--- "Fr. Ivo da C. Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
God is the Originator. Bible
> does not exclude theories
> of evolution.
RESPONSE
With all due respect Fr. Ivo, the Bible would have us
believe Eve was created out of Adam's rib. The Bible
does not leave any room for theories of evolution. It
is infact the Church who subsequently acquiesced that
evolution and Catholicism were not mutually exclusive,
as long as one conceded that God was the Originator.
Fr Ivo wrote:
All
> of us need God's love.
> This is divine logic, not human logic. Unfortunately
> you seem to have missed
> it. Yet do not worry. He is the Saviour of the
> World.
> This is not "cafeteria religion", but scientific
> biblical interpretation.
> Fr.Ivo
RESPONSE:
The concept of a Saviour God was borrowed from
existing agrarian inspired myths of the time. It was
Augustine who later inserted this tricky bit of
theology to justify the need for a Saviour.
The concept of sin itself is a product of religion.
For me there is only normative behaviour and aberrant
beviour. Aberrant behaviour maybe the result of mental
impairment, physiological impulses or cultural
moorings. Some of it may be addressed through
treatment, some of it has to be addressed through
negative reinforcement such as prison. In anycase, any
God with the least amount of understanding of human
frailty will not seek redressal harsher than this, and
certainly not an eternity of damnation.
I do appreciate your point of view is from a
theological perspective but I really am too far
removed from salvation :-)
selma
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