance to engage in a little theological anthropology, if you will. Fortunately, my wonderful wife is nicely reformed (pun partially intended) [...]

Because we’re stupid sheep (and I mean that in the best sense of the word…), we need to constantly be reminded of simple things & concepts.
Stuff like this: Words have meaning and power.
I love words. Big, fancy words. Small, simple words. Refined words. Coarse words. Theological words. Pop-culture words. Sincere words. Snarky words. Profound [...]

Neal Boortz is going to receive a firestorm of criticism for these comments, but he is, of course , correct.
“Islam is a virus. It is a deadly virus that is spreading throughout Europe and the Western world,” and “we’re going to wait far too long to develop a vaccine to find a way to fight [...]