Monday, September 1, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Why do people deny that God exists, if they can know him by reason?Can we grasp God at all in concepts?Can we grasp God at all in concepts? Is it possible to speak about him meaningfully?
To
know the invisible God is a great challenge for the human mind. Many are
scared off by it. Another reason why some do not want to know God is
because they would then have to change their life. Anyone who says that
the question about God is meaningless because it cannot be answered is
making things too easy for himself.
Although
we men are limited and the infinite greatness of God never fits into
finite human concepts, we can nevertheless speak rightly about God.
In
order to express something about God, we use imperfect images and
limited notions. And so everything we say about God is subject to the
reservation that our language is not equal to God's greatness. Therefore
we must constantly purify and improve our speech about God.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Can we Really know that God exists?
Yes.
Human reason can know God with certainty. The world cannot have its
origin and its destination within itself. In everything that exists,
there is more than we see. The order, the beauty, and the development of
the world point beyond themselves toward God. Every man is receptive to
what is true, good, and beautiful. He hears within himself the voice of
conscience, which urges him to what is good and warns him against what
is evil. Anyone who follows this path reasonably finds God. (YOUCAT
question 4)
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Why do we seek God?
Why do we seek God?
God
has placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him. St. Augustine
says, "You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it
rests in you." We call this longing for God Religion.
It
is natural for man to seek God. All of our striving for truth and
happiness is ultimately a search for the one who supports us absolutely, satisfies us absolutely, and employs us absolutely in
his service. A person is not completely himself until he has found God.
"Anyone who seeks truth seeks God, whether or not he realizes it" (St.
Edith Stein). (YOUCAT question 3)
Why did God create us?
Why did God create us?
God created us out of free and unselfish love. When
a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share his joy with
others. He gets this from his Creator. Although God is a mystery, we can
still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the "surplus" of
his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who
are creatures of his love. (YOUCAT question 2)
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