And God said...

"Oh, it's just those humans again. I'll never figure out why I decided to create them in the first place. I must have had an off day. They hardly ever listen to me. They question everything. Most don't even belive in me anymore. Now dogs, there's a success! No better creature in all My creation than a dog. Loyal, trustworthy, loving, brave - just kind of what I was hoping from humans."

Tracking Creation in Glen Rose

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Darn,

but I like Mr. Shea's thinking and writing...

Through a Veil Darkly

Interestingly, even thought the Catholic Church has always allowed for possibility of evolution, most traditional, conservative Catholics I'm met and discussed this with lean toward creationism. What is it about the conservative group?

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And every creature under heaven...

Unanswered Questions: Do Animals Have Afterlife Or At Least A Spiritual Aspect?

I don't think that anyone who has owned a pet (a cat, dog, horse, etc.), and really cared for and been involved with their pet, would doubt in any way that they have a spiritual aspect to their nature. Each part of God's creation has that creative spark in it, and animals are the same. More than some animals, those we call pets also boast a certain amount of intelligence and, certainly, personality. God has provided them for our pleasure and for us to be responsible for. I'm fairly certain that God has a place for them in the life after death. That's my personal opinion, but it doesn't conflict with that of other people who are intellectuals and theologians, and certainly more intelligent than myself and better placed and able to make those sorts of statements...

Who knows? All I know is God's love for us. That's enough...

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Ok...

Another academic downgrades God...

God is not the Creator, claims academic

"The notion of God as the Creator is wrong, claims a top academic, who believes the Bible has been wrongly translated for thousands of years. "

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To even quote

de Chardin is a huge leap towards rehabilitation of a thinker who probably confused more people than he enthused...


Pope cites Teilhardian vision of the cosmos as a 'living host'

Whether or not this means a movement of change in Rome's thinking regarding Teilhard de Chardin (I am not one who believes every statement from the Pope or Rome has all sorts of portents involved) it does show how deep an intellectual and thinker the current Pope is. He is a man of great intelligence...

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