I Take Off the Mask

Sometimes I’m afraid for the next generation.   As the world grows more and more antagonistic of God and tolerant of sin, what would it be like in the near future? What would it be like in a world that has been accustomed to darkness? I wish we could all live in a world that is pure and untainted by sin.  A world where children can grow up in loving families. A world that believes in God and practices what it believes in. Perhaps then there would be no crime or violence to fear. Perhaps we’d have lesser heartaches and deeper joys.  And perhaps we’d all choose what’s right rather than what’s wrong. But would we? I suddenly remember our first parents in the garden of Eden.  During that time, there was no sin yet. There was no profanity or violence or any impure examples that could influence their thoughts. In that garden, they had everything they needed. But why did they choose the wrong path? Thinking about it deeper, maybe that place wasn’t so perfect after all. For though the evil we ...

Since science made much progress in our world, it has questioned the things that science is not able to answer for itself.  It only believes what it can explain by its methods. Whenever something is beyond its comprehension or power to measure, it casts its doubt as though nothing else could ever be true. This does not mean that science directly contradicts faith.  If we uncover the noblest purposes of science, we’d realize that it seeks the  truth  also. Truth is the underlying principle that should govern science and reason. But science, just like any field of discipline, can be influenced by the various motivations of the men behind it.  While there can be men who sincerely seek the truth, there can also be those who refuse to see it. Hence, the common view that science and religion cannot co-exist with each other. But if we take a look at the official stand of the Church, it isn’t opposed to science. It even uses reason to support many of its claims to truth. Here is what the Catec...