#catholic

Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christ #christianity #god #jesus #jesus-christ

As expected, the church lady grumbled something incoherent and put Bridget’s call on hold. A peppy rendition of “City of God” blared as hold music just long enough for Bridget to start to sing along with the chorus. Catholic brainwashing at its best. ↗

— Gretchen McNeil

#city-of-god #religion #snark #music

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology. ↗

— Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#geology #science #western-civilization #catholicism

The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli. ↗

— Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#science #western-civilization #catholicism

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory. ↗

— Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#science #western-civilization #catholicism

Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-based trial by ordeal that had characterized the Germanic legal order. ↗

— Thomas E. Woods Jr.

#law #catholicism

A lost person or article is still what it is, still valuable in itself, but in the wrong place, disconnected from its purpose and unable to be or do whatever it is intended to be or do. ↗

— David Winter

#catholic #lost #purpose #religion #value

a criminal sketch of Christ on a diner napkin -'Poet Prophets ↗

— Amber Koneval

#christian #god #identity #religion #religion

I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number? ↗

— Kristen Bell

#being #catholic #catholic school #gas #gas station

I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#animalistic #any #back #because #catholic