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The Evolution of Conscience in the Western World

Howard P. Kainz

We often hear complaints about the degradation of morality in the contemporary world, as compared with past eras. This may or may not be true. But if we focus...

Mormons and Christianity: Asking the Right Questions

Howard P. Kainz

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, in an editorial in the March 2000 issue of First Things , discussed the issue of Mormon claims to be Christian in considerable detail. He...

GOP Debaters Still Fail to Connect the Dots

Howard P. Kainz

March Web Campaign Our ongoing work on the web and in First Things magazine assures that your religious ideals and convictions have a voice in the public square. To...

Failing to Connect the Dots on Contraception

Howard P. Kainz

At the January 7, 2012 Republican presidential debate, there came a point at which the questioning turned to “social issues.” Moderator George Stephanopoulos asked Mitt Romney whether he thought...

The Weirdness of Commanding Love

Howard P. Kainz

The greatest commandment, Jesus tells us, is: “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is...

Intelligent Design: Atheists to the Rescue

Howard P. Kainz

During the 1980s, two books” Evolution: a Theory in Crisis , by Michael Denton, and The Mystery of Life’s Origin: Reassessing Current Theories , by Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley,...