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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Bad Catholic</title> <link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic</link> <description /> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:15:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3</generator> <atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/patheos/badcatholic" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="patheos/badcatholic" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><feedburner:emailServiceId xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">patheos/badcatholic</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0">http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><item><title>Naked Men</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/06/naked-men.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/06/naked-men.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:21:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destupidification]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1722</guid> <description><![CDATA[I wrote this as a guest post for The Art of Manliness, only to find that they are no longer accepting guest submissions. I hope it won&#8217;t seem too out of place here then: I think it&#8217;s fair to say that the average man exposed to the above advertisement is either: a) uproariously amused, under [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/06/naked-men.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Guest Post on Abortion</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/guest-post-on-abortion.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/guest-post-on-abortion.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 17:55:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Winning the Culture Wars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1712</guid> <description><![CDATA[So check it! I got a wonderful guest post, and I thought it pretty well sums up the abortion debate: It goes without saying that the paramount responsibility of rational government is the protection of human life.  That&#8217;s why laws prohibiting murder carry the harshest penalties in society.  In the English Common Law system, there are even [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/guest-post-on-abortion.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>742</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Imagine Sisters</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/imagine-sisters.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/imagine-sisters.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 16:55:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1709</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some awesomeness you should all be aware of: From their Facebook page (which I will mail you some bacon for liking): &#8220;Imagine Sisters is a web and campus-based movement that aims to inspire the imaginations of young women to consider the beautiful call to consecrated life as a sister.&#8221; Given that a) nuns are awesome, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/imagine-sisters.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On Wanting To Eat Your Baby</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/on-wanting-to-eat-your-baby.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/on-wanting-to-eat-your-baby.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1698</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is a tangible reality of human experience, that in the presence of a Beauty we let slip groans that sound an awful lot like dissatisfaction. In the light of some masterpiece of nature, we screw up our faces like we&#8217;ve stubbed a toe. In the quiet dark of of an old stone room, observing an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/on-wanting-to-eat-your-baby.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>82</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Converting to Paganism</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/converting-to-paganism.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/converting-to-paganism.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 15:36:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Another Look]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1591</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christians like to believe that our age is a frightening one, an age in which everything is allowed, and all the horny powers of hedonism run rampant. The Godless &#8212; God bless &#8216;em &#8212; believe the same, but as far as I can tell, they&#8217;re happier with the prospect. We&#8217;re all becoming pagans, the Christian [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/converting-to-paganism.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>263</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>4 Ways The Gay Marriage Debate Has Been Rigged</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/4-ways-the-gay-marriage-debate-has-been-rigged.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/4-ways-the-gay-marriage-debate-has-been-rigged.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 23:24:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Love One Another]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1673</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christians, Catholics, men and women with same-sex attraction, advocates of Gay Marriage and dissenters of the same: The Gay Marriage debate is no debate. It has been rigged, framed and devalued into a series of pre-ordained slogans for each &#8220;side&#8221; to scream, to the point that entering into it now is less like having an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/4-ways-the-gay-marriage-debate-has-been-rigged.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>393</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Christian case for gay marriage: The Smackdown</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/the-christian-case-for-gay-marriage-the-smackdown.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/the-christian-case-for-gay-marriage-the-smackdown.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sacraments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Winning the Culture Wars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1597</guid> <description><![CDATA[So a certain Mr. Osler wrote a wonderful piece for CNN entitled My Take: The Christian case for gay marriage. I take mild issue with it. Just to warn ye secular-fantastics, I know the Bible&#8217;s all ridiculous and sexist and fake and even if it&#8217;s not it&#8217;s old and has stuff like violence in it so [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/the-christian-case-for-gay-marriage-the-smackdown.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>662</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Your Move, Obama</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/your-move-obama.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/your-move-obama.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 19:57:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1651</guid> <description><![CDATA[You thought I was gonna depress you but then my school made me happy and BAM I DREW ERRBODY A PICTURE! For my letters to Mr. Obama concerning the mandate go here and here. For why artificial contraception is the whackest, go here. Also, thanks for having me out to speak, everybody from Cincinnati&#8217;s Theology on Tap! [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/your-move-obama.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>259</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why I Don’t Care pt. 2 or The Birth of Relativism</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care-pt-2-or-the-birth-of-relativism.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care-pt-2-or-the-birth-of-relativism.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:47:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Winning the Culture Wars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1647</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thank you so much for the comments on my last post. They helped me realize two things: 1. The evil of the modern world is ripped out of the realm of abstraction and into reality by the fact of parenthood. Everyone who was truly concerned about the Culture Wars &#8212; and thus could not understand [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care-pt-2-or-the-birth-of-relativism.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>139</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why I Don’t Care</title><link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care.html</link> <comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:32:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Winning the Culture Wars]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/?p=1546</guid> <description><![CDATA[You won&#8217;t like this post. Don&#8217;t blame me, blame him: &#8220;A passionate, tumultuous age will overthrow everything, pull everything down; but [the present age] that is at the same time reflective and passionless, transforms that expression of strength into a feat of dialectics: it leaves everything standing but cunningly empties it of significance.&#8221; &#8212; Soren [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/05/why-i-dont-care.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>157</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss><!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

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