Top Shelf Theology

What Is Fascism?

Spoiler Alert: It's Communism.

Jun 23 • Top Shelf Theology

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May 2026

You're A Muggle, Harry

How Potter took the magic out of everything nerdy. For better and for worse.

May 23 • Top Shelf Theology

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Who the Hell "Dips" Macaroni & Cheese?

More linguistic pedantry and bigotry, gymnasticated into hatin' on Prots for a hot sec.

May 12 • Top Shelf Theology

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March 2026

My RCIA #3: How to Read the Bible

a.k.a. The Symbolism and Numerology Article

Mar 11 • Top Shelf Theology

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February 2026

Upon My Eldest (Biological) Son's Confirmation

The stepson might still become Catholic, but bio-dad and easy-squeezy college Christian Student Union life has him by the balls for now.

Feb 11 • Top Shelf Theology

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January 2026

Men Living Lives of Quiet Desperation

The epidemic we all know is there, but won't talk about. Typical men.

Jan 20 • Top Shelf Theology

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December 2025

My RCIA #2.5: Clean-up on Aisle 2

A few points I meant to make in the last RCIA post.

Dec 29, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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October 2025

The Pseudoscience of Psychology

How scientism lead to institutional brainwashing.

Oct 22, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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August 2025

School sucks.

A short, secular aside about self-directed study, and how not to crush the desire to learn.

Aug 26, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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May 2025

The Truth About Marriage

That time two atheists accidentally re-derived the formula for the greatest sacrament.

May 23, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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April 2025

It's the Most Gothic Service of the Year

Tenebrae is pretty sweet. Though even a political earthquake is nothing new under the sun.

Apr 17, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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My RCIA #2: Faith and Reason

They go together like a gin and tonic.

Apr 9, 2025 • Top Shelf Theology

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