Expert: Marco - 6/16/2008

Question
QUESTION: Why did God create us? for what reason? How can our miserable life serve his goals and glorify his name?
What is the proof of the existence of the soul? I'm asking this because my father died and I'm so concerned by the rest of his soul. I'm praying but I need to know if God as a father could be less loving and caring than my own father who has never punished me for any wrong doing I did and who loved me despite whatever. The purgatory and the hell are not things I can accept because I believe that a Loving God who sacrifices himself can't be less loving than my own loving father.

ANSWER: Dear Mona,

God loves us infinitely and He desires to lead each of us to the eternal life  and to the true happiness. But God is perfectly Holy and Good; God cannot tolerate evil because evil is uncompatible with His good and holy nature.
So, we cannot go to heaven as long as we are not completely purified from our sins and sanctified.
Our sanctifcation is necessary for us to go to heaven.
God desires to sanctify us, but He has given us a free-will, so God needs our consent in order to purify and sanctify us. God respects our choices and therefore God cannot santify those who do not want to be sanctified and purified, those who do not want to stop sinning, those who do not want to live a holy life.
These are those who go to hell.
The persons who die without being fully santified but who desire to be sanctified go to Purgatory; Purgatory represents a phase in the afterlife where people can complete their sanctification.

I think that faith cannot come only from logic, because to have faith in God means to trust and love God.
I think however that logics and science prove the existence of our soul and the existence of  God and that there are many rational arguments strongly supporting the christian faith.
The explanation of these aguments is rather long and Allexperts allows only to give short answers. You can find such arguments  in the following site

http://xoomer.alice.it/fedeescienza/englishnf.html

where  I analyse the incongruencies of the materialistic conception of the mind, on the basis of our present scientific knowledges about brain and matter.
This analysis points out how the laws of physics  prove that the   brain cannot generate consciousness, which existence implies  the presence in man of a unbiological/unmaterial element. The problem of consciousness is then strictly connected to the one of the existence of the soul and, consequently, the existence of God.
In the first article entitled “Mind and brain...” you can find a general discussion of the mind and brain problem from a scientific point of view.
In the second article entitled “Scientific contraddictions in materialism”
you  can find an explanation of the fundamental inconsistencies of  the  typical arguments used by materialists, such as the concept of emergent, macroscopic or holist property, complexity, information, etc.
In the section called “FAQ: answers to  visitors' questions” you can find the answer to many typical questions, such as "Are there any scientifically proved miracles?", "Does the existence of the universe imply the existence of God?", "Can science explain God?", "Can science establish which is the true religion?", "Can science explain consciousness in the future?", and many others.

I hope this may help,

please ask again if you should need some clarifications,

Your brother in Christ,

Marco






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QUESTION: Thanks for your answer, I think that I have already visited te site you have mentioned, thank you.
Moreover, I would appreciate a lot if you can give an answer for this:
Why did God create us? for what reason? How can our miserable life serve his goals and glorify his name?


ANSWER: Dear Mona,

God has created us to give us eternal happiness and eternal love.
I think this is the reason why I have chosen to have my children; I desired to give a new creature the possibility to live an happy life.
It is because I believe in life and happiness, that I have chosen to have four children.
Sometimes our earthly life can be hard; we often cannot understand the reason of these difficulties, but I firmly believe there is always a good reason for them. God would never allow these difficulties without a good reason. In my life I have had several hard periods, and I didn't understand why. But then I discovered that those difficulties helped me to change and discover a deeper happiness.

Be trustful!
The Lord is very close to you.
He knows your sufferings and He is trying to help you.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco


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QUESTION: Thanks for your answer. But as a christian I can't believe earthy life can be happy. There is no happinness in knowing that all what exists is here to die. I believe in God, I trust him, but I wonder why he decided to give us this earthy life. I can't find an answer. Thank you and may God bless you and your family and may all your children have a blessd joyful and happy life as you wish. Thank you

Answer
Dear Mona,

eartly life can be happy for all those who believe that our souls are immortal and are destined to eternal happiness. You must understand that death is only a transition to another kind of existence and NOT the end of existence. The reason why God has given us this earthly life is to prepare us for the eternal life. Earthly life is only a phase, such as childhood which is a phase necessary to become adult.


Your brother in Christ,

Marco