Why does another Mass times site exist? Read my story →
I'm not a theologian - I'm a software engineer. I grew up Taiwanese-American, converted to Catholicism, and I have real doubts. I couldn't find the resources I needed, so this is how I helped myself - primary sources, Church documents, actual data, and most importantly, reconciling with my experience as a human.
Have a question? I'd love to look into it. How I research and write →
The Church holds two truths together: the act is gravely contrary to love of self and God, and culpability may be radically reduced - even nullified - by factors beyond a person's control.
Four popes, seven decades of consistent teaching - we map exactly what the Church requires, what remains genuinely open, and why the warfare narrative was always wrong.
The Church teaches an immortal soul. Modern cardiac-arrest research finds something strange at the border of death. We hold both honestly and see what they illuminate together.
The Church does not condemn those who never heard the Gospel. We trace the tradition from Justin Martyr to Vatican II and find surprising mercy - and honest complexity.
The unborn, the isolated, the mentally incapable - we trace what the Church actually teaches about those who could not have responded, and why the answer is not despair.
No, the Church does not teach that life is a faith exam where unbelievers fail and get punished - and the actual teaching is more layered, and more merciful, than the question's frame suggests.
Brené Brown actually argues the opposite of what most people remember. Catholic theology has carried a similar distinction for centuries under different names - and original sin is not the cosmic shame it's often felt to be.
No, the Church does not teach that pre-Christian people are condemned for being born too early - and the reason for the Incarnation is not God making a point. It is the form love takes when it goes all the way down.
No, the Church does not teach that a single blessing removes a demon - and the actual teaching is more grounded, and more pastoral, than what gets shown in movies.
We apply the same historical standards we use for any ancient claim: multiple independent sources, hostile witnesses, structural differences from cult narratives - and honest limits.
Vatican II says Muslims worship the same God. The Quran names Jesus and Mary. We hold the genuine overlap and the genuine disagreement without flinching at either.
Send it my way. Even if I can't answer right away, I'll dig into it — primary sources, Church documents, no shortcuts.
