tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post7034521140283135730..comments2024-02-14T14:53:03.810-07:00Comments on Καθολικός διάκονος: Plowing the furrows on a fall dayDeacon Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01385969740195992108noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-85009730535240383102007-10-21T20:58:00.000-06:002007-10-21T20:58:00.000-06:00It reminds me of a conversation with my father I h...It reminds me of a conversation with my father I had yesterday. <br><br>Him: Well, we each have different spiritual paths but they will both lead to the same destination.<br><br>Me: But how can two different paths lead to the same destination?<br><br>Him: Well, why does one believe in anything at all?<br><br>And that pretty much stymies me. All sorts of people lead long lives believing in one thing,or in something else, or in not much at all. Some people change beliefs while others don't. Some end their lives in confusion. <br><br>Its a mystery to me. Is there a doctrine that explains the multiplicity of faiths and belief systems? Can the Truth be measured? Will it always yeilds the same results when manipulated?davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603985019547718537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8254272216866737058.post-39461404801463013312007-10-22T17:06:00.000-06:002007-10-22T17:06:00.000-06:00Thanks, David. This is a great example of just wha...Thanks, David. This is a great example of just what I was trying to write. Such a response cuts off any meaningful dialogue. After all, why not believe in the Flying Spaghetti monster? <br><br>Read Vatican II's <i>Nostra Aetate</i>, if you grasp that move on to Fr. Jacques DuPuis' <i>Christianity and the Religions: From Confrontation to Dialogue</i><br><br>Link to <i>Nostra Aetate</i>:<br>http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_nostra-aetate_en.html<br><br>Link to Fr. Dupuis' book <br>http://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Religions-Confrontation-Jacques-Dupuis/dp/1570754403/ref=sr_1_3/102-0850090-5166552?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193094245&sr=1-3<br><br>With that <i>I believe</i> I will have a well-deserved glass of Beaujolais-Villages!Dcn Scott Dodgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994604395739905637noreply@blogger.com