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Zadnje čase se, med drugim tudi po zaslugi “božjega rotvajlerja“, spet malo več razpravlja o kompatiblinosti religije in razuma. Je lahko nekdo veren in hkrati razumen? Meni se je že od nekdaj zdelo, da je odgovor odločen “ne”. Le kako lahko minimalno razumna oseba, ki je seznanjena z osnovami moderne znanosti, verjame v stvari, za katere ne le da nima nobenih dokazov, ampak tudi dejansko VSE, kar vemo o svetu, govori proti njim?

No, Martin Newland mi je odprl oči: vse se da, če se hoče. Naslov njegovega članka je “I am a Catholic. I’m also sane.” Takole pravi:

I am a Roman Catholic. As such, I believe that God took the decision to be born into a poor family in Roman-occupied Palestine. I believe that His short life on earth was spent setting down the rules by which He expected us to live, and I believe that as a sign of His love for us He humbled himself on a cross, died and rose again. I believe that He left behind a church which is infused with His Spirit but also subject to sin. I further believe, if pressed, that the fullest incarnation of God’s plan for his church resides in the Roman Catholic Church, with the successor of St Peter at its head and the Apostolic Succession as its historical guarantor.

I go to mass on Sundays, and I see it as one of my most important duties to bring my children up in the faith. I wear a crucifix as a symbol of my religious convictions and as protection against harm. Every night when I turn in I wander around my children’s beds crossing their foreheads, invoking the Holy Family to protect them while they sleep. I am also quite sane by the way.

hmmmm…. nevermind da moramo razumni ljudje navadno imeti vsaj minimalne razloge za to, kar verjamemo. Jaz verjamem v Dedka Mraza IN sem razumna. Argument seveda ni potreben.

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