Dr. Donald DeMarco, Author at Integrated Catholic Life™

Sophia

Posted by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Oct 23, 2010 | Prolife |

This poem is about my beautiful new granddaughter. Sophia Sleep, little child, All seven pounds of you; Oblivious to the commotion you set in motion, Like Aristotle’s God, moving without moving. They call you Wisdom And that you...

Is Religion Really Chemistry in Disguise?

Posted by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Oct 19, 2010 | General |

Yet another apologia for atheism has received media hype and broad public attention. This one, called God’s Brain (Prometheus Books, March 2010), does not do away with God entirely. Rather, it miniaturizes him into a chemical...

The Fall of Icons

Posted by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Oct 14, 2010 | General |

A writer who practices his art at home does not want to turn his place of residence into a library warehouse. And so, every so often, in order to maintain a dynamic equilibrium between acquisitions and dispersals, he must...

The Limits of Science

Posted by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Sep 21, 2010 | Faith |

In the 2008 motion picture, My Zinc Bed, a tough, no-nonsense internet entrepreneur, played by Jonathan Pryce, recites a litany of notions that he feels no intelligent person could possibly believe. Included in his litany is...

The Question No One Ever Asks

Posted by Dr. Donald DeMarco | Aug 25, 2010 | General |

One thing that semi-retirement offers is the possibility of making one’s life incomparably more hectic. A recent example illustrates the point. My wife and I drove to the Buffalo, NY Airport and flew to Las Vegas for a family...