Cutting The Gordian Knot

After being so poor, for so long, why did the industrial revolution happen where and when it did? How did we get so wealthy so fast.

We contrast what Scripture says versus what typical self-help literature would prescribe by working through the top 10 tips from the power of positive thinking.

Here is the rest of the review of their article. Don’t forget to listen to part 1.

I read a fun article on The 4th way of Thomas Aquinas that is written from a more narrative perspective and counters a number of questions, objections, and misconceptions.

John Derosa interviews me about my favorite of the five ways of Thomas Aquinas.

We are engaging in a bit of speculative Theology today! I think a very strong case could be made that Satan was in charge of governing animals.

We talk about the differences between men and women, our different modes of love, our Temptations to evil and the Scriptural basis for our complementarity.

This is a debrief of the points made during the debate, we both vent a bit, and we share some additional arguments.

We get into all sorts of cool philosophy of time questions. Enjoy our long and thought provoking interview.

We have a wonderful conversation exploring the 4 causes of Scripture, Authorial intent, and how to read Scripture like the Fathers did.

We had a super cool chat all about philosophy of time.

No really, this episode is all about Time. Philosophy of Time! I go through a number of different theories, objections and answers to each, and at the end I give my theory of time.

You get to hear my comments as I read this article for the first time.

This is the first part in what will have to be a multipart series about my favorite theologian in the Catholic tradition: Saint Augustine

Do patents help or harm innovation? What’s the role of private property in promoting the common good? And what are some tweaks we can make to the current patent system that would make it better.

We give a a rundown of TULIP and find a lot of common ground.

We read the story of Noah’s ark and contrast it with the season of Pentecost.

We give practical tips, explore the differences between the true religion and the secular one, read from the catechism, and discuss LGBTQ issues.

I lay out some solutions, talk about how best to deal with the discussion in general, critique other suggestions that have been made, and ramble on a bunch about guns.

We’ll talk about the moral and economic implications of various types of taxes and I will describe my ideal tax system.

Is revenge ever okay? What does scripture say? What does Aquinas say? What does Augustine say? Listen and find out all this and more.

We have a wide ranging conversation that covers everything from the PSR to the finitude of the past, the De Ente to Intelligent design.

I give a little bit of commentary along the way. But if you’re like me it’s probably been a while since you’ve read the story and that’s a shame because it’s one of the best in the Old Testament.

Here I give a lot of economic background about monetary policy in general, comment on the actions of the federal reserve, explain how currency comes into existence, offer seven solutions to inflation, and even give some investment advice.

I take more of a conceptual approach to the topic, comparing Tradition to Form and Scripture to Matter. As always email me at thegordianknot101@gmail.com with questions, comments, hate mail of anything else.