Religion
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Still Miraculous Today
Supreme Knight Carl Anderson produced a documentary film called, “Guadalupe, the Miracle and the Message” that aired October through December on ABC TV. The film, available on DVD helps explain why the image is puzzling to the scientific community, since it has been shown to exist without having been painted and has survived a bombing, acid spill, and extreme age.
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God permits evil
A Quiner’s Diner reader wondered, then, what the prophet Isaiah meant when he said:
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. (Isaiah 45:7)
To get the answer, let’s turn to another church doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas, perhaps the greatest Christian philosopher ever (and my patron saint). He suggests that we need to distinguish between evils of fault and evils of penalty…
Read MoreMay the Prince of Peace dry our tears
If God is real, if God is Love, how can He allow so many innocent people to be butchered like this?
That doesn’t seem very loving, does it?
St. Augustine formulated the dilemma this way:
If God is all-good, he would will all good and no evil.
And if God were all-powerful, he would accomplish everything he wills.
But evil exists as well as good.
Therefore, either God is not all-powerful, or not all-good, or both…
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The most beautiful woman in human history is still hated
No woman has been hated more than the most beautiful woman in the world.
Who is this woman of extraordinary beauty?
Her name is…
Read More“God is stronger”
The president once again insults our intelligence
“What we know is that — as human beings are placed under strain, then bad things happen. And, you know, if you look at world history, whenever people are desperate, when people start lacking food, when people — are not able to make a living or take care of their families — that’s when ideologies arise that are dangerous.”
Read MorePresidents talk about God
This great country has been formed by our Judeo-Christian beliefs.
In light of the clash of religion throughout the world, I’d like to share some great quotes from American presidents on the subject of religion and its importance to us individually and collectively…
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