When Jesus cited the Jewish book of prayer, "Love God...and your neighbor," he was excluding selfishness. When the biologist Richard Dawkins wrote a book titled "The Selfish Gene," he was testifying that Darwinian evolution is the opposite of Christianity. In satisfying the goals of selfishness, living creatures are chained to two primary drives: survival and … Continue reading Driven Toward Love – Naturally
Tag: New Jerusalem
St. Thomas Aquinas, the authority relied upon by living theologians, did his exegesis of the Bible line-by-line. When he got to the Book of Revelation, he became despondent. When supporters asked him why he was not continuing his work, he responded (I paraphrase)"Everything I have done to this point has been error." Jesus said that … Continue reading Manifesting the New Jerusalem
Putting selfishness behind us, we are offered in Revelation 21 and 22 a vision of unity, an experience of life that joins the feminine and masculine virtues under the service of love. Heaven is remade, and becomes the repository for the best of human intentions. When done in love, no act of creation is more … Continue reading Consummation
Love Returns 