What did you think of the PBS program tonight?

[nfp4life]

Hi!

Praised be Jesus!

I’m a newbie from the Diocese of Bridgeport CT and pleased to be here. I’m looking forward to inspiring discussions- starting with that program " The Question of God".

I adore C.S. Lewis, especially reading the Chronicles with our three children. I found the program to be engaging, especially the pseudo-conversations between Lewis and Freud, while lacking in other respects, mostly a dominant Catholic voice. Thank heaven for Kreeft.

Any thoughts?

God bless!
Linda

 

[Will_Turner]

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[bapcathluth]

I loved that show. I wish it could have gone on even longer. I especially enjoyed the discussions after each piece about Freud and Lewis. Both men were amazing and such lucid thinkers. I think the people they had who believed in God could have been more articulate.

 

[Stylteralmaldo]

I liked the show also. I also wished the persons with faith were better at articulating it better. However, it was a great comparison.

Yesterday they also had a show on CS Lewis that preceded the Question of God program. Did anyone see that? I didn’t get a chance to watch it much although I taped it (had little rug rats - my kids to chase around all evening ).

By the way - welcome to the forum!

 

[nfp4life]

Thanks for all the welcomes! God’s blessings to all!

I didn’t know about that earlier program…I’m disappointed. I wouldn’t have gotten my kids to bed on time, either, if I had watched it. :banghead:

Maybe they’ll air it again.

In Christ,
Linda

 

[QuicumqueVult]

I thought the thing went to Hell at the end when that Christian doctor bloke said – after closing his eyes and pressing his head in the manner of a migraine sufferer – he could not reconcile the problem of evil with the "omni-"attributes of God. The atheist bloke said you should be an atheist (based on his valid insight of inconsistency). The moderator chuckled, Hey no proselytizing!

But C.S. Lewis was protrayed brilliantly as well as Sigmund Freud. Freud is among the worst philosophical enemies of the Faith. His notion of wish-fulfillment as the reason for religious sentiment is quite a formidable argument against the necessary existence of God. If one follows the Principle of Sufficient Reason (Occam’s Razor), he makes a cogent case.

I thought the biographical vignettes were excellent, but the composition of the panel discussing them was abysmal.

 

[nfp4life]

That was the part that really got to me: why can’t people who claim to be Christian wrap their minds around suffering? (Sounds like a good topic for a thread). Is it only a Catholic characteristic?

Where was the Catholic “worldview” (reiterating that worn out term they used…)? That was definitely missing from the panel.

 

[SPOKENWORD]

It was sad to hear what some of the panel members [athiests] comments were. To not know where your going after this life is so sad. I pray that Jesus Christ will knock on their hearts and change them.