Expert: Marco - 8/31/2009

Question
QUESTION: I was interested in exactly what conversion was.  Is it conversion to Catholic or to trusting and believing in what Christ has taught. To experience conversion must it be to the Catholic church.

ANSWER: Dear Cheryl,

I think that  conversion is to discover the Presence of God in our life, to discover the greatness of His love.
So each of us need be converted every day, because what we can have understood of God is always a very little part of His infinite greatness.
I believe that the Catholic Church was founded by Chirst to give us His teachings;
so to discover the Truth of God, we need the Catholic Church; the other religions can give a part of truth and a part of errors.

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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QUESTION: Was the Bible deemed forbidden in 1229 by the
Catholic church and if so why?

Also did the Roman Catholic church add more to the bible (God's Word) called apcrypha. 2 Maccabees 12 39-46  ending this book admitting it was not from God.

If Cathlic means universe why must we choose catholic

Answer
Dear Cheryl,

I do not know what you mean with "ending this book admitting it was not from God".
2 Maccabees was examinated by a Coucilium of Bishhops who established that the book was inspired by God.

Catholic means universal, which means the salvation is for all men, independetly from their nation, language, race, etc.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco