Friday, November 3, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 357 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) Atheism is not a sin if a person has learned nothing about God or has
examined the question about God’s existence conscientiously and cannot believe.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 2123)
"Many… of our contemporaries either do not at all perceive, or explicitly
reject, this intimate and vital bond of man to God. Atheism must therefore be
regarded as one of the most serious problems of our time" (GS 19 § 1).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) The line between being unable to believe and
being unwilling to believe is not clear. The attitude that simply dismisses
faith as unimportant, without having examined it more closely, is often worse
than well-considered atheism.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 2124)
The name "atheism" covers many very different phenomena. One common
form is the practical materialism which restricts its needs and aspirations to
space and time. Atheistic humanism falsely considers man to be "an end to
himself, and the sole maker, with supreme control, of his own history" (GS
20 § 1). Another form of contemporary atheism looks for the liberation of man
through economic and social liberation. "It holds that religion, of its
very nature, thwarts such emancipation by raising man's hopes in a future life,
thus both deceiving him and discouraging him from working for a better form of
life on earth" (GS 20 § 2).
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