crossroads of life: recommend books Anonymous 03-03-25 13:14:12 No. 23787
Im at crossroads between joining - or applying for- a catholic seminary, OR, becoming a (non-militant, but firmly (non?) believing Atheist) . It may sound extreme or stupid but consider this: IF God exists, he exists absolutely and all his attributes are true (remember im working within a catholic framework), this means hell is absolutely true, as is heaven; as I genuinely dislike sex, I won't get married ever–why not go full the mile and be a priest? or at least Brother, Canon,etc? seems rational.
Glownonymous 03-03-25 13:58:44 No. 23789
There are a lot of contradictions in christian doctrine (think cosmology and the existence of evil), that when properly addressed reduce it towards a semantic non-sequitur, i.e. saying material reality "is god" is meaningless. As i understand it though, catholicism and orthodoxy derive their legitimacy from their legacy as religious communities. Here i say their growing irrelevance and age-old use as a tool to justify the status quo undermines this legitimacy, the proof is in the pudding so to speak.
Also read
>>23788 Feuerbach and Marx to get the best of philosophical atheism. tl;dr Religion reflects society and ubiquitous criticism of it back as a sedating spirituality
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1886/ludwig-feuerbach/index.htm Glownonymous 03-03-25 21:38:01 No. 23794
>>23793 >this is why every atheist is also a moralist Good and evil are christian as well as specifically catholic categories, therefore the problem of evil is an internal logical contradiction endemic to their doctrine. Look at
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm for a taste of the mental gymnastics involved.
Anonymous 04-03-25 06:09:06 No. 23799
>>23797 >>23796 Christianity has become so genericised that criticising it means you criticise the fiber of moral conscience.
And yet, Christians complain about being hated by the world?