Perhaps the moral of the accounts of violence in the Bible is that "sin happens." People live in the context of the battle between good and evil.
Given the nature of human psychology, it is to be e
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Recall yesterday's miracles to receive future miracles!!
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Testimony: "A girl asked the mother of 5 year old twins, "Can you tell me the secret of
Another book that is much cited is Mark McEntire, The Blood of Abel: The Violent Plot in the Hebrew Bible (Mercer University Press, 1999). There is also Matthew J. DiStefano, From the Blood of Abel: H
"Why am I still having to say this?!!"
Because actual concrete cases are drowned in a mass-produced generic rhetoric that in the end just leaves people cold. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24347746
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Somebody significant— can’t remember who now— once said “ Our sexuality is the primary font of our humanity “
But, Joe, we must never downplay the horrendous, life changing abuse so many
Ok yes - there have indeed been outrageous cases of false allegation against innocent clerics. None was worse than the persecution of Fergal O'Connor OP by a total fantasist exploiting the 'attention
Thanks Joe.
Re the Prophets and the Psalms, is the 'anthropology' of violence truly different there, or is this literature simply written from a different point of view?
Girard traces the pov of
When I read this interview with Fr.Joe Mullan I noted the synchronicity that it was published at the same Easter weekend as my piece. (Irish Times Rite and Reason - Soline Humbert: Denial of a vocatio
It seems that any indication a Catholic cleric has anything sexual about him is seen as scandal by zealous church folk. It also seems that the same folk zealously spy out any suspicious touch or glanc
CoPilot traces "status anxiety" back to 1941 but says that de Botton popularized it. I totally agree that violence stemming from it is a central recurring pattern in Scripture, and worthy of further e
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Seán Ó Conaill: Violence in the Bible: A Motivational Pattern?
April 6 2026Perhaps the moral of the accounts of violence in the Bible is that "sin happens." People live in the context of the battle between good and evil. Given the nature of human psychology, it is to be e
12 April 2026 – 2nd Sunday of Easter, (A)
April 12 2026Key Message: Recall yesterday's miracles to receive future miracles!! Homily: Testimony: "A girl asked the mother of 5 year old twins, "Can you tell me the secret of
Seán Ó Conaill: Violence in the Bible: A Motivational Pattern?
April 6 2026Another book that is much cited is Mark McEntire, The Blood of Abel: The Violent Plot in the Hebrew Bible (Mercer University Press, 1999). There is also Matthew J. DiStefano, From the Blood of Abel: H
Brendan Hoban: Tackling the growth of complaint culture
April 6 2026"Why am I still having to say this?!!" Because actual concrete cases are drowned in a mass-produced generic rhetoric that in the end just leaves people cold. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24347746 T
Brendan Hoban: Tackling the growth of complaint culture
April 6 2026Somebody significant— can’t remember who now— once said “ Our sexuality is the primary font of our humanity “ But, Joe, we must never downplay the horrendous, life changing abuse so many
Brendan Hoban: Tackling the growth of complaint culture
April 6 2026Ok yes - there have indeed been outrageous cases of false allegation against innocent clerics. None was worse than the persecution of Fergal O'Connor OP by a total fantasist exploiting the 'attention
Seán Ó Conaill: Violence in the Bible: A Motivational Pattern?
April 6 2026Thanks Joe. Re the Prophets and the Psalms, is the 'anthropology' of violence truly different there, or is this literature simply written from a different point of view? Girard traces the pov of
Irish Independent weekend article – A heavy cross to bear
April 8 2026When I read this interview with Fr.Joe Mullan I noted the synchronicity that it was published at the same Easter weekend as my piece. (Irish Times Rite and Reason - Soline Humbert: Denial of a vocatio
Brendan Hoban: Tackling the growth of complaint culture
April 6 2026It seems that any indication a Catholic cleric has anything sexual about him is seen as scandal by zealous church folk. It also seems that the same folk zealously spy out any suspicious touch or glanc
Seán Ó Conaill: Violence in the Bible: A Motivational Pattern?
April 6 2026CoPilot traces "status anxiety" back to 1941 but says that de Botton popularized it. I totally agree that violence stemming from it is a central recurring pattern in Scripture, and worthy of further e
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