AboutGeorge A. Card,sfo, M.I Expertise I am willing to attempt answer any question, if I dont know, I will look or pass the question on to friends for feed back. Beside Catholicism(especially the social/moral and the Eastern rites),I am well read on Mormonism and so-called Christian Fundamentalism.Also I study Franciscan History as means of growing in my lay Fraciscan calling to holiness in Christ.
Experience 15 years as the Justice and Peace Laison for my (local)Secular Franciscan Fraternity,15 years public speaking on the Faith,and/or teaching CCD and Youth Retreats,a former Officer for K of C and my SFO Fraternity,still hold appointed offices in SFO fraternity
Organizations Catholic Church, Rome Rite
Secular Fraciscan Order
Knights of Columbus
The Men's Study (A local Catholic study group I co founded)
Others
Militia Immaculata(Knights of the Immaculate
Publications Local News Letters:Mostly my Poetry
Education/Credentials 2 years of Minor Seminary
Bible and Adult Faith Studies and Seminars
Question Hi George,
It's me again. How was your 4th of July?
Well, anyway, I asked you before if everything happening for a reason is the same thing is the same thing as fate. And you said to ask it again later, because you were writing a paper about something like that for your cousin. Is your paper done? And is everything happening for a reason the same thing as fate?
Thanks! :)
Answer Peace
dear Matt
My 4th was good despite having to work 9-2 and then 5-11. Thanks for starting with a simple question. hehehe
I didn't started on the paper because I lost my initial notes, but I feel I can do a basic summary for you.
The summary:
The oldest use of word Fate as it was used to mean: things beyond human will or cause, comes from a Greek word that was used a name to be three beings that were able to control or punish even the "Gods" at times.
The true and living God is truly a free and an uncreated Being. Humans are created and were given a free will.
God in a very limited sense has two wills. Permissive and Active. Permissive meaning if He intervened, He would limit or hinder the free will of those He created with Free Wills. Active refers to things He cause to happen directly.
God permits evil but He doesn't cause it to happen. He allows us to chose to love or not to love. Let us love.
