Diversion and indifference are the two widest roads to Hell in today's world. Peter Kreeft More Quotes by Peter Kreeft More Quotes From Peter Kreeft Original sin is the proclivity to say "my will be done" instead of "thy will be done." Peter Kreeft originals sin done We are insane. That is what sin is. Sanctity is identitical with sanity. It means living the truth, living in reality. Sin always substitutes unreality for reality. Peter Kreeft insane mean reality Most people believe you have to have some moral absolutes if you want to hold back chaos. Peter Kreeft absolutism believe people Not all Tolkien haters are Orcs, but all Orcs are Tolkien haters. Peter Kreeft orcs The more we realize we are loved, the more ashamed we are not to love back. The more we sin as a violation of love, not just of law, the more powerful a motive we will have to overcome it. For sin is attractive to us (otherwise we would never be attracted to it) and can be cast out only by something more attractive. Peter Kreeft powerful law love Prayer is like Thanksgiving dinner. It takes one hour to eat it and ten hours to prepare it. Peter Kreeft dinner catholic prayer Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God. Peter Kreeft transformation prayer heart Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction. Peter Kreeft envy fake giving I want to give moral relativism the good spanking it deserves. Peter Kreeft absolutism catholic giving Objective truth itself is sometimes often seen as a right wing Republican-Christian plot to take over the government (though the rhetoric is cleverer than that, that's the bottom line). Peter Kreeft government christian wings All human beings have a right to life. Our unborn children are members of the human race. They're human beings, so they have a right to life. Peter Kreeft unborn-child race children No age has been more prone to confuse the sin with the sinner, not by hating the sinner along with the sin but by loving the sin along with the sinner. We often use "compassion" as an equivalent for moral relativism. Peter Kreeft hate compassion age Great saints are never wimps. Peter Kreeft wimps saint To God each one of us is His favorite. God's love comes to all, but it comes to all as each, not to all as some anonymous aggregate. Peter Kreeft gods-love god If there is a God, there is a map. If God has a map, his map is the true map. Peter Kreeft if-there-is-a-god maps virtue If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him. Peter Kreeft saint want rain Gratitude is the seedbed of joy. Peter Kreeft gratitude joy Moral relativism says morality is relative, not absolute, I want to show moral relativism, in its popular form, is logically incoherent. Peter Kreeft absolutism morality want If God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil and He is to be blamed for its existence. No, evil is not a thing but a wrong choice, or the damage done by a wrong choice. Evil is no more a positive thing than blindness is, but it is just as real. Peter Kreeft choices real evil Without that freedom to sin there is also no freedom to love. Peter Kreeft sin love
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