This week, Jimmy takes on a tough subject: The question of why God would create someone he knows is going to hell.
Why did God create the world? Answer: Some philosophies and religions have claimed the universe necessarily “emanates” from God, but the Church teaches that God freely chose to create the world for his glory (CCC 293-295). God didn’t have to make the world, nor did he make it becau...
Why did God become man? The Roman Catholic answer to this question differs from the teachings of the Holy Orthodox Church. Following the holy Fathers, Orthodoxy teaches that Christ, on the Cross, gave “His life a ransom for many” (Matt. 20:28). “For even the Son of man came not...
Why Study God? the Role of Theology at a Catholic UniversityWhy does Notre Dame require all undergraduate students to complete theology courses and why do...Cavadini, John C
Why would God create an imperfect world? In a word, for the sake of love; for the sake of people like me; the sake of love manifests as life transformation,, empathy, compassion, humility, agapē; love manifests in creating a better world and even building up the very kingdom of love...
See also: Carl Sagan on the topic (a must watch), Hitchens, Hawking – Did God Create the Universe? (a must watch), BBC Horizon – What happened before the big bang?, BBC Nothing (a must watch) and ‘A Universe From Nothing’ by Lawrence Krauss (a must watch). “Some would ask,...
…17And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day: 18Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel by ...
They said, “O LORD, the God of Israel, why has it come to pass that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?” Contemporary English Versionand prayed, "Our LORD, you are the God of Israel. Why did you let this happen? Now one of our tribes is almost gone." New ...
things do in fact behave, and being a mere description of what they in fact do, you cannot argue that there must be somebody who told them to do that, because even supposing that there were, you are then faced with the question Why did God issue just those natural laws and no others...
although he did meet with popes, and his first wife was Catholic. Although Hawking did talk about God, he was not using the word's traditional meaning, but instead likened God to a unifying theory of physics. So for Hawking, the word "God" sometimes meant something different than how most...