Habemus Papam! (2013)

photo courtesy of Gregorio Borgia

God bless you, Pope Francis!

Quote of the Dei (# 11)

photo courtesy of Quasebart

"We sow a thought and reap an act;

We sow an act and reap a habit;

We sow a habit and reap a character;

We sow a character and reap a destiny."

- unknown author

Precious

photo courtesy of Steve McCurry

“What is the most precious of all that ever came out of the mine?” a teacher once asked his students.

“Coal!” answered one student.

“No, it’s diamonds!” said another.

“Surely, it has to be gold.”

The students continued to name other valuable minerals and debate among themselves before, finally, the teacher spoke and told them:

“None of you got it right. The most precious of all that ever came out of the mine was the miner.” 


Reference/s:
Wirt, Sherwood Eliot (1968). The Social Conscience of the Evangelical. Harper & Row.

Quote of the Dei (# 10)

photo courtesy of Mashael Al-Shuwayer

"...there is only one honest reason for believing anything: because it is true."

- Peter Kreeft

Hamlet-typing Monkey (by Peter Kreeft)

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Someone once said that if you sat a million monkeys at a million typewriters for a million years, one of them would eventually type out all of Hamlet by chance.

But when we find the text of Hamlet, we don't wonder whether it came from chance and monkeys.

Why then does the atheist use that incredibly improbable explanation for the universe?

Clearly, because it is his only chance of remaining an atheist.

At this point we need a psychological explanation of the atheist rather than a logical explanation of the universe.