Robert Barron needs to bury himself in the Scriptures before speaking publicly again. There is more hogwash here than I have time to address, so I will only deal with one of his silly claims.
“Everyone is wired to want a relationship with God. Everybody has a hungry heart, to quote Bruce Springsteen. We are all looking for God.”
A Christian can’t possibly believe that for it is a flat contradiction of God’s Word.
Psalm 14:2-3
2 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Romans 3:10-18
10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not known:
18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
Robert Barron has a god altogether different than the God of the Scriptures. And he imagines men in a most unbiblical manner.
The Gospel Defined and Discerned
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=81901181950
No One Is Righteous, No One Seeks God
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=24131858243
I am not trying to be nasty or contentious but the postings you put do not directly conflict with what was said - in fact, for me, they confirm it! If we did not have an inbuilt need for God then how could people have been blamed for turning away or for not seeking God. We do not choose God we choose to run from him or turn our backs on him.
Bless you
Mel
A gentle correcting is in order.
Father Robert Barron is by these teachings bringing to life the Scriptures in these “7 Keys to the New Evangelization”.
In reference to the Bruce Springsteen quote, remember the two disciples who walked with Jesus on the road to Emamus? Their hearts were burning. Same thing, a hungry heart is a burning heart for the Lord.