I reverted to Catholicism just about 3 years ago after being an atheist for who knows how long. The best decision I have ever made and I thank God for it.
TIZIANO DO NOT JUST RETURN TO TRADITION TURN TO JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE YOU NOT YOUR NATIONAL CORRUPT CHURCH .READ THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR YOURSELF .START WITH JOHN ,AND 1 JOHN TELLS YOU WHO A CHRISTIAN IS . THEN LOOK AT THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE POPES. MURERERS .FORNICATORS.ETC
Wendy Mitchell How about reading Mt. 16-18? There you find the real church founded by Jesus in Peter, the 1st Pope... Where in the bible appears the name of your gold-digger pastor?
@@wendymitchell8245 And they have been no scandals of protestant pastors -Doug Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, Mike Hintz, Robert Tilton to name a few. Corruption is rife in Protestantism thus all the denominations and false preachers, it is from Protestantism you get Mormonism & The watch tower society.
Exceptional! I was enthralled my her presentation from beginning to end! She had intellect I wish I had but still found her way to God. It's just lovely
That was awesome, Leah. God really works on us mysteriously. That was a very articulate presentation of an intricate way a non believer understood the existence of God. But you presented it in a way that is easy to grasp. Welcome home, sister! May God always be your debating partner. I'm already aching to read a book written by you.
It may sound 'sappy' to some but her talking to God about the true, good, & beautiful in the Riemann hypothesis; isn't this great, don't You think so? yeah, me too; touches my heart. That whole part regarding building up the idea that God actually reaches down to us to talk to our hearts and is interested in what we are interested, also. But sad for me, I wasn't listening to God nearly enough, but rationalizing my situation and actions. Learning how much God loves me; and always sought me out no matter what; does bring joyous tears to my heart. One time on my journey; I was deep in meditation for quite some time; I felt God's Presence; but when I realized I needed to know what time it was; I just thought or blurted out; I can't remember which - and I sensed God chuckling, saying to my heart, "what do you think IAM, your secretary?" Maybe it was my imagination; but I don't think I thought God would joke with me. It took me a long time to truly believe it. My story is way different than hers; even after being Confirmed at 35; feeling devout; praying with others; being involved with Pro Life (still am, very close to my heart); I rationalized the way I live, over and over and over --- for over twenty years due to be addicted to striving for acceptance & being loved so much I would rationalize my relationship. It really wasn't until Divine Mercy this year and since that God has given me the Grace of confidence by Jesus Christ not to rationalize serious sin. (Like, God understands my situation; I got myself into this relationship and it is too complicated to change. A lot more complicated than that but Providence found a way.) Thank God for God's InExhaustible Mercy and seeking out everyone no matter how distant who will by Grace turn back to God!
The number of young Catholics who are thinking Catholics gives me hope for the Church. Oh that this type of intellectual confrontation would take place in our Catholic schools today it would be a new Renaissance in the Catholic Church.
Welcome aboard Leah. Hope you wear a Scapular in good time. God bless you. I am a crib to coffin Catholic but your conviction for Jesus Christ God of gods amazes me.
Love this, love this, LOVE THIS!!!! Thanks for sharing this, Sis. Jo! Welcome back home, Sis. Leah Libresco! My prayers to you and your family, your parish and your community! Keep SMILING because you are LOVED, definitely! Our Big Boss, the Ever Living God, is winning so many atheists and agnostics (and protestants) as we speak... Praise and glory to Him, and