Understanding Suffering through Mathematics
Understanding Suffering through Mathematics
This article is a reflection on a topic in Christian life that has perplexed generations of people, both Christians and non-Christians alike – suffering. Why must we suffer? (The short answer is because of sin, and a scientific analysis of that will be provided later using the model of electricity.) One common characteristic of all humans is the desire to avoid all suffering. Some belief systems, such as those associated with Eastern Mysticism, have a great deal of doctrine to deal with this problem or to try and escape from it, and others less so.
Yet Jesus tells us that taking up our Cross is necessary, which of course entails suffering. But at the same time, Jesus says that His yoke is sweet and His burden is light (Matthew 11:30). So how can one reconcile this apparent contradiction?
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One God Yet Three Persons? Part 1
One God Yet Three Persons? Part 1
One God, yet Three Persons. This is the God in which true Christians believe – the Trinitarian God. From an initial human perspective, this may sound like mindless poppycock. Many humans do think that is poppycock. But reality is deeper than what meets the eye, and even deeper than what meets the mind.
Who is this Trinitarian God? There is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. (Note: the Name Holy Spirit is also used instead of Holy Ghost.) The Father is the First Divine Person of the Most Blessed Trinity. The Son is the Second Divine Person of the Most Blessed Trinity, also called the Word, with Jesus Christ being this Second Person Who took on a human nature and became a man. (The debate on the latter point is beyond the scope of this article.) And the Holy Ghost is the Third Divine Person of the Most Blessed Trinity. Catholics profess in the Nicene Creed, which is a summary of Catholic Faith, in part “I believe in one God, the Father Almighty … in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God … of one substance with the Father … And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Who, together with the Father and the Son, is adored and glorified:” [Underlined emphases are mine] (1962 Roman Missal).
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