thoughts at a diner Road,
taken by Loïc
December 12, 2007
If you want to immediately read a great writer on this subject:
Training of critical thinking: the good, the beautiful, the true
"Veritatis Splendor " (The Splendor of Truth) , encyclical of John Paul II
The notions of good, true that found in the Bible and are called to acknowledge God.
"I am the way, the truth of life." John 14, 6
Beauty is awaken to the the child's heart, to capture the attention of adults.
When God created the heaven is the Earth at the end of each day: " God saw that it was good. "Gen 1.10
this in nature we can be true. That's the beauty of the camp or the road is the test, the effort that we provide to live with one (and for) others. We shed our masks. We become true.
We are created in God's image, man is naturally good.
God is creative, he can not deceive nor be deceived (the contrary would deny the existence of God, because in this case, it would mean that he is another God)
Through observation (of nature), we recognize God's work (art 8 of the Scout Law)
This invitation to recognize God through observation comes from Jesus himself:
" arrived with Jesus, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come, or should we wait another ? At the same hour he cured many diseases, infirmities, and evil spirits, and gave sight to many blind. And he answered them: Go and tell John what you saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the good news proclaimed to them. " Luke 7, 20-22
We then come to talk of man and life.
Life is a gift of God is the head of work of God. After have all created at the dawn of the sixth day, God saw that it was very good, "Gen. 1:31
But to address the topic of life, he had to broach the subject of birth and death. For Christians, for us, life is at conception.
But the debate on the issues of aggressive treatment, bioethics is a vast subject .... I await your comments ...
however I would return in a material. One can be against current trends, condemn abortion, euthanasia, saying life is precious, it is a gift and that we 're depositary. Let us not forget that even if our body is mortal, the soul is immortal in the sense that it does not destroy itself. Let us then want to kill her, because by sin (in the sense: what is waiting for life to the creation) is a way to destroy our soul. What we condemn is the act in itself. Can we condemn the person? It is God's work, custodian, like us, the gift of life. It is our duty to preserve this life to the same value as ours.
"And Jesus said: I do not condemn you: go and sin no more . John 8.11. Jesus shows us the example to follow: first, it does not condemn it recognizes the sinful woman in the work of God, life (beauty, good, good). Who are we to judge this women? " Let him who is without sin cast the first stone against it" . John 8.7. However, our duty is to fight sin, and therefore condemn the acts of sin! Sin no more! is the order of God, recognizes your fault, stop trying to destroy the gift of life that I put in you.
If you had the courage to read this far, I suggest you finish by hymn to the life of Mother Teresa (click here)
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