Adding on to my contributions on the previous page which I highly recommend rereading.
I will not alter my stance!
I don’t wish to debate the issue only add more to what I have already contributed to this topic. To me evidence is is highly important as I’ve already noted and so once again, the Bible itself is considered to be “The Gospels” as I have earlier shown. The Bible is not a myth or made of myths! I would not have a clear conscience if I didn’t defend the POPE!
So here I go defending my sweet, loving Pope once again.
From the *L’Osservatore Romano *on August 11, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI’s topic ‘The use of goods and the logic of love’ he said, " Dear Brothers and Sisters, In this **Sunday’s Gospel **passage Jesus continues his teaching to the disciples on the value of the person in God’s eyes and on the futility of mundane worries. This does not mean doing nothing. Indeed, on hearing Jesus’ reassuring invitation: “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Lk 12: 32), our hearts open up to a hope which illumines and animates real life. We have the certainty that “the Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known it is one that makes things happen and is life-changing. The dark door of time, of the future, has been thrown open. Whoever has hope lives differently; the one who hopes has been granted the gift of a new life” (cf. Encyclical Spe Salvi, n. 2).
As we read in the passage from the Letter to the Hebrews in today’s Liturgy, Abraham with a trusting heart entered into the hope that God opened to him, the promise of a land and of “numerous descendants”, and left “not knowing where he was to go”, trusting only in God (cf. 11: 8-12). And **Jesus in today’s Gospel **illustrates through three parables how waiting for the fulfilment of the “blessed hope”, his Coming, should urge one more and more toward a profound life, rich in good works: “Sell your possessions, and give alms; provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys” (Lk 12: 33). It is an invitation to use things unselfishly without thirsting for possession or dominion, but according to the logic of God, the logic of consideration for others, the logic of love: as Romano Guardini succinctly wrote, “in the form of a relationship: beginning with God, in view of God” (cf. Accettare se stessi, Brescia 1992, 44)."
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Also, what needs to be considered is the CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH INSTRUCTION - DONUM VERITATIS ON THE ECCLESIAL VOCATION OF THE THEOLOGIAN, which I present only a small fraction of the document.
INTRODUCTION
- The truth which sets us free is a gift of Jesus Christ (cf. Jn 8:32). Man’s nature calls him to seek the truth while ignorance keeps him in a condition of servitude. Indeed, man could not be truly free were no light shed upon the central questions of his existence including, in particular, where he comes from and where he is going. When God gives Himself to man as a friend, man becomes free, in accordance with the Lord’s word: «No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you» (Jn 15:15). Man’s deliverance from the alienation of sin and death comes about when Christ, the Truth, becomes the “way” for him (cf. Jn 14:6).
In the Christian faith, knowledge and life, truth and existence are intrinsically connected. Assuredly, the truth given in God’s revelation exceeds the capacity of human knowledge, but it is not opposed to human reason. Revelation in fact penetrates human reason, elevates it, and calls it to give an account of itself (cf. 1 Pet 3:15). For this reason, from the very beginning of the Church, the “standard of teaching” (cf. Rom 6:17) has been linked with baptism to entrance into the mystery of Christ. The service of doctrine, implying as it does the believer’s search for an understanding of the faith, i.e., theology, is therefore something indispensable for the Church.
Theology has importance for the Church in every age so that it can respond to the plan of God “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim 2:4). In times of great spiritual and cultural change, theology is all the more important. Yet it also is exposed to risks since it must strive to “abide” in the truth (cf. Jn 8:31), while at the same time taking into account the new problems which confront the human spirit. In our century, in particular, during the periods of preparation for and implementation of the Second Vatican Council, theology contributed much to a deeper “understanding of the realities and the words handed on”(1). But it also experienced and continues to experience moments of crisis and tension. . . .
vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19900524_theologian-vocation_en.html.
Look at all that evidence! The Internet can at times be extremely valuable.
Even the FBI uses it to detect criminal behavior. Think of all the children that are protected by them!
p.s. The Pope will be visiting the UK in September. Please remember Richard Dawkins’ fanclub resides there. Mention of balloons and other stuff from his groupies attacking the Pope’s visit. I pray for his mission and safety along with his followers that will be residing at his activities. Please pray for the them.
Thank you.
