Author Archive for: DrOakley

   A caller asked Steve Ray about the Protevangelium of James, one of the early “infancy gospels” from the end of the second century that became the basis for later Marian dogmas (such as the concept of the perpetual virginity of Mary). Here’s a review of his comments.

   This is the third in my series of refutations of Gary Michuta’s failed attempt to defend Steve Ray’s comments on Catholic Answers Live. Enjoy!

   Four years ago I addressed the abuse of the words of Ignatius of Antioch by Roman Catholic apologists, at that time quoting from an article by Tim Staples as my example. I then took the time to work through the text of Ignatius’ epistle to the Smyrneans, demonstrating that a fair and contextual reading does not support the abuse of

   Though it only shows the bankruptcy of the argumentation, many have criticized me for not turning this blog into an IIA (Internet Ignorance Aggregator) by having comments. “See, he can’t respond to refutation!” is the cry. Of course, given that I have a toll-free phone number that folks can call twice a week to ask questions or challenge me, the

   Here are some of the comments left by Roman Catholics on Michuta’s video. They are…educational. This topic was brillantly debated by Gary Michuta. Gary proved every point and Mr. White was stuck with restating his platitudes. BTW, Steve Ray and Dave Armstrong were in the audience. Instead of there being a debate, why doesn’t Mr. White just stop misrepresenting the

   Our main internet access is down today (I’m using my BlackBerry as a tethered modem to write this) so I will have to wait till Monday to provide a video blog, but Steve Ray just noted on his blog the posting of a video response to my documentation of his errors regarding Jerome being alone and unique in his rejection

   Did you know you can watch the late John Paul II’s tomb via webcam? Yeah, here’s the link. The other webcam links are to outside monuments, which makes at least some sense (you can tell what the weather is, time of day, etc.), but putting a webcam on JPII’s tomb is just…creepy. I suppose you could watch the flowers wilt…

   Here is a tremendous example of the kind of scholarship put forward by Ignatius Press and Catholic Answers in the person of one of their “experts,” Steve Ray. This kind of gross misrepresentation is simply too easy to refute, yet it is so very popular amongst Rome’s adherents.