Shameless Popery

Joe examines Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, why it’s a huge problem in modern society, and how this applies to the recent Jesse Ridgeway news.
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Joe:
This week, a YouTuber named Jesse Ridgeway announced that he and his wife had decided that she would abort their child because the baby had down syndrome. Once they saw the size of the cross being laid before them, they decided it would be better for their child not to live. But honestly, I don’t really expect Jesse Ridgeway to have room for accepting suffering into his comfortable life as a successful secular YouTuber. I thi...

Joe reviews the backlash against the Just War portion of Pope Leo’s “Magnifica Humanitas.”
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Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about the fight over just war that’s being fought right now in the aftermath of Pope Leo’s new and cyclical. I want to start with a little bit of context. On Memorial Day, Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas on safeguarding the human person and the time of artificial intelligence. It’s being called the popes uncyclical on AI, but that’s a little bit like Calling Rarem...

Wes Huff’s video “6 reasons why I’m not Roman Catholic” has started quite the conversation! Here’s Joe’s response to Wes (lovingly, of course).
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Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer, and on Thursday, Wes Huff released a video called Six Reasons Why I’m No Roman Catholic. Now, I am grateful to him for making the video for a few different reasons. First, despite our theological differences, I think West does a lot of good and I think that he’s a man of goodwill who has a desire to serve the Lord. Second, as he ...

Joe breaks down why Christ Is King has Jewish roots.
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Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer and I want to talk about the phrase Christ is king. I love the phrase, but I’m also aware that people online sometimes use it today in ways that are regarded as and often meant as anti-Jewish. Now I know when I say that there’s already a segment of you who instantly want to write me off as being an overly sensitive person who thinks any criticism of Israel is antisemitic. But hear me out, that’s not me. And if you still think I’m wrong at the ...

Bible in Context is an Instagram page that regularly replies to Catholic creators, and has replied to several clips of Joe. Today Joe responds back!
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Joe:
Welcome back to Shameless Popery. I’m Joe Heschmeyer. Many of you may be familiar with the Instagram account Bible in context. It’s run by a guy by the name of Patrick O’Brien, and he’s built a large following attacking Catholic teaching. He’s called the Rosary Demonic, said praying to saints is communicating with demons, and even called the Eucharist blasphemy. So needless to say, no fan of Catholici...