(April 30, 2014 at 10:07 pm)ducketto Wrote: You show me an institution that transcends time and space, that is centered on devotion to the Blessed Trinity, that makes the salvation of souls, not raking in the cash, its number one mission, that was founded by Jesus Christ Himself, that was entrusted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that has a litany of Saints, that will defend itself to the last breath for the Truth it knows and loves and you find me and tell me that isn't EXTRAORDINARY.
...The fact that unjustified beliefs can have a consoling influence on the human mind is no argument in their favor. If every physician told his terminally ill patients that they were destined for a complete recovery, this might also set many of their minds at ease, but at the expense of the truth.
The fact that religious faith has left its mark on every aspect of our civilization is not an argument in its favor, nor can any particular faith be exonerated simply because certain of its adherents made fundamental contributions to human culture.
~ Sam Harris
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
~ Erin Hunter