"We can’t build a tower to heaven, but God did build a bridge to earth." Oh, you're bringing the teachings of St. Catherine of Siena into the discussion--I love it! Her writings on Christ as the Bridge are wonderful.
St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas (and I'm sure other great Catholic thinkers) stated the same truth as you brought to light in this great article: "Why, then, would anyone choose hell? Maybe for the same reason that some people choose to go to prison. You could object that no one ever sets a life goal of spending decades in the clinker. And you’d be right. Instead, someone chooses something else that they think is good, but which is not."
Evil perpetrated in this world is a twisting of what a person perceives as a "good." However, "he is mistaken, and life in prison is the consequence. He chose prison, but he might not see it that way."
There's much more I could say about this article, but I'll limit myself and merely state -- excellent!
Thank you Mr. Dubay. Your article was well worth the read. I had never thought through the fundamentalism versus relativism differences/similiarities in that way. May Grace be with you.
I mostly agree, though as I understand it, total depravity is a Calvinist doctrine that the Council of Trent criticized for conflicting with free will.
"We can’t build a tower to heaven, but God did build a bridge to earth." Oh, you're bringing the teachings of St. Catherine of Siena into the discussion--I love it! Her writings on Christ as the Bridge are wonderful.
St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas (and I'm sure other great Catholic thinkers) stated the same truth as you brought to light in this great article: "Why, then, would anyone choose hell? Maybe for the same reason that some people choose to go to prison. You could object that no one ever sets a life goal of spending decades in the clinker. And you’d be right. Instead, someone chooses something else that they think is good, but which is not."
Evil perpetrated in this world is a twisting of what a person perceives as a "good." However, "he is mistaken, and life in prison is the consequence. He chose prison, but he might not see it that way."
There's much more I could say about this article, but I'll limit myself and merely state -- excellent!
Thanks. I need to read more St Catherine, after I get to the rest of my reading list.
You can read my novel when it's published in a few months. :)
Absolutely!
Thank you Mr. Dubay. Your article was well worth the read. I had never thought through the fundamentalism versus relativism differences/similiarities in that way. May Grace be with you.
Well said!
I mostly agree, though as I understand it, total depravity is a Calvinist doctrine that the Council of Trent criticized for conflicting with free will.