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I think the scientific community has fudged things like evolution in order to deny God's existence. While there may be some sort of evolution between species, there has never been one piece of evidence that shows that all life began from the first primitive life form, evolving into all the...

I fear you are caught in a scientistic error. Science, remember, is structured to gather data, make a hypothesis about that data, test that data, and if it holds true, then we conclude that we have found a scientific truth. Right? But what does science say about things for which it cannot...

I've found that the biggest problem with modern day atheists is that their definition of God is lacking. They smuggly refer to God as some sort of sky god or some other arrogantly wrong thing. God is not one more cause (thing) within the universe, albeit bigger, better, more powerful, etc. No...

Don't forget Fr. Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian priest, who was the father of the Big Bang theory of how the universe suddenly came into being.

Stan, it's not an either/or situation, but a both/and. The name Peter means Rock. The Bible has Jesus changing Simon's name to Peter (Rock) and he is referred to all over the New Testament as Peter (Rock).

It's not an either/or situation, but a both/and. Jesus fused Peter onto Himself. Notice, our Lord says to Peter in Matthew 16:17-19: And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you...

Neither is correct. The proper translation into English is “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church.” Peter means "rock," not "a rock" and not "the rock" but "rock." It was a new name that Christ (God) gave Simon. Like when God renamed Abram to Abraham, Jacob to Israel...

Yes. Humility is rooted in truth. The truth is that the Pope sits as second-in-command for Jesus until He returns. He has the Divine authority given his office.

Then you don't know what the Bible says. Clearly. There is ample evidence in the New Testament that Peter was first in authority among the apostles. Whenever they were named, Peter headed the list (Matt. 10:1-4, Mark 3:16-19, Luke 6:14-16, Acts 1:13); sometimes the apostles were referred to as...

The anti-Catholicism is the last accepted bigotry in the world. The only unifying principle among Protestants is anti-Catholicism. How do you imagine that the Catholic Church is "loved" by the world?

Christ's Church is not a mass of humanly founded organizations, all believing something different. Christ founded a (one!) Church and gave it the fullness of Divine Revelation, along with His Divine authority to teach and preach. He never gave anyone the authority to found a church apart from...

The Pope sits in the dynastic office created by Christ to govern and sanctify His Church as His second-in-command. The "keys to the kingdom" were given this position in Matt. 16:19. Everyone in Jesus' time and region understood that the keys were a symbol of office of the king's...

You cannot show me a Church that existed before the Catholic Church. Not one! Even the well-known Protestant historian, J.N.D. Kelly acknowledges that the Catholic Church was first. You have a Bible, thanks to the Catholic Church! It was hand copied over the centuries by monks, until the...

Patrick, let me rewrite a part of your post to make it accurate... I cannot be a Catholic because to be a Catholic is to follow doctrines that I have created by my self-interpretation of the Bible that the Catholic Church provided me and that are contrary to what I personally think God tells...

The Catholic Church is the ORIGINAL Church founded by Christ, hands down. It is the oldest Christian organization, without question. St. Ignatius of Antioch, the bishop of Antioch ordained by St. Peter, was captured by the Romans. While they were transporting him to be martyred for the faith...

God did not dictate the Scripture. He inspired men, over several centuries, to write the Scriptures, within their own capability, language, culture, etc. Scripture is one of the two main ways of communicating the Word of God to man, but only if correctly interpreted. The Word of God, strictly...

The promises of the Rosary are not a doctrine or dogma. It is private revelation. Nice try, though.

Easy. Have you heard about the 10 Commandments, one of which is "Thou shalt not kill."?

God inspired the Scriptures and, inspired the Catholic Church, through the working of the Holy Spirit, to choose the 27 books we all call the New Testament out of the over 300 documents, letters, etc., that it reviewed in the Councils of Hippo (393 A.D.) and Carthage (397 A.D.).

Three questions. 1. Are we to immitate Jesus as much as possible in this life? (I would say, "Yes!") 2. Did Jesus ever disobey any of the Commandments? (I would say, "No way!") 3. Did Jesus obey the Commandment, "Honor thy father and mother."? (I would say, "Absolutely!") So, we should...