Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Holy Cross Pilgrimage from Galilee to Jerusalem

by Steve Ray on October 6, 2009

Today we started out at Capernaum for Mass above the ruins of Peter’s House where Jesus lived with Peter for three years during his public ministry. We visited the synagogue where Jesus said, “Eat my Flesh and drink my Blood.” I gave my 15 minute version of “Defending the Eucharist.” Then to Tabgha where Jesus [...]

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Creation vs. Evolution: Debating the Really Big Questions in Life

by Steve Ray on October 6, 2009

“The combination of Richard Dawkins and Karen Armstrong as presenters of two contrary views on the existence of God (“Man vs. God,” Weekend Journal, Sept. 12) is in itself a “creative act.” For one, God is a fairy tale, and for the other “at least it’s a nice fairy tale.” One may as well have [...]

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Ordered Universe Implies a Designer

by Steve Ray on October 6, 2009

An ordered universe points to a Creator, Cardinal Pell argues Cardinal George Pell of Melbourne, Australia, defended belief in a Creator God in a lecture for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Responding to the argument of atheist Christopher Hitchens, the cardinal invoked scientists such as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawkings in arguing that the ordered [...]

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