"So," they say, "nobody's perfect!"
But the Vinedresser won't buy that.
Given the opportunity, He will trim the unproductive suckers and shape the branches so each one will bask in Sonlight.

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

The Catholic Treasure Chest

Click on that link at your own risk. Obviously, since I included the link I must see some value in it. The site's author is a genius at Catholic apologetics, making the arguments for Catholic dogma seem compelling when they are, in fact, tentative at best. He cites history as one of the best sources of affirmation for the Roman sect, while it is its greatest indictment. We humans love a mystery. Why, then, should we be amazed at our attraction to mystical religion? And what more reason could we have for mystifying God's truths? I'm not saying that God should conform to our brand of reason so we will understand Him. He doesn't owe us that, or anything else. I'm saying we must accept His works--including the spiritual and physical laws He's established--without complicating them with our own speculations. Jesus called the little children to Himself, and inasmuch as our faith is childlike, that call includes us. Our confusion of childlikeness and childishness is both natural and tragic. Because they are exact opposites and coexist within every human being, they form the great dichotomy of human nature.

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