Cartoon Key To Heaven

Robert J. Schubert

Description

Cartoon Key To Heaven is a compelling series of easily understood concepts which lead the reader to conclude that the Catholic Church is the one true church. Starting with the existence of God and going through topics such as the immortality of the soul, the divinity of Christ and the establishment of an infallible church, Fr. Robert Shubert provides a remarkably simple presentation which can be easily understood by young and old alike.

Don't be fooled into thinking this is just a book for children. While it can certainly be used in CCD classes, it is also a valuable reference for adults. In a society that attacks the Catholic Church at every chance, this is tremendously powerful in preparing Catholics to defend the Faith.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Philosophie de la religion
• Religion
• Christianisme
• Christianity
• Catholic
• Philosophie et théologie

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 22 septembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456622671
• Langue: English

Extrait

Cartoon Key To Heaven
 
 
by
Robert J. Schubert

Copyright 2007 Faith Media,
All rights reserved.
 
 
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-2267-1
 
 
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

For original edition:
 
Nihil Obstat:
JOHN A. SCHULIEN, S.T.D.. Censor Liborum
March 10, 1956
 
Imprimatur:
ALBERT G. MEYER, Archbishop of Milwaukee
March 24, 1956
 
1979 edition:
Nihil Obstat:
R.J. SOKOLSKI, Ph.D., Censor Liborum
Oct. 22, 1975
 
Imprimatur:
Thomas Tschope Bishop of Dallas
Nov. 12, 1975
 
 
2007 edition:
Nihil Obstat:
Dr. Robert Gotcher, PhD, Censor Liborum
June 14, 2007
 
Imprimatur:
Timothy M. Dolan, S.T.D., D.D., Archbishop of Milwaukee
June 19, 2007
 
Dedicated To Our Queen And Mother
 
All quotations from the Bible
Are from the Confraternity version.
 
 
The purpose of this booklet is to provide a speedy method of
presenting the proofs from reason underlying our faith. St. Peter
says: “Be ready always with an answer to everyone who asks a
reason for the hope that is in you.” (I Peter 3, 15).
 
 
200 7 Edition (Published with revisions and permission of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee)
C hapter I. How do you know there is a God?
1. The argument to the First Cause
 
The oak tree I see came from an acorn.
That acorn came from another oak tree.
That oak tree came from another acorn.
That acorn came from another oak tree.

 
But WAIT a minute!
 
..You cannot go on like that forever!
 
There must have been a first oak tree
 

No. 1
 
Or a first acorn.
 

No. 1
 
And that first tree or first acorn could not cause itself.
 
So, there must have been a cause of the first acorn or the first tree.
 
The ultimate cause must have been uncaused.
 
THE UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE OF ALL THINGS
 
That First Cause we call - God
 
 
2. The argument to the First Mover (or First Energizer)
 
Nothing moves of itself.

Even you –
 
Need food –

To give you strength to move.

 
Don’t eat for a few weeks - and see if you move –
 

Where does the food get the energy to give you?
 
From the ground –

 
From the rain –

 
From the sun –

But where did these things get the energy to give it to the food you eat to give you energy?
 
From the FIRST MOVER, THE FIRST ENERGIZER of all things.
 
 
That First Mover we call - God
(The only alternative is an unending series of things in motion-which is impossible because, no matter how long a rope is, it will never move unless it’s pulled. Or, to put it another way... can a dozen blind men see?)
 
 
3. The argument to the Necessary Being
 
See this chain
 

 
It’s hanging in the air. If we want to keep it there, we better hang it on a hook.

Close your eyes... and imagine that you are not here
I am not here
The world is not here
Nothing is here – absolute nothing

 
The point is – IF NOTHING IS HERE TO BEGIN WITH, CAN ANYTHING EVER BE?
 
From nothing comes nothing,
If there was nothing in the beginning,
There IS nothing now.
To be consistent, an atheist cannot be content
To deny the existence of God
He must deny the existence of ANYTHING.
 
No - You cannot be
I cannot be
the world cannot be
nothing can be

 
But, if you are convinced that you really are here – that I am here
That the world is here – That anything is here
 
If you are convinced that the hook is necessary to hang the chain –
If you are convinced that from nothing comes nothing, then you must be convinced that in the first place, there was...
 
A NECESSARY BEING
 
This Necessary Being has to be a personal being because He has a mind (see next argument) – and – because persons are the effects of the First Cause and the Cause cannot be less than the effects.
 
That Necessary Being we call - God
 
4. The Argument to the Great Mind (to the Great Lawgiver)
 
If you go to the beach and see the rocks strewn about –
 

And you come back an hour later
 
And see them in an orderly pile –
 

 
You don’t say, “Look what happened by chance”.
 
You say, “Look what ‘someone did’ ”.
 
You know there was a mind at work
 

Because there is order.
 
The universe is orderly.
 
There must be a mind at work to create the order.
 
The universe has laws:
 
There are laws of physics (e.g. Gravity)
 

 
There are laws of chemistry (e.g., 2 parts of H and 1 part of O makes water)
 
There are laws of astronomy (the courses of the planets, - the traffic laws of the skies)
 

 
Laws demand a lawgiver.
 
The great order in the universe demands a Great Mind.
The great laws of the universe demand a Great Lawmaker.
 
That Great Mind, that Great Lawmaker we call - God
 
5. The argument to the Great Judge