From Atheism to Catholicism

From Atheism to Catholicism was an ok read. I think if I was more familiar with the works of some of the philosophers and psychologists mentioned it may have been more enjoyable. My intentions were to give the book to someone I know but I don’t think it is reader friendly enough to pass along.


The author, Vost’s journey from atheism to Catholicism is quite interesting. He starts out in his God-less period and explains why Nietzsean and Dawkin’s ideas can be so lucrative to young people.

PART I: GOD IS DEAD?
1. Friedrich Nietzsche's Superman
2. The Lord and Lord Bertrand Russell
3. Albert Ellis: Reason, Emotion, Psychotherapy, and Jehovah
4. Aristotle Shrugged: Ayn Rand and the Intellectual Soul
5. Darwin and Dawkins: Genes, Memes, and "Me's"

Part 2 explores psychologists and philosophers who did not believe that reason rules out faith in God. Here minds such as Alfred Adler, and the Stoics are examined.

PART II: SIGNS OF LIFE
6. Alfred Adler and the Fictive Goal of God
7. Stoic Strivings: The Slave, The Lawyer, The Emperor, and God
8. Mortimer Adler and the God of the Philosophers

The last section looks at the reasons why Vost himself was enlightened to theism. Men such as St Thomas Aquinas, CS Lewis, GK Chesterton and Pope John Paul II helped him to see the real truth.

PART III: CHRIST HAS RISEN FROM HIS TOMB!
9. St. Thomas Aquinas: The Angelic Doctor Effects a Cure
10. C. S Lewis: God Save the Queen
11. G. K. Chesterton: What Could Be Right With the World
12. Pope John Paul II: Faith and Reason, Body and Soul

My favorite part of the book was the Truth Box section found at the end of each section. Here a brief but to the point truth was revealed about the flaws of atheism.

All in all I enjoyed reading Vost’s conversion story but I also thought the book was sort of choppy and the flow seemed to have no cadence. It certainly is a book full of research and proof and if reason is what you need then this book has it.

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Our Easter

Well finally I am getting our EAster pics up. Here is Emeline coloring her very own Easter egg.
Margie giving hers a stir.

Easter morning...off to find some eggs.

"Mooommmmmm"

Chickens were very curious.

Emmy

Georgia

Margie

Josie

Ready for mass.

Grandma Giffords right before she turned them loose to find eggs at her house!

organizing!!!

Stations of the Cross

Saying our Stations before bed last week. I love this time of year!!

The Last Supper scene

Another craft complements of Catholic Icing. My fave place ever!!

Have a blessed Holy Thursday.

Palm Sunday Art

The Littles made a cute Palm Sunday painting using handprints and a footprint. The idea came from Catholic Icing. Aren't they cute?

My Margie is 3!!!

"Show me "3" Margie"
She couldn't for the life of her get those fingers to work!


She had to hold her ring finger up! It was cute.

She is currently on a hat kick.

My little rug rat! LOVE HER SO MUCH! She will be one of those girls that says it like it is, full of fun and lightheartedness.

Look at how ladylike Emmy is! I'm so proud!

Cool socks from Georgia!

Cool glasses from Josie. Margie has been "needing" some glasses. She let us know of that "need" last week when we were outside. Good listening Josie!

Fresh Beat CD. They love to rock to that.

A CAMERA. After seeing other family members with these cameras everything from a kitchen timer to a rock has been used for a camera by my Margie Sue. Figured we could break down and get her one!

I love you Margie soooo much. You bring a smile to my face EVERY day! Stay forever you!!

xoxo Mom

New York State Zoo at Thompson Park

We took a field trip to the zoo yesterday. We had a couple of cute encounters. I couldn't take a lot of pics because I need a new set of batteries. :(

The black rat snake came right over to say hello to the girls!

Mr. or Mrs. Wolverine came right over too. He/She stood right there for a bit so we could snap a few pictures and ask him/her how he/she was enjoying the warm weather! We had quite the conversation!

Happy spring every one!

March: In Like a Lion

Here are our 2012 March Comes in like a Lion artwork. The littles got to paint their hands...their all time favorite thing and make lion hand print paintings.
The bigs used magazine strips to make some pretty cool manes on their lions. They also used oil pastels to make some net lion heads. I can't find where I got this idea to give them credit...sorry.



I love them! March did come in a little fierce but do we dare make our out like a lamb artwork already! It is gorgeous outside!

found the source!

Read Across America Day

We had a Seusstastical Dr. Seuss celebration on Read Across America Day. My throat was sore at 11:00 in the morning after all that reading and I wasn't even half-way through yet! Thanks to Dr. Seuss for some fantastic read-aloud books!