Was Moses on dope?
An Israeli scholar says that Moses either saw a “cosmic event” or was high on a psychedelic, probably acacia, which he claims is similar to ayahuasca. Says he himself tried the latter, didn’t say if he...
View ArticleOmen of Christmas Future?
Sometimes the best gifts are those you never ask for, but are given anyway. For instance, I would never, ever have thought of writing to Saint Nick, “Dear Santa, “This year, could you somehow have the...
View ArticleThe trumpets of the Apocalypse?
I’ve never been much of an optimist. Much I blame on growing up in the 1960s. I was just old enough to really understand what the Cuban Missile Crisis was all about, and I vividly remember “Duck and...
View ArticleCounting Down to Doomsday
Well, folks, it’s now December 1: just twenty one days till the dreaded Mayan Apocalypse. It’ll happen at precisely 11:11 of course. Well, I don’t actually know if it’s supposed to be AM, PM, GMT or...
View ArticlePapally resigned
Yes the news certainly came like a bolt out of the blue: Benedict quits. God’s reaction was made apparent when a short time later, St. Peter’s was hit with not one but two lightning bolts (indicating...
View ArticleJason Sigler Has Returned for the End of Days
I often tell people I know who are leaving New Mexico not to feel bad, they’ll be back. Nobody ever gets away forever; they all eventually return. Why? Chile addiction, the lack of bugs, green things,...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday: Change Is In the Air
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the penitential season of Lent. Nowadays one sees far fewer people walking around with black smudges on their foreheads than when I was growing up. I suspect...
View ArticleApocalyptic Laughs and Bitter Truths
I do not know if anybody else has been watching this supposedly-“comic” series. I say “supposedly-‘comic'” as it’s set in a fallout shelter a minute before a comet is slated to wipe out all life on...
View ArticleDeath and Resurrection
September 30 is the feast of my patron saint, Jerome. Unlike other saints who have their feasts celebrated on their birthdays or death-days, St. Jerome’s is held on the day that his bones were interred...
View ArticleAnd Now Comes the End
Unless something unexpected happens, this is the last post on the Renegade Catholic Blog. The reason is simple: I’m now longer a “renegade Catholic”. Since my miraculous liberation several months ago,...
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