RE: Do you wish God was real?
June 25, 2015 at 1:41 pm
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2015 at 1:43 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(June 25, 2015 at 1:35 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: CL, do you think a belief is simply a choice, that you can just 'turn on' or 'turn off' a belief?
No. I think sometimes you can't help but believe/disbelieve in certain things.
(June 25, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Metis Wrote:(June 25, 2015 at 1:37 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This is a person's opinion and interpretation of Genesis, not Church doctrine. I assure you, the Church does not teach that natural disasters and insects are God's punishment.
It teaches they are the result of human actions, an affliction caused by sin http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1049.htm . Thomas Aquinas is a Doctor of the Catholic Church and a Saint right? You don't get any higher up in the hierarchy other than being a Pope Saint or the Virgin Mary.
I'm guessing in a created world flesh eating bugs didn't create themselves.
Thomas Aquinas was a Saint and a great theologian, but his work is not infallible Church teaching. It is not doctrine.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
