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The Early History of the Eugenics Movement

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 30, 2020 /

The eugenic movement, therefore, cannot be a short campaign like many political or social movements. It is, rather, like the founding and development of Christianity, something to be handed on from age to age. ~ “Report of the President of the American Eugenics Society, Inc.,” 1926.   As this short history of the eugenics movement…

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What Does the Catholic Church Teach about Homosexuality?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 26, 2020 /
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Few doctrines are so vehemently opposed as that of the Catholic Church on homosexuality. Every good Catholic instinctively knows that science always supports the teachings of the Church, particularly with regards to matters of sexual morality.  Those who avoid abortion, extramarital sex, pornography, divorce, contraception, sterilization and other sexual sins are usually much more content…

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Is God the Biggest Abortionist of All?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 24, 2020 /
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Why be pro-life if God allows babies to die in the womb all the time? If the pro-abortion movement is justified in characterizing God as an abortionist, certainly its opponents have a serious problem to consider. “God Is an Abortionist”: The Atheist View Several major studies of pregnancy have revealed that one-fourth to one-third of all…

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Bridging the Gap between Transgenderism and Transhumanism

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 23, 2020 /
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We are being conditioned by force and by media propaganda to accept the idea that transgenderism is here to stay.  One of the ways the “trans” rights movement does this is to attempt to show us that we are helpless to stop it by intruding into every facet of our lives and threatening to punish…

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Reclaiming Fatherhood to Heal the Family

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 22, 2020 /
Reclaiming Fatherhood

“Human fatherhood gives us an anticipation of who God is. But when this fatherhood does not exist, when it is experienced only as a biological phenomenon, without its human and spiritual dimension, all statements about God the Father are empty. The crisis of fatherhood we are living today is an element, perhaps the most important,…

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The Eugenics Philosophy

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 19, 2020 /
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It is unjust to cut short the days of a well-shaped person. It is not unjust, I say, to prevent the arrival in the world of a being who will certainly be useless to it. ~ The Marquis de Sade.1 The Problem of the Philosophy of Eugenics Despite all of the posturing and lofty theorizing…

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What Is Transgenderism?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 12, 2020 /
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“At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child.” ~ P.J. O’Rourke.1 While those fortunate few who still possessed a lingering sense of reality cringed at the bizarre photo of Bruce Jenner and the subtitle “Call Me Caitlyn” on the cover of Vanity Fair in 2015, the press swooned over him and President Barack Obama…

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The Environmentalist Roots of the Population Control Movement

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 10, 2020 /
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Concern for our environment is the most altruistic of the several primary motivations which drive the activities of the population control movement.  Unfortunately, the leaders of many population control groups think that the best way to preserve our natural surroundings is to decrease the number of people in the world by whatever means are available.…

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The Early History of Assisted Reproduction

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 4, 2020 /
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  Senator Brian Harradine: “How often has in‑vitro fertilization been undertaken on non‑human higher primates?” Professor William Short: “It has not been undertaken on gorillas because gorillas are an endangered species.” Senator Brian Harradine: “So you are able to do it on humans?” Professor William Short: “We are not an endangered species.”1   The history…

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Church Teachings on Euthanasia

By Brian Clowes, PhD / June 2, 2020 /
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Once any human being becomes worthless or expendable, all are reduced from an absolute to a relative value and no two human beings would be of equal worth, thus demolishing the very foundation of moral order….By devaluing life ― the life of the unborn, the elderly, the comatose patient, the handicapped ― we are, quite…

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