Posted on 03/22/2014 5:46:52 PM PDT by Diago
Cognitive dissonance will eat you alive. You either change what you believe or make excuses so silly that you can’t look in the mirror.
Sorry people, Satan always has tried this type of thing, but the reason he is now more successful than ever is that sincerely faithful people have dropped the ball by their hyper-literalism and shallow “mega church” mentality. Centuries of wisdom about how to spiritually feed the flock with profound but mysterious signposts has been replaced by singing “I love you sooooo much Jesus” romance songs.
Simple. She doesn’t suffer from it. She really believes her own schtick.
I’ve heard it said that one of the quickest ways to become an atheist is to be educated by Jesuits.
That was before the Internet began spreading bad ideas with no need for authority figures to back them up, of course.
As for examples of what a Jesuit education can do to a man’s thoughts of God, you only need to look at Voltaire or the Marquis de Sade.
It appears to me that this young man has committed a common logical error. He assumed God’s nature was a certain way, and then, when confronted with evidence that He was not like that, concluded that God didn’t exist.
Boston College stopped being respectable a long time ago. They had a course, taught by a lesbian nun, about feminism and men were not allowed to take the class because the bull dyke nun wanted to rant and rave about how evil men were and would brook no disagreement from anyone who thought maybe God didn’t screw up when he created Adam.
>> “As for examples of what a Jesuit education can do to a man’s thoughts of God, you only need to look at Voltaire or the Marquis de Sade.” <<
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Or Guv Moonbeam...
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He not only lost his faith, he never got anywhere close to being a competent thinker. His “reasons” for not believing in God are pathetic.
One day he will come face to face with the God that he now says doesn’t exist. Prayers that he will come to know Him
Noticed how he is smiling wide in his picture. He is satisfied at 20 something that there is no God and happy. Oh for the troubles that will shortly come upon him and the grief that he can not rely on a Holy and loving God to guide and comfort him during this short time on earth.
I’m not sure what’s more pathetic, this navel-gazing boy and his cliché “thesis on atheism” or the FReepers trying to take the same as a serious statement on Catholicism.
Jesus says, “He who believes and is baptized will be saved. Whoever does not believe will be damned.” Mark 16:17. Unbelievers such as this young man will not be able to blame God for their eternal punishment. He made certain that this requirement has been taught by His church for millennia...or at least, it should be taught.
Well, that’s the decision we all must make. Do we believe the claims that Jesus Christ made?
I do.
>>Where does that leave Catholicism, given the current (Jesuit) pope?>>
The current Jesuit Pope was taught long, long before the Jesuits disgraced themselves with their irreligious teaching.
Ding ding ding! You win!
The “Christian” youth of today are essentially incapable of engaging in critical thinking as they develop their Faith. They have no apologetics skills. They are easy picking for crafty, liberal, atheist, institutional professors.
My conservative Catholic mother always warned me...Never trust a Jesuit.
The author is about to "graduate" from an institution formally endorsed by the Catholic Church, and the Pope's order in particular.
Saying that this story says nothing about the current filthy state of Catholicism is like saying overflowing prisons says nothing about the state of the American inner-city.
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