Judas conspires to betray the Lord. Examine your own heart and draw closer to Christ.
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.
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.
