It has disturbed me greatly to find that one of my best friends is an agnostic now. He makes the argument that the existance of pain proves God does not exist, which is absurd and easily refuted. Nonetheless, it was scary, anyone can fall at all times. Yet as his friend I am called to help him when he makes wrong decisions etc. And thus I argue with him. But the scariest part of all is not knowing how much time I have left to change him. Nobody knows when the Second Coming will happen, who knows, maybe I have already failed; the world ends tonight with him still an agnostic.
I trust God though, to make true judgement over him with in mind what may have happened if time continued.
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Prayer to End Abortion
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.
I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son.
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.
Today I commit myself
Never to be silent,
Never to be passive,
Never to be forgetful of the unborn.
I commit myself to be active in the Pro-Life movement,
And never to stop defending life
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
And our nation once again becomes
A nation with liberty and justice
Not just for some, but for all,
Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
-Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director, Priests for Life
www.priestsforlife.org
4 comments:
Have you ever read the book "God is not Great"? I haven't, but I found myself admidst a group of associates who used their atheistic "majority" to say some harsh things about religion, and believers with no regard to the presence of two Christians. Anyway, I tried at first to engage in debate before it became a mob-governed slamming session, and this title came up. I am in Japan on a rather tight budget, so I haven't been able to get my hands on it, but it seems to be fueling the atheistic/agnostic fires of late. I would be interested in your view, and any good Catholic rebuttals that may relate to the arguments.
Kat, thank you, first of all, for commenting. I have not read this book but have, at your raising of the subject, read some reviews, summaries and refutations and have found that the book contains only "straw man" arguments. His main attacks, against Christianity, would be misrepresnting Scripture and pointing out all the mistakes of those who follow it. He quotes scripture, without much idea how what he speaks of and shows how it is an evil which disproves the existence of God by definition. His attacks on people's actions, from what I hear, is mainly on the holy wars and other such events and blames the Church where he should blame those involved for it was they who did it not the Church. I will continue reading into it and try to help you as best I can but if it comes up, have them sight said arguments and be ready for falsities which should be easily refuted with little or no research. It should be easy, oh and be on the look out for logical fallicies which will most likely appear such as "straw man," or hasty generaliztions. Thanks again for commenting and I will continue to post on this topic. Also, one last thing =], remember that the best way to evanglize is with example, any false step can be used against you so keep your temper and think before you speak. Best advice ever given to me, thought I would pass it on...
As a teenager as devout as your own self must be to have a blog about being a Catholic teenager in this modern world, you will no doubt be familiar with the teachings of Jesus.
Now, think about it. What was the message that Jesus brought to us over and over? Love and forgiveness. Acceptance, support. Arguing cannot help your friend. You believe something. Nothing he says to you will make any sense from your perspective. Think about his perspective too - he's just a guy trying to make sense of the world. A great many people rely on what they can see and what science can prove things. This isn't close minded, its just needing to know. And thats ok. Just support your friend, pray for him, be there for him. Think what Jesus might have done. Would he have argued? No. And with what Kat said, thats a difficult position to be in, but maybe if there are a lot of Catholics/Christians in your group of friends maybe he would feel uncomfortable. You dont want that, you jsut want your friend. Be a friend to him, in his own time he'l work things out. Just make sure he gets how you feel about it, and make sure you get how he feels. :)
Hey, this teen should start writing in his blog again:-)
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