Those that liken the Christian God to that of the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” or any other nonsensical, mythical figure do one thing well when doing so – reveal their ignorance. Many of them are highly intelligent people, but they are quite literally ignorant (in the true sense of the word) of the God Christians truly [...]
I could sit and listen to Fr. Barron and Dr. Hahn talk about anything all day long. Such wisdom and perspective. Anyway, here they speak a few minutes on the “New Atheism” fad. I particularly liked their comments about how our own weak or strong presentation of our faith gives rise to a weaker or [...]
Some theologians, when faced with peer pressure and hard truths about our faith (such as the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist), say things like this: “Regrettably, all too frequently, the only Presence focused on is Christ’s presence in the elements of bread and wine. Inadequately described as the change of the “substance” (not [...]
“The difficulty of explaining ‘why I am a Catholic’ is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: that Catholicism is true.” – G. K. Chesterton Amen. What he said.
Blaise Pascal was a scientific genius. He was pretty smart about other stuff, too. “Reason’s last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it.” – Blaise Pascal
“Faith is not for those with no reason. Faith is to strengthen reason…to enlighten our intelligence.” – Cardinal Schonborn Picked this up from St. Michael Society:
The Catholic Church teaches a beautiful and absolute synergy between faith and reason. In fact, we believe that we can know with certainty at least the existence of God solely from reason and the natural world. CCC 32: The world: starting from movement, becoming, contingency, and the world’s order and beauty, one can come to [...]
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” -C.S. Lewis Some things you simply have to try out first before you can fully appreciate them or understand them. St. Augustine echos the same sentiment:
Where is Thomas Aquinas when you need him? It’s amazing how many of the challenges we face today are just the same old challenges we humans find ourselves struggling with over and over again. Not only within our individual lives, but throughout our human history as a whole. What is the relationship between faith and [...]
“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man” – G. K. Chesterton
