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God also calls us through death. But that is not a pass for us to murder.

We don't need to change focus. Care of the Earth is simply being a good steward. And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master when he...

I have been interested in time/space lately, no center to the universe, how large and growing it is, how old. This has been a focus of my mediation lately. As if that singularity is the core of my own being. God remains a mystery, but an ever present, ever intimate mystery. When I meditate in...

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. I think there is a bond between deep peace and silence. It seems sacred to me.

How do you account for these references to righteous people? Psalm 34:19 The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all; Psalm 37:16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; Ezekiel 18:5-9 “Suppose there is a righteous man...

I find this far more awesome than a literal reading of Geneses 1 & 2. We are talking 13.8 Billion years in our time. And a bursting into 3d bring both time and space as well as matter and light.

O come on. He was asked what gives him hope in the context of looking at this world, not the next.

sez the armchair interviewee.

This is what I mean. Neoclassical theist view of life, I think, tends to be progressive and I think that involves a different interpretation of life and how we ought to live it.

Perhaps we are really talking about the shift from Classical Theism to Process Theology or Neoclassic Theism.

Where is that center point? It is now believed there is no such thing in this dimension...or it is everywhere.

Especially if they can both distance themselves from their running mates.

The question was , "When you look at the world, what gives you hope?" His initial answer was, "Everything" and then he gave examples of heroism." The bit about fundamental goodness followed from that." I can't believe this nitpicking.

In the context of the interview he is talking about what gives him hope. Why play "gotcha" with such a hopeful statement? He can see the good and "heroism" in people. It is too bad so many people can only see the evil.

They both are. So we need to look closely at V.P candidates.

Same with us The Pope never said people are sinless or without need of a redeemer. ""Fundamentally Good" does not mean perfect, self righteous nor sinless. It means created by God with great potential. Reread the beatitudes. He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the...

You mean your cherry picked Bible verses. See post #22

The only confusion is mistaking a concern for justice as some sort of political gimmick.

Reminds me of Hermes Trismegistus, “God is an infinite sphere, the center of which is everywhere, the circumference nowhere.” Book of the 24 Philosophers. Pascal: “The whole visible world is only an imperceptible atom in the ample bosom of nature. No idea approaches it. We may enlarge our...

Right. He is talking about what gives him hope and he is able to recognize what he sees as the good in people. That does not mean they don't need Christ a or that they are sinless or anything else. "Fundamental goodness" speaks to creation and God's image and likeness that pre-existed the...