Cutting The Gordian Knot

Dr. White is a very clear thinker on the subjects of banking and money. His latest book is here: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Money-Gold-Fiat-Bitcoin/dp/100932747X

Happy Halloween everybody. We look at two archetypes that bubble up in folklore and mythology; the witch, and the troll. My thesis is that these represent the defective mode of masculinity and femininity.

In this episode, we cover Classical Theism, the need for the Church to be able to decide things, and the fact that even protestants have tradition.

We run through a few critiques of fractional reserve banking and discuss the gold standard.

Steve Ray has just completed one of the only Catholic commentaries that covers the book of Genesis. You can find his website right here: https://catholicconvert.com and you can buy his book right here: https://ignatius.com/genesis-gbscp/

Because I forgot to record on the usual platform. Everybody gets to listen in on the St. John the Evangelist RCIA class about the Incarnation!

Intercession of the Saints, purgatory, Mary, being holy, and more. (Email me at thegordianknot101@gmail.com )

This song has struck a cord for so many people. Why?

If these have always struck you as being wrong….Maybe it’s because they are wrong.

15 Fantastic Mailbag questions all answered for your listening enjoyment. If you want to send a question, email me at thegordianknot101@gmail.com

We just celebrated Labor Day and we have many labor unions in the news. What are we to think about these organizations from an economic and from a Catholic perspective?

Good ole’ Pat has written another book! We chat about that and do you have the opportunity to get the directors cut by emailing him directly at: patflynn@chroniclesofstrength.com

We contrast Ecclesiastes with the analogy of the cave in Plato‘s republic and a variety of passages written by the apostle Paul.

I’ll be pulling from lots of Jewish sources like the midrash, Rashi, commentary, and many more places to tell you everything I know about Cain and Abel.

The “Crown of virtue” as Aristotle calls it, is one of the most forgotten virtues . Yet, it’s the Virtue that Jesus displayed when defeating sin and what Mary mentions at the very start of the magnificat kicking off the Gospel story.

You are about to hear a children’s story that defends a version of Barry Miller’s argument for the existence of God.

We cover freedom, law, and, of course, I read you the entire text of Dignitatis Humanae complete with a running commentary. Finally there is a lighting round of freedom questions at the end.

We cover the marriage process, the rise of Celibacy, and even what was happening in the book of Enoch, with the sons of God and the daughters of men.

We chat about John’s recent debate with Dana Harper on his excellent show, “The Classical Theism Podcast”

I run through his “Ten Key Points on Economics from Catholic Social Teaching” article. Ya, There are some problems…..

We talk about the role of friendship, how it goes wrong, how it makes up the fabric of church and state. And why diversity, equity and inclusion are all wrong.

We explore how the state has a masculine character, and the church has a feminine character. And we use this to look at ways that the church and state go wrong, and a few ways that It can go right.

We go through Biblical arguments for the Trinity. Many Protestants are rejecting the Trinity today. That needs to stop.

You get a sneak peek into our RCIA program with an intro to the four Marian dogmas. Here are some helpful sources: Sources: Dr. Pitre’s book - https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Jewish-Roots-Mary-Unveiling/dp/0525572732/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jesus+and+the+jewish+roots+of+mary%2C+dr.+pitre&qid=1686421780&sprefix=jesus+and+the+jew%2Caps%2C90&sr=8-1 CCC - https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/c...

Check out the Trent vs Tony Annette debate on The Reason and Theology channel and give this debrief a listen.