What do I Really Feel About [___]

In a way, it doesn't matter how I feel about some topic. What does matter is what the Catholic Church teaches.

Sometimes I've discovered that my assumptions were okay. Other times, like when I looked into the idea of a 'clockwork universe,' I've had to change my mind. Either way, it's been a learning experience.

Here's some of what I've found, so far:

• Annulment
  
  • "Annulment: Divorce, Catholic Style - NOT!"
    (March 27, 2009)
• Authority
  
  • "Authority: My Wife's Right"
    (March 30, 2011)
  • "Why Don't I Cite 'Pastor Bob' as My Authority?"
    (May 27, 2010)
  • "A Young Man With 'Old' Ideas, Vatican II, and the AmChurch"
    (April 25, 2010)
  • "The Catholic Church: Authoritarian, Which Isn't Necessarily a Bad Thing"
    (October 2, 2008)
• Capital Punishment
  
  • "Capital Punishment: Killing Those Who Deserve to Die"
    (October 2, 2008)
• Citizenship
  • "America's Economy Isn't Doomed?!"
    (August 10, 2011)
  • "It's 'Patriot Dream,' Not 'Patriot Delusion' "
    (July 4, 2011)
  • " (March 22, 2011)
  • "Living in America and Living a Catholic Life"
    (April 29, 2010)
  • "Elections and Citizenship, Catholic Style"
    (September 24, 2008)
• Clockwork universe
  • " 'Cafeteria Catholics' and a Diverse Church"
    (June 8, 2009)
    Particularly
    • The Nature of the Universe: Also a Big Deal
• Communicating
  • "Social Media Guidelines from American Bishops"
    (July 21, 2010)
  • "Compromise, No: Communicate, Yes"
    (June 16, 2010)
  • Blog Comments, by Matthew Warner
    • "Matthew Warner on Blog Comments: Part 3 of 2"
      (June 11, 2010)
    • "Blog Comments Categorized: Encouragers to Aliens II - The Response"
      Apathetic Lemming of the North (June 4, 2010)
    • "Blog Comments Categorized: Encouragers to Aliens"
      Apathetic Lemming of the North (May 28, 2010)
  • "Those Heretics May Not Like being Called Heretics"
    (May 16, 2010)
• Cultural differences
  • " 'Americans are Loud,' 'Japanese are Stoic,' 'Germans are Organized:' Stereotypes and Me"
    (March 20, 2011)
  • "Unity, Diversity, and Being Catholic"
    (August 26, 2010)
  • "Nigeria, the 'Envelope System,' and being a Parishioner"
    (July 5, 2010)
  • "Accommodating Indigenous Cultures: Including Ours"
    (January 10, 2010)
    Particularly
    • Dance? In Church?!
• Emotions
  • "Giving: From the Heart, and Other Vital Organs"
    (March 17, 2011)
  • "You think You had a Bad Day? Elijah, Jezebel, and a Reality Check"
    (January 16, 2011)
  • "Hating People? Not an Option"
    (December 9, 2010)
  • "Really Spiritual Experiences: Those are Okay"
    April 22, 2010)
  • "Emotions, the Frontal Cortex, The War on Terror, Anarchists, and the Illuminati"
    Another War-on-Terror Blog (December 23, 2008)
• Evolution
  • "Evolution, Space Aliens, and Two Millennia of Dealing With People"
    (July 5, 2011)
  • "Copernicus, Galileo, Science and a Reality Check"
    (October 26, 2009)
    Particularly
    • Heliocentrism, Evolution, and Here We Go Again
  • "Dinosaurs, Mutant Chickens, Evolution, and Faith in God"
    (June 29, 2009)
• Faith and Reason (also see science, below)
  • "Living in the Real World"
    (August 22, 2010)
  • "Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pope Benedict XVI, Faith and Reason"
    (June 24, 2010)
  • "It's Faith and Reason"
    (June 19, 2010)
  • "Reason, Faith and 'What Folks Know, that Just Ain't So' "
    (June 4, 2010)
  • "Faith and Reason, Religion and Science"
    (March 20, 2009)
• Medical ethics
  • "Courtney Nash, Organ Transplants, and Bingo"
    (August 15, 2011)
  • "Remember: 'Clinically Dead' isn't 'Dead' "
    (October 22, 2010)
  • "Stem Cell Research: Backed by the Vatican, No Kidding"
    (April 28, 2010)
  • "Medical Ethics and Human Experimentation: Why I Take it Personally"
    (February 3, 2009)
  • "Human Clones Possible: Don't Worry, They're Just for Parts and Research"
    (February 2, 2009)
• Politics
  • "Separation of Church and State, Assumptions, and Fear"
    (September 2, 2011)
  • "Politics, Headlines, Bachmann, and 'Those Catholics' "
    (July 17, 2011)
  • ""I Take No Interest in Politics" isn't an Option"
    (March 29, 2010)
  • "Conservative? Liberal? Democrat? Republican? No, I'm Catholic"
    (November 3, 2008)
• Religion
  • "Christianity: A Religion of Hope"
    (May 5, 2011)
  • "Uncertainty, 'Being Religious,' and This Catholic"
    (February 12, 2011)
  • "Religion isn't For Blind Sheep?"
    (December 10, 2010)
  • "Assumptions About Religion, and American Rules of Etiquette"
    (April 14, 2010)
  • "Relgion isn't Bad?"
    (April 12, 2010)
• Sex
  • "New York State Senate Okays Same-Sex Marriage: My Take"
    (June 25, 2011)
  • "No Open Season on Transgendered People, Please!"
    (April 26, 2011)
  • "Sex, the Practicing Catholic, and Vatican Roulette"
    (June 5, 2010)
  • "Pedophile Priests, Those 'Confused' Catholics, and the 'Tolerant' Press"
    (April 1, 2010)
    Also see
    • "Pedophile Priests, Ephebophilia, and Facing Facts"
      Link page
  • "The Catholic Church and Homosexuals: Harsh and Soft, Judgmental and Understanding"(March 13, 2009)
• Science (also see Faith and reason, above)
  • "When to Call Tech Support, When to Read the Bible"
    (January 14, 2011)
  • "God's Creation: He Seems to Think Big"
    (September 23, 2010)
  • "Physics and God, Hammers and Architects"
    (September 7, 2010)
  • "Science vs. Religion: the Same Tired Old Line"
    (June 5, 2010)
  • "Astrobiology, the Vatican, and the Meaning of Our Existence"
    (November 12, 2009)