The Long Drive Home in the Dark

I dive into the book of Job, one of the Wisdom books from the Bible. What is the meaning of this often misunderstood book and how does it relate to us as modern Christians? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We dive into the book of Judith, an old testaments deuterocanonical book that tells the story of Judith, savor of her city from the wrath of the Assyrians. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat goes through the books and Ezra and Nehemiah to look at their historical context and what they mean for a modern Christian. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat goes into detail about the churches lack of position on evolution and how it relates to Genesis and basically how it leaves the question to individual Catholics. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we tackle the worst Judge ever, Jephthah. What was his story, what did he do, and most important what is the lesson for us today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Continuing our series of Old Testament stories and why they apply to us today, Pat covers the general meaning of the book of Joshua for modern Christians. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode we round out our discussion of the Reformation and it's effects on Christendom, including Pat finally answering the question as asked: how did it affect the Catholic Church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat does a very high level overview of The Reformation. In this episode we cover the concept of reforming the Church, what the stage was for the Reformation, what indulgences are, and Luther and his part. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Talking about The Saints, we've done Joseph already so I figured we should talk about the other member of the holy family, Mary. She's kind of a big deal, so let's talk about her, who she was, the honor she gets, prayers to her, devotion, apparitions, and generally why she's so great. But don't worship her. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part 2 of a 2 part series on the Spanish Inquisition. In this part we cover very briefly what the Spanish Inquisition was and what it did and why it has the reputation it does today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Should anybody have expected the Spanish Inquisition? is the question that was asked. In this first part we delve into the conditions in Spain and the world at large that lead to a resounding “Yes, everyone should have”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part 3 of a 3 part series about the Will of God and the Will of Man. This part delves into some of the common questions about Hell and why Sinners exist in the first place. This episode was recorded with a new headset, which sadly does not appear to be as good as the old one. I apologize for that and I'll be looking to get something better before my next recording. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

How does God's plan for me and my plan interact? How can I get my plan to match God's? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat discusses the Church's dogmas about God's Will and Man's Will and where people have gone wrong trying to reconcile them theologically. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What does Joseph's story from Genesis have to do with us today? Join Pat as he explores the historical and cultural context of Old Testament stories and the message they have for us today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat delves into the reasons the English language version of the Mass in the US was changed and what that means for the faithful. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Saints and saints: what is a saint, who are the Saints, how do you become one, why we pray to them, and the difference between honor and worship. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We conclude our journey through where the Bible came from with a talk about authorship, historicity, and authority. As in, what does it matter who wrote the books, when they were written, and who had the authority to say these were good books. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We wrap up our historical look at the Bible and where it came from, spending our time on the development in the early Christian church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We continue our journey through the question of where did the Bible come from, making our way into New Testament territory and almost within striking distance of when the canon started taking formal shape. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues to discuss the origins of the Book we call The Bible. Today we move forward in history to the time of Jesus and discuss languages, Jewish canons, and the state of affairs of the Middle East in that time frame. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues talking about where the Bible came from, slowly walking toward answering the question of figuring out where the Canon came from. This episode features Silas the Great and Hellenization. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A brief look at near eastern ancient history, the kingdoms and Judah and Israel, their conquering, and when portions of the Biblical books were written down. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat takes a crack at a very good question - where did the Bible come from which includes the original question - how did we figure out what books are supposed to be in the Bible. Also called the Cannon of Scripture. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Can aliens be saved or become Catholic and other related questions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat discusses the Mind and the Brain and why he chose I Think Therefore I Am as a starting place for his discussion about why he believes in God --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat discusses the answer to the question - Why Can't Women be Priests? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Does the Catholic Church teach predestination? Yes and no. It depends on what you mean by predestination. If you mean that God assigns to people to Hell as part of His will then No. If you mean that God, in the Eternal now, on viewing our cooperation with His will gives us the Grace to preserver to the end, then Yes. But remember, God does not exists in time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat concludes his discussion about why he believes in God. We move from our foundation to further describe the force or forces that we've establish knowledge of and now we look at some of the last qualities we need to round out our definition. Omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, immaterial, unchanging, and finally One. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion about why he believes in God. Given the four blocks we now stand on, what can we determine about the extra-universal force or forces that we know of. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion about why he believes in God. Now that we can stand on Step 1 concerning our observations of the universe we inhabit we have to ask, what is the nature of this extra-universal force or forces and what can we glean about it from what we know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion about why he believes in God. Today we briefly talk about the Standard of judgement we seem to all live by and how it appears to be unchanging through time and what that means. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion about why he believes in God. Moving from the physical realm into the mind we delve into some of the operations of the mind and how we judge the things that happen to us and how we judge what other people do to us and what that means about humanity and the standard against which we judge. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion of why he believes in God. Moving on from building block 1 he discusses the existence of the rules that govern the reality that we existence in and the fact that those rules don't change over time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion of God and his belief in God. Moving from the beginning of the universe we pose the questions of where do the rules come from, why do the laws exist, and what does that tell us about the nature of the creative being. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pat continues his discussion about why he believes in God. He talks about the entropic end and beginning and what that means about the universe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Part 3 of Pat's discussion of Why he believes in God, covering such amazing topics as conservation of mass and energy and the laws of thermodynamics. Also a lot of yawns. I apologize, I must have been really sleepy when I recorded this. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode I continue my discussion on the question of Why do I believe in God? This part delves into the nature of knowledge and objectivity and faith and authority. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The first episode of The Long Drive Home in the Dark. This is part 1 of a series of episodes about why I believe in God. It beings with knowing about my own existence and the existence of the universe around me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app