
The Three Kinds of Atheists, and How to Respond to Them
COMMENTARY: Atheism is generally the expression of a moral attitude more than a real intellectual conviction based on evidence thought through.
COMMENTARY: Atheism is generally the expression of a moral attitude more than a real intellectual conviction based on evidence thought through.
COMMENTARY: Atheism is not only the failure to believe in God, but the failure to believe in one’s self.
Scientism is a philosophy. Science is science. Atheists must come to understand the difference.
Materialists must be prepared to accept that there is no physical cause for the development of human consciousness.
‘Peace be with you … was not only a greeting. It was a gift, the gift that the Risen One wants to offer his friends. … This peace, which Christ purchased with his blood, is for them, but also for all. The disciples must pass it on to the whole world …’ — Pope Benedict XVI
Belief in the multiverse isn’t merely science fiction — it’s wishful and embarrassing science fantasy.
‘Atheism is often based on a false conception of human autonomy, exaggerated to the point of refusing any dependence on God.’ (CCC 2126)
COMMENTARY: The Council described the growing phenomenon as ‘among the most serious problems of this age,’ though one wonders what progress has been made in understanding, let alone addressing, contemporary atheism.
‘Atheism is not the knowledge that God does not exist,’ says Archbishop Sheen, ‘but only the wish that he did not, in order that one could sin without challenge.’
“Scripture and Tradition never cease to teach and celebrate this fundamental truth: ‘The world was made for the glory of God.’” (CCC 293)
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