Merle,
I have views of course, but I think they are off-topic in a Zen forum.
As for the writings of Saint Augustine, they are available in English.
(we can converse off-list about Pope Francis if you like! Very willing).
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> joe...clarification please..being an ex- Catholic what are your thoughts on
>the new pope?..merle
>
> Bill!,
>
> I'd say the concept may be rational, although there is not an empirical
> demonstration or proof of existence of such a being.
>
> We know too that various Doctors of the Church did their darnedest along
> rational lines, chief among them Augustine.
>
> --Joe
>
> > "Bill!" <BillSmart@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't see anything rational about the concept of God at all...Bill!
>
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