Science is obsoleting religion in many people's minds. However, authentic science is much more humble and modest in its claims than these people suppose. One problem with our boastful sciences today is that so much of it simply isn't science. A study tried to replicate one hundred published psychology experiments sampled from three of the most prestigious journals in the field. Of the studies that had originally reported positive results, an astonishing 65 percent failed to show statistical sign [...]

Have we already lost the Culture war? "Yes" says Rod Dreher in his powerful book *The Benedict Option* which is a NYT best seller. If we lost then what do we do now? Dreher advises that we might follow the example of the early monks, who, as Rome collapsed, followed Benedict and his famous Rule. They retreated into Christian enclaves and preserved authentic Christianity for the future generations. Is there no other option? Listen to Chuck offer another more hopeful way. ​https://BreadboxM [...]

Is the current attack on statues just a fad? Statues of famous people who have fallen out of favor are being removed, stored away, defaced, or just smashed. Symbols are power. Art has power. People take images seriously. Listen to the remarkable history of iconoclasm, the breaking of images. ​https://BreadboxMedia.podbean.com/mf/web/6tn2zz/CRC_Podcast_010_Smashing_Statues_-The_New_Iconoclasts_9_7_17.mp3​https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-x9wwi-723654​Support this Podcast with your [...]

The "Image Option" is not a altertantive for the famous Benedict Option proposed in the recent book by Rod Dreher. The Image Option is to be enacted concurrently with and sometimes in conjunction with The Benedict Option. It is not a retreat and preserve strategy but is a daring advance and convince strategy. The key is to take advantage of technology's magnification of the power of images. It is a rebirth of the courageous Old Evangelization that saved the souls of almost half the world. Best o [...]

What is the truth about Columbus? A vandal defiled the statue of Christopher Columbus in Central Park in N.Y. on Sept. 12th, 2017, leaving "blood"-red paint on the explorer's hands and scrawling "Hate will not be tolerated" on its pedestal and a message on the base "#somethingscoming." The recent epidemic of iconoclasm goes on. You might be surprised by the facts about Christopher Columbus. God Bless all. ​https://BreadboxMedia.podbean.com/mf/web/femk4g/CRC_Podcast_012_Defending_Colu [...]

A few weeks ago another statue of St. Junipero Sierra was defaced in California. The founder of the California missions has been criticized for his treatment of native populations in the 18th century. However, when Pope Francis canonized him in Washington, D.C. he said Saint Serra "sought to defend the dignity of the native community, to protect it from those who had mistreated and abused it." Hear the truth about this amazing priest who is called "The Founder of California". ​https://Bre [...]

Sometimes people make it into history books because they were rulers in dramatic times. Or perhaps they perfomred great deeds. Drama and deeds can distract us from knowing the inner person, from appreciating the way people thought long ago. People back then may have been more gentle or more reverent than we realize. Listen to these stories and get to know King Louis XVI and Christopher Columbus. ​https://BreadboxMedia.podbean.com/mf/web/rdzrc4/CRC_Podcast_014_The_Way_We_Were_In_1492_and_1 [...]

Around the USA this week statues of Columbus were defaced by vandals. Was Columbus as cruel and ruthless as we are being taught in this new darker age of superstition. Or are the stories just one more thread in the anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic Black Legend that has been part of our British-sired culture for the last 500 years. One way historians dismantle Fake History is to go to original sources. Listen to what Columbus has to say about the native people of the New World. Listen as Columbus s [...]

Are there Communist subversives within the Catholic Church? After the fall of the Soviet empire the KGB Archives were opened to Western scholars. They uncovered secrets so profound that our history texts needed to be rewritten to account for the large scale of Communist subversion of our global and national institutions. Yale University published a twenty volume series on this shocking information. Today, however, the popular understanding of our history remains uncorrected even though a senior [...]

The Catholic Church created Halloween. Pope Boniface IV in 610AD establshied All Martyrs Day. Pope Gregory IV moved it to November 1st. The name was changed to All Saints Day so we could honor all the souls including the martyrs. Saints, in English-speaking dialects, are sometimes called "The Hallowed" so it was called All Hallows Day. The evening before, All Hallows Day Eve, eventually was pronounced "Hallow'een." Did you know that it was once banned as being "too Catholic". Listen to the origi [...]