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Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by frbobscorner

frbobscorner — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:34:37 +0000

Sorry, these courses have been cancelled.
Fr. Bob

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by frbobscorner

frbobscorner — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:32:52 +0000

SORRYY, THESE COURSES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by frbobscorner

frbobscorner — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:31:09 +0000

SORRY, THESE COURSES HAXE BEEN CANAELLED.

Comment on God Versus Science by Virgil

Virgil — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:51:00 +0000

Science and faith arise from two fundamentally different ways of thinking. Science arises from objective thought. Objective thinking deals with objects – things we can see or smell or otherwise sense by some means. Faith and the concept of God arise from subjective belief. They are conceptual ideas devoloped in the mind of man. From a scientific point of view, a formal objective proof of God's existence cannot be written. We have no idea what we're talking about. Jesus of Nazareth said that God is spirit. In the Koine Greek, the word used is pneuma, which provides the allegorical image of a breath of air barely rustling the leaves on a tree. That's all we can say. Beyond that we know nothing about God or the supernatural realm we call Heaven. So when an atheist says God does not exist, he is expressing his own personal belief and nothing more. Atheism is as much a religion as is theism.

Comment on HUMAN CREATIVITY by Olive

Olive — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:59:11 +0000

OMG. it's awesome!

Comment on God Versus Science by Siobhan

Siobhan — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:29:12 +0000

Jesus talked about 'Straining gnats and swallowing camels' Matt 23:24 This whole discussion kinda proves His point don't you think!

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by junar

junar — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:16:43 +0000

dear fr. bob,
i am so much interested in pastoral theology specially on youth ministry but i dont have money to support my vocation…i was a former seminarian and i leave the seminary to help my family needs…hope u can help me fr bob…

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by Bro Nicholas Kishok

Bro Nicholas Kishok — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 07:43:06 +0000

Dear Rev Fr Bob,
I am very eager to study and get to know more about our catholic's Doctrine & studies.
I am a founder/President for a Catholic charistmatic Renewal group in Sri Lanka , please let me know whether it is possible to study through post/email.
Thank you
God Bless you

Bro Kishok

Comment on God Versus Science by George

George — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:29:38 +0000

Fr. Bob,
Did everyone miss the line "You are working on the premise of duality."? It is the central supporting column of the entire piece. The author, whoever he or she was, obviously had some understanding of non-duality which puts a different light on science, faith, life death and the whole idea of a personal god. Sin is missing the mark; missing the point. Omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent eternal Being (God if you will) by the very nature of all its eternal "omni-nesses" is not jealous; is not angry; neither wants nor needs ANYTHING from anyone or anything. All wanting and needing and begging and pleading and demanding arises from a sense of lack. By definition, God lacks nothing; encompasses everything. My personal feeling is that all scripture needs to be interpreted from the level of one's understanding. If I thought that the Pope interpreted scripture the same way a school child does. I would have to flush the entire Roman Catholic faith. I am not Roman Catholic but I recognize that for all we know of Jesus, the vast majority of it we owe the Catholic church. Jesus is reputed to have said,"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." I am unable to interpret this in any way other than from a non-dual viewpoint: I am in no way separate from God- I just think I am; and my spiritual work in this life is to regain this understanding and make it hard and fast.

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by frbobscorner

frbobscorner — Mon, 23 May 2011 16:02:10 +0000

Hi Nancy,
This course is no longer available.
Fr. Bob

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by K.A.N.Nancy

K.A.N.Nancy — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:37:54 +0000

Dear Father,
I am a Catholic and I'm 50 years old. I've been running for years to find a place where I can learn more about God, Bible and catholic Church. I hope I've come to the right place. I always wanted to learn from my own Church. I tried to read few things from here and there, but it is not systematic. At last God has heard my prayers and I could find this website. I'm very very much keen to learn and I also want to teach.
When and how can I start this course?
With prayers,
Nancy

Comment on God Versus Science by Terry Goliath

Terry Goliath — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:55:12 +0000

Lets call Bob, pastor or elder or teacher bob – Not father, you dont call a man of God, Father or Fr. there is no biblical foundation for it.
I too enjoyed the message in that story , albeit not from Albert Einstein.
Glory to God. He is our Father and Jesus Christ is alive.
God bless you all

Comment on God Versus Science by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:28:24 +0000

Kudos to Yvonne... Christians should not have any type of negative feeling (Hatred, resentment, anger) towards non-believers because Jesus always loved everyone regardless of how he was treated. For example when he was crucified, he never rebelled against God, Romans, or the Jewish people he accepted it. I would rather live my life as if there is a God, And die to find out there isn't, than live my life As if there isn't, and die to find out there is. How would you live your life?

