tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post6031449032466239790..comments2023-11-15T13:52:07.183-08:00Comments on + Stella Maris +: Many Accusations against Catholic Priests are False!Fr John Abbertonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10319996483623888898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-71886949372705646382011-01-07T08:41:43.297-08:002011-01-07T08:41:43.297-08:00In regards to this post and your previous one on &...In regards to this post and your previous one on "Distorting the Truth" there is daily confirmation that there is really present in our world the "Father of all lies" <br />The results can be seen, as you have said, in everything we experience from the supposed " TV News" programmes and other media including the Internet. There is untold distortion of the facts to suit the different agenda's and even the BBC blatantly distorts and displays a partisan attitude to all different social, moral and political situations.<br /><br /><br />Our reality must be, as St Thomas Aquinas wrote in 'Adore Te' (tr G. M. Hopkins)<br />"What God's Son has told me,<br />Take for Truth I do,<br />Truth himself speaks truly <br />Or there's nothing true".<br /><br />Life becomes increasingly difficult to understand when all around is confusion and doubt (What is the truth?) and it becomes a real test of our Faith. There is an inclination to walk away when it becomes too hard but this is only what the "Father of All Lies" wants.<br /><br />I only know some of the questions and even less of the answers, so please keep up you good work both on this blog and within your Parish.<br /><br />Thank You and God BlessKevin Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05338712555372904705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-48862430293895853982011-01-06T20:49:06.147-08:002011-01-06T20:49:06.147-08:00Who could put it better than Richard Dawkins?
&qu...Who could put it better than Richard Dawkins?<br /><br />"The Roman Catholic Church has borne a heavy share of such retrospective opprobrium. For all sorts of reasons I dislike the Roman Catholic Church. But I dislike unfairness even more, and I can’t help wondering whether this one institution has been unfairly demonized over the issue, especially in Ireland and America… We should be aware of the remarkable power of the mind to concoct false memories, especially when abetted by unscrupulous therapists and mercenary lawyers. The psychologist Elizabeth Loftus has shown great courage, in the face of spiteful vested interests, in demonstrating how easy it is for people to concoct memories that are entirely false but which seem, to the victim, every bit as real as true memories. This is so counter-intuitive that juries are easily swayed by sincere but false testimony from witnesses.<br /><br />(The God Delusion, pp. 315-16)shanehttp://lxoa.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276480891318347779.post-70042456239195682532011-01-05T22:29:45.503-08:002011-01-05T22:29:45.503-08:00Excellent post, Fr. The sad thing today is that th...Excellent post, Fr. The sad thing today is that the devil really has managed to convince people that he doesn't exist. <br />Hence, anyone who claims as such is either a fanatic, or a loony. It is at this hour that we should be most on our guard.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560107422129799866noreply@blogger.com