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pnewton
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Peter Kreeft’s Summa of the Summa. It is a condensation of Thomas Aquinas.
What are the best books you've ever read on PROOFS FOR GOD?
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Athanasiy
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The Bible.
The Catholic Cathechism.
And then - Shakespere , Dostoevskiy , C.S.Lewis , Dreiser , V. Hugo .
If the ‘‘Catholic Answers Forum’’ can be called a book which I have been reading , I would say that - the Catholic Answers Forum it’s even a rich library that in many ways strengthen your faith in God.
The Catholic Cathechism.
And then - Shakespere , Dostoevskiy , C.S.Lewis , Dreiser , V. Hugo .
If the ‘‘Catholic Answers Forum’’ can be called a book which I have been reading , I would say that - the Catholic Answers Forum it’s even a rich library that in many ways strengthen your faith in God.
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Athanasiy
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There are the books which indeed can lead you to the faith in God.
There are the books of course which can do totally opposite.
After reading Lawrence , Nitsche , Voltaire , I felt like a big struggle with my doubts and my faith .
Of course , the one who study literature and philosophy , must read a lot.
But if to consider that our life hear on earth is short and we can not read all the books , we should choose a good and worthy writers.
Beside of particular books , there are also some quotations of some author’s works , which can have the striking effect to your faith in God.
I remember when one chapter from the Bgagavat-Gita
( Hare-crishna literature ) had a very striking effect for the strengthening of my faith in the Christian God.
It was a chapter some thing about rejoicing at the God’s presence
For example ; - When I read Turgeniev’s ‘ Fathers and children ‘ only one striking quotation from some episode (‘ No faith in principles but believes in frogs ‘ ) is able to bring you to discover that there must be a Supreme Being.
When read in Leo Tolstoy about that doubtful soul which was on the choice of commit a suicide , and even hiding from him self the things by which he could commit the suicide and in his struggle for the sense of life as Tolstoy put it …’ re-read Plato , Spinoza , Kant , Schelling , Hegel , and Shopenhauer , those philosophers who explained life otherwise than materialistically.
And eventually this soul comes to the Faith in God , and discover the reality of the God for himself.
And its not a particular book its just episodes and quotations from the books which strikingly lead you to the faith in God.
When you read one sentence from Honore de Balzac ;
-‘Money is the only modern God in which people believe (’’Eugenie Grandet’ )
You just strikingly forced to believe that there is a God , and the God which is not a money. Right ?
The same with many other authors when you read some chapters or quotations from their books.
If to name the particular books from the literature , I would name the Dostoevskiy’s ‘’ Brother’s Karamazov’s ‘’ and ‘ Crime and Punishment ‘
There are the books of course which can do totally opposite.
After reading Lawrence , Nitsche , Voltaire , I felt like a big struggle with my doubts and my faith .
Of course , the one who study literature and philosophy , must read a lot.
But if to consider that our life hear on earth is short and we can not read all the books , we should choose a good and worthy writers.
Beside of particular books , there are also some quotations of some author’s works , which can have the striking effect to your faith in God.
I remember when one chapter from the Bgagavat-Gita
( Hare-crishna literature ) had a very striking effect for the strengthening of my faith in the Christian God.
It was a chapter some thing about rejoicing at the God’s presence
For example ; - When I read Turgeniev’s ‘ Fathers and children ‘ only one striking quotation from some episode (‘ No faith in principles but believes in frogs ‘ ) is able to bring you to discover that there must be a Supreme Being.
When read in Leo Tolstoy about that doubtful soul which was on the choice of commit a suicide , and even hiding from him self the things by which he could commit the suicide and in his struggle for the sense of life as Tolstoy put it …’ re-read Plato , Spinoza , Kant , Schelling , Hegel , and Shopenhauer , those philosophers who explained life otherwise than materialistically.
And eventually this soul comes to the Faith in God , and discover the reality of the God for himself.
And its not a particular book its just episodes and quotations from the books which strikingly lead you to the faith in God.
When you read one sentence from Honore de Balzac ;
-‘Money is the only modern God in which people believe (’’Eugenie Grandet’ )
You just strikingly forced to believe that there is a God , and the God which is not a money. Right ?
The same with many other authors when you read some chapters or quotations from their books.
If to name the particular books from the literature , I would name the Dostoevskiy’s ‘’ Brother’s Karamazov’s ‘’ and ‘ Crime and Punishment ‘
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EmBee
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Oh wow, I had an entirely different experience with Mere Christianity. This book was responsible for my conversion atheism to Christianity! Part of what I was drawn to was his style of reasoning. He kept reminding me (the reader) that his analogies might not work for everyone, but every one of them spoke right to me!
To the OP: if anything, this book is worth a shot! It touched my life, perhaps it will touch yours as well
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Jesussodimizer
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If god loves everyone, is that why he rapes small children?
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Shannon9791
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When I was a kid it was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. When I grew up, well, got older anyway, it’s The Picture of Dorian Grey. There’s also the Summa and the writings of Augustine, but I also was formed by the biographies of Padre Pio and Miguel Pro.
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Blade_and_Blood
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“Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff”
It’s fictional, of course, but it makes me feel like Jesus Christ is just like me; confused, but logical; curious but full of faith. It’s a funny book too.
Ironically Yours, Blade and Blood
It’s fictional, of course, but it makes me feel like Jesus Christ is just like me; confused, but logical; curious but full of faith. It’s a funny book too.
Ironically Yours, Blade and Blood
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SimonArizona
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http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1002.htm click number 3. “does God exist”
Probably the best argument for God’s existence I’ve heard yet.
Probably the best argument for God’s existence I’ve heard yet.
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theistgal
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I totally understand. For me it was (and still is, as I reread it often) “In This House of Brede” by Rumer Godden.
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CapIV
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Just read the Church Fathers. Especially, Aquinas and Anselm.
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Mirdath
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The best works that make a case for God, Faith, and/or Christianity specifically are those that don’t try to. My picks:
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Atheist’s Mass, Honore de Balzac
They’re both easily readable in one sitting too
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Atheist’s Mass, Honore de Balzac
They’re both easily readable in one sitting too
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Fran65
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Why There Is Almost a Certainly a God by Keith Ward.
It is a rebuttal of Richard Dawkin’s book The God Delusion.
Don’t be put off by the title -its related to one of Dawkin’s points.
It is a rebuttal of Richard Dawkin’s book The God Delusion.
Don’t be put off by the title -its related to one of Dawkin’s points.
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Dranu
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Proslogion -St. Anselm
Screw Tape Letters -C.S. Lewis (not sure why, something about it just seemed to be one of many sparks in my agnostic/atheist years)
Screw Tape Letters -C.S. Lewis (not sure why, something about it just seemed to be one of many sparks in my agnostic/atheist years)
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