Comment on God Versus Science by Yvonne

Yvonne — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:27:00 +0000

Hmmm. I believe in God. I believe in Jesus. I do not believe that religious people should argue about faith. It does not set a good example for all the non believers to want to know God or religion. I like the story. I have forwarded it to many people. If Einstien did not write it, that is a big bummer, but the theories remain the same.
I have always talked with the people who believe in The Big Bang over the God theory that science believes that for "every action there is a reaction" so what caused the Big Bang? What caused the first movement in space? What caused the action? Which came first the chicken or the egg?
My belief is that the chicken came first because God created it.

Comment on God Versus Science by Lynne

Lynne — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:14:46 +0000

Extremely interesting debate – I love the dark/light and heat/cold. Both are, of course, scientifically correct. Yet in context, we experience both heat and cold.

Also, the argument about not being able to see or hear the professor's brain and then taking it on faith, simply isn't true. We can in fact, scan brains, watch the synapses fire etc. Although it is possible this was written before that technology was available. Although they were doing lobotomies, so clearly brains are tangible…

I also spent some time looking up this and it wasn't Einstein who was the student. Nor did he ever write a book called Religion vs Science – a list of every paper and book he ever published is on wikipedia. His religious views are well documented and here are some of his more famous comments:

The question of scientific determinism gave rise to questions about Einstein's position on theological determinism, and whether or not he believed in God, or in a god. He once said:

You may call me an agnostic… I do not share the crusading spirit of the professional atheist whose fervor is mostly due to a painful act of liberation from the fetters of religious indoctrination received in youth. I prefer an attitude of humility corresponding to the weakness of our intellectual understanding of nature and of our own being.
He also said:

“It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I feel also not able to imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. My views are near those of Spinoza: admiration for the beauty of and belief in the logical simplicity of the order which we can grasp humbly and only imperfectly. I believe that we have to content ourselves with our imperfect knowledge and understanding and treat values and moral obligations as a purely human problem—the most important of all human problems.”

One of the reasons I love science is that it is always prepared to say "we don't know yet" or "oh hey – new information has come along – so we were wrong about that…" Religion is not.

My own path has been from atheism to hinduism to catholicism and now back to atheism. A wonderful website is http://www.iamanatheist.com.  Not rabid like Dawking and his God Delusion – just calm and more focused on moral atheism than anything else.

Comment on God Versus Science by Diane

Diane — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:53:17 +0000

I think most have missed the point of the initial email which I have seen in many forms-this has a new twist by asserting Albert Einstein was the student. There's enough evidence that he wasn't and did not write the alleged book. But the greater impact is the philosphical arguement posited in the diactic. The arguement for God. Who cares if Einstein said it or wrote that book. The elegance is in the philosophical arguement posited, not in, "Did Einstein say it?" People always expect science and thesism to be mutually exclusive concepts. Yet, I went to Catholic school K-12 and we were taught both and I don't see a true disconnect. As a scientist, I can actually see more clearly the wonder of God in all His complexity. If others cannot, so be it. But to fight about it seems counter productive.

Comment on God Versus Science by GalapagosPete

GalapagosPete — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:59:32 +0000

#87 Chris says, "I have spent the better part of an hour reading through all these responses, some angry, some rational, some not so rational. Most of these reactions are completely missing the (or actually proving Fr. Bob’s) original point of the posting."
That it's necessary to falsely assert that a great man said something he didn't and wrote something he didn't in order to try and give a really sophomoric screed a cachet it neither has nor deserves?
Yeah, I think we all got that. Well, some of us did.
#95 Jeff Bricks says, "[H]ow sad that anyone who ever hears truth always seams [sic] to somehow totally miss to [sic] point altogether."
Do you even understand that this isn't true? It's a lie. It isn't a fable, or a parable, it's just a lie.

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Anonymous — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:43:11 +0000

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Comment on Bishop Gary Gordon – A Call to Mission. by Bobbie-Anne McFee

Bobbie-Anne McFee — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:58:33 +0000

Hello Bishop Gordon;
I just wanted to let you know that my Dad, Bob Hutcheon passed away in January in Chilliwack. I think my mother Faye would really appreciate a message from you via email. She's holding up pretty well but she's pretty fragile and hearing from you would sure help. Her email is bfhutcheon@shaw.ca. Thanks. Bobbie-Anne.

