5. I Believe in God
IN THE WEEK AHEAD
Our Questions
The God you talk about brings bad things to
good people. That shakes me up.
What to Read
In UNITED STATES CATECHISM
Chapter 5: I Believe in God pp. 49-63
In your Bible:
Psalm 8
1 John 4:7-12
Glossary
Atheism = the opinion that God does not exist, or the substitution of some lesser object in the place of God.
Pantheism = an affirmation that all things in the world are unified in being with God. No distinctin is made between God and created beings.
Fideism = believing in a naive and unchallenged way, not looking for evidence.
Catholic Practice
Checking on What I Understand
There is a set of fun and stimulating quizzes that will confirm what you know and challenge what you do not yet know. Go to St. Edward Church website < www.saintedwardshelton.org> and click on “Becoming Catholic”. Choose lesson five and do do the self-correcting on-line <quiz 5>
Getting Personal
Have you ever been a “practical atheist”, i.e. you may have professed God with your lips or in a public way, but were actually living in a manner that did not accept His sovereignty?
Going Deeper
Reading
How God Invites Us to Grow: Six Stages
KC Catholic Information - Hart Creation
In the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (optional) #199-349
Garry Wills WHY I AM A CATHOLIC
Video -
BRUCE ALMIGHTY (2003) A guy who complains about God too often is given almighty powers to teach him how difficult it is to run the world.
Music -
Cristy Lane “Footprints in the Sand
Cristy Lane “How Great Thou Art”
