It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
HANS KUNGHumanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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In the event that my illness worsens, I want to have a guarantee that I can die in a dignified manner. Nowhere in the bible does it say that a person has to stick it out to the decreed end. No one tells us what “decreed” means.
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Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don’t believe in an eternal hell.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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I’m not saying goodbye to life because I’m a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it’s time to move on.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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God’s love does not protect us from suffering. God’s love protects us in the midst of suffering.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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But I have to add – and this answers your other question – this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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I am firmly convinced that there is life after death, not in a primitive sense but as the entry of my completely finite person into God’s infinity, as a transition into another reality beyond the dimension of space and time that pure reason can neither affirm nor deny.
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