Comment on God Versus Science by Steve Seamans

Steve Seamans — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:35:55 +0000

Here's some things Einstein really said Einstein on the Soul From p. 39 On 17 July I953 a woman who was a licensed Baptist pastor sent Einstein in Princeton a warmly appreciative evangelical letter. Quoting several passages from the scriptures, she asked him whether he had considered the relationship of his immortal soul to its Creator, and asked whether he felt assurance of ever lasting life with God after death. It is not known whether a reply was sent, but the letter is in the Einstein Archives, and on it, in Einstein's hand writing, is the following sentence, written in English: I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. From p. 40 In Berlin in February 1921 Einstein received from a woman in Vienna a letter imploring him to tell her if he had formed an opinion as to whether the soul exists and with it personal, individual development after death. There were other questions of a similar sort. On 5 February 1921 Einstein answered at some length. Here in part is what he said: The mystical trend of our time, which shows itself particularly in the rampant growth of the so-called Theosophy and Spiritualism, is for me no more than a symptom of weakness and confusion. Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seems to me to be empty and devoid of meaning. Einstein on a Personal God On 22 March 1954 a self-made man sent Einstein in Princeton a long handwritten letter-four closely packed pages in English. The correspondent despaired that there were so few people like Einstein who had the courage to speak out, and he wondered if it would not be best to return the world to the animals. Saying "I presume you would like to know who I am," he went on to tell in detail how he had come from Italy to the United States at the age of nine, arriving in bitter cold weather, as a result of which his sisters died while he barely survived; how after six months of schooling he went to work at age ten; how at age seventeen he went to Evening School; and so on, so that now he had a regular job as an experimental machinist, had a spare-time business of his own, and had some patents to his credit. He declared himself an atheist. He said that real education came from reading books. He cited an article about Einstein's religious beliefs and expressed doubts as to the article's accuracy. He was irreverent about various aspects of formal religion, speaking about the millions of people who prayed to God in many languages, and remarking that God must have an enormous clerical staff to keep track of all their sins. And he ended with a long discussion of the social and political systems of Italy and the United States that it would take too long to describe here. He also enclosed a check for Einstein to give to charity. On 24 March 1954 Einstein answered in English as follows: I get hundreds and hundreds of letters but seldom one so interesting as yours. I believe that your opinions about our society are quite reasonable. It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it. I have no possibility to bring the money you sent me to the appropriate receiver. I return it therefore in recognition of your good heart and intention. Your letter shows me also that wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

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Cayla Catenaccio — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:31:05 +0000

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Comment on God Versus Science by JOSE A TORRES

JOSE A TORRES — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 13:06:24 +0000

-458 DEGRES IS NOT ABSOLUT ZERO, is the temperture man aknowlage, speed of light is what man recognises as maximum speed,

to this DAY MAN CAN NOT SEE THE SMallest particle of mater, not even the largest molecule with a microscope, not even there is the most powerful telescope to see the end of the univerese in detail,

very simply, like everithing :

“God is God”

Comment on Bishop Gary Gordon – A Call to Mission. by Francis Don Tesalona

Francis Don Tesalona — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:53:36 +0000

Your excellency,

Greetings in the Good Lord.

I have seen the profile of your diocese and I saw that you are in need of vocation to priesthood. I was a former Oblate in the Philippines from 2004-2007. I am considering to apply to the seminary again after my contract for I am a contract worker here in Edmonton. I learned about you from a pious woman here in Edmonton who came to confession to you and who is praying for your intention. You asked her to pray that your diocese may have more vocation for priesthood.

I would appreciate if you can email me at donfrancis66@yahoo.com to know what I can do or will you grace me of your email address if I call up your diocese not later than October 2010.

Looking forward to your gracious response your excellency.

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by maurice Odongo

maurice Odongo — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:05:05 +0000

dear father,
i hope i am not dreaming.I am a catholic and have always wanted to deepen my faith and knowledge.when and how can we start?

Comment on Free Catholic Theology Courses by Augustine

Augustine — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:28:56 +0000

Dear Fr.bobsc,

I am interested in catholic theology and the degree you are offering free . Can I have more detail on this

Regards

Augsutine

Comment on God Versus Science by paleos

paleos — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:38:56 +0000

GOD created the kaleidoscope in which physical and biological reality resides as people of science just connect the dots from within and create humanistic transient frameworks to understand reality. Ones faith in God creates the ultimate framework for the kaleidoscope. As God peers into the kaleidoscope he is the alpha and omega as time is a humanistic creation of inference from within its facets.

Comment on God Versus Science by paleos

paleos — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:28:00 +0000

Framework=depth + facets + resolution….science is all about FRAMEWORK not just humanistic framework but universal …GET THE PICTURE?

Comment on God Versus Science by paleos

paleos — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:17:27 +0000

Despite who wrote the post God vs. science it make a good point. Science is a western creation that has its roots in Christianity. Without a concept of one God there would be no concept of linear time in which the field of science resides. Despite what some think science has its roots in monotheism. Until the term Scientist was coined by William Whewell in 1836 all who practiced in the field were reffered to as natural philosophers and this includes Darwin. Christianity was central to natural philosophy..with the sweeping of a pen the title natural philosopher was changed by the merging of ther terms science and artist to create the title scientist. It was in 1836 with the changing of a term that God was taken out of the framework of science. All one need to do is read Francis Bacon. Ironically, Darwin was a natural philosopher. Atheists that use him to promote their cause OBFUSCATE … to the natural philosopher everything was a result of God. Darwin addressed the Cambrian Explosion in terms of a creationist..proof is hanging on a wall at the American Museum of Natural History…HINT!