PetersKeys
Traditionalist Catholic , Paleo-conservative
What were the criteria you applied when you concluded that god, the 10cc and the gospel were good criteria for judging a set of morals?
The Holy Scriptures are much more reliable and older than most Pagan Philosophy. Homer, Hesiod, Plato, and Zoroaster were all very dubious and contradictory to each other.
Secondly the miracles of Jesus. His ressurection and miracles, accounted and written by his 12 apostles. On top of that there is a ton of extra biblical evidence of Christ and his ressurection(Josepheus, Tacitus, Pliny, etc). Then we have Paul, a man who hatred christians and was content on destroying them all, stoned St. Steven. All of a sudden makes a complete 360. Only a miracle coulda have changed Paul's mind when comparing his past history with his persecution of Christians.
Then we have the miracles of the saints. Which go by the thousands. Im not going to even get into those because they are so numerous. However I recommend reading about Padre Pio.
Lastly, the authority of the Church. Not many organizations last over 2000 years, and with all the problems the Church has gone through(persecution, corruption, schism, etc) it would only be by the Holy Spirit that it is still going and has not folded in on herself. The more christians were tortured and killed the more they spread and became numerous. No matter how much Pagan Roman emperors tried to erradicate christianity like Nero and Domitian it still could not be done. Constantine beating an army almost 4 times his size to liberate the christians from persecution from the barbaric infidels.
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