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i had a weird dream and need a little help. first off, i am not catholic or really very religious.  do believe in God, however. i have had prophetic, message-type dreams since i was a child. i'm sure this dream holds a message but don't know exactly what. here goes: i walk into a beautiful courtyard of a place that looks like a palace or something. there's a fountain with beautiful flowing water. i walk around and come to an old lady sitting by a table with things for sale. i pick up some jewelled things and go to pay her for them. she makes a comment on my youth and then says, have you found where the light is coming from yet? i look at her puzzled...then turn around to walk away. people are there now. as they pass me, they smile as if welcoming me, and they all have a ball of radiatng, glowing light coming from their chests. some are brighter than others. then i come to a piece of paper with a phrase written on it...it was fuzzy but i could read it...adeo redeo donatus. i googled it and see that it's latin. what does this mean? can you help me?

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Dear Melina,

first of all the phrase "adeo redeo donatus" makes no sense in latin (I have studied latin).
I think dreams are a very confuse product of our unconscious.
So do not worry about your dreams and simply forget them.
They have no meaning at all.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco

PS 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.

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I am a catholic physicist and I am married with four children. I can give a scientific proof of the existence of the soul. I am very interested in the following issues: faith and science, rational proof of the existence of God, christianity versus other religions, the Bible, protestantism versus catholicism, miracles. Probably you will find interesting my answers to questions such as: "How can I know that God exist?", "How can I know that catholicism is the true religion?", "Why does evil exist?", "Who created evil?", "Why does Hell exist?", "Why did Jesus have to suffer on the Cross?" , "If God knows everything, why did He create those souls who go to Hell?"

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Theology, physics, biblical studies, catholic apologetics.

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I am author of several articles on the most important scientific journals, such as Physical Review B and Physical Review Letters.

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A degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics.

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