What he’s asking is where did it all come from. If you say the entire universe came from one exploding mass the size of a baseball, where did that baseball-sized mass come from and why did it explode? What do you call that original cause?
On his show, Bill always drew criticism for calling his religion of Catholicism a philosophy. I think his view is more like Deism as was many of USA’s founders. God is how we refer to that original cause and now you’re on your own. Don’t ask that cause for help. You’ve been given something and the rest is up to you.
What’s silly is saying people who wonder that question are silly, yet countless philosophers far smarter than most have philosophized about it for thousands of years. You can say it doesn’t matter, that you’d rather not consider the question, and that’s fine. But some people are deeper thinkers.
If you have the answer, mankind will either be eternally grateful or all commit suicide.
@epic @themactep@fosstodon.org
> his religion of Catholicism
Just to be precise, there is no such religion as Catholicism. There is religion of Christianity, based on teachings of Jesus Christ described in the New Testament, and there's a dozen of churches who claim exclusive ownership of Christianity, in violation of the very fundamental paradigm of Christianity itself (communion of all people).
I didn't look at your bio before I started talking about Catholicism with a Pole.
With that definition of Catholicism, it's no wonder your an expat. 😀
(I'm joking with you because I realize I've come to a gunfight with a knife.)
@epic @themactep@fosstodon.org
That's right, Poland is a very bad example of Catholicism, or a very good one, depending on what you want to exemplify. Mainstream Polish Catholicism, with its tribalism, nationalism and hypocrisy, is as distant from the ideals of Christianity as it can be. There are numerous very bright and deeply Christian priests in Polish Church, but they are exceptions rather than mainstream.
