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A perspective

Today, I’d like to bring to your attention an article that appeared in the Jan.-Feb. edition of Touchstone magazine. The article was written by Dr. Randall B. Smith, a professor who holds the Scanlan Foundation Chair in Theology at St. Thomas University in Houston.

Professor Smith’s article is called “The Coming Perfect Storm.” In it, he discusses five points that I quote here:

•The cheapening of the notion of religious conscience into a type of feeling

•The loss of a proper sense of moral good such that the burden of proof has shifted from those who want to permit acts traditionally considere...

 

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