Posted on 03/22/2014 5:46:52 PM PDT by Diago
I think that nun taught at my Jesuit University as well or we had a follower of her:)
She would not let anyone refer to God as He or Him etc. She spent most of the course teaching about Mary Magdalene and how she was the chief disciple. Bizarro world.
Indeed padre. I had my Jesuit University experience. Can’t complain about the quality of the education in my major areas but the mandatory theology, philosophy etc. electives were hard to bear for this Christian conservative. I have to say it made for great debates in lectures.
If an atheist, agnostic or seeker enters a Christian university they should leave it with at least the Gospel of Jesus Christ presented clearly and convincingly. This guy got the 180 of that. Instead he received the instruction manual for the synagogue of Satan.
>>They are easy picking for crafty, liberal, atheist, institutional professors.<<
Why do so many of the above take up residence in Catholic universities?
I agree on your point about lack of apologetics skills. One only has to go over to the Catholic Answers site to see such.
Atheists are idiots.
Good find:) I guess he skipped that class to sleep in.
The fool hath said in his heart, “There is no God.” He doesn’t know enough yet to look for more evidence. He is stumbling over things that lead children to believe in the existance of God. Where did I come from? There had to be a starting point. Something cannot come from nothing. Intricate designs call for a thoughtful Creator. He is stumbling over obvious truths and swallowing convoluted lies...a dangerous thing to do. The cost: His eternal soul. Better to take a second look.
Another egoist who thinks God should reveal himself personally as. Burning bush. God is more subtle This dope never recognized a “God wink”
It is not important whether this self satisfied clown believes in God; rather it is whether God believes in him
And the irony of it is, if he spends some time as an atheist, then decides to do some real research to disprove God’s existence, he is likely to come to the conclusion that God exists....
C.S.Lewis writes a story like that in his memoirs of his time at Oxford in the 1920s.
Not all. I have one headed to seminary. And the other will soon graduate a Jesuit institution with her (protestant) faith intact. It depends on how well grounded they are when they go off to college.....
We read a number of proofs for the existence of God, and as any good intro philosophy class allows, we examined each side of the argument. After both class discussions and my own thinking, I realized I sided more with arguments against God. I recall writing an essay disputing St. Thomas Aquinas’ five proofs of existencePeter Kreeft is on the faculty at BC, and I've heard him say that the philosophy department is very good. OTOH, BC is also known as "barely Catholic," so the other departments may not be as good.
Anyway, it appears that the student has made his choice, a choice not uncommon among young people. But most grow out of it.
I've noticed that myself. I was listening to a recent episode of Catholic Answers entilted, "Why are you an atheist?" The callers are almost always hostile, cranky, belligerent and prideful, but Trent Horn, the apologist, is remarkably patient.
The first caller claimed that "scientists have studied the universe and math and haven't found any evidence of God. What do you say about that!"
Where do you begin?
The apologists first had to explain the nature of God, that God isn't "out there" in some part of the universe.
It's not uncommon for atheist callers to say that Christians believe God to be an old man sitting in the clouds.
My kids were warned by some misguided but well meaning Christians to NOT go to secular colleges because they would *lose their faith*.
And yet they did go to big name secular universities and came out, faith intact in spite of some of their professors efforts.
But they went in knowing who they were in Christ and what they believed.
“His “reasons” for not believing in God are pathetic.”
What are good reasons to not believe in a God?
Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc. What religious crusade were they on?
What a load! HE made himself an atheist. He blames ANYONE or ANYTHING else? I went to U.C. Berkeley and did not become an atheist. WHAT a cop-out.
Student is delusional, weak and stupid.
Those were my thoughts exactly. It’s good the Catholic Church is so undivided isn’t it? This pope fits end time prophecy very well.
Going to a Catholic university leaves a person convinced there is no God? How interesting.
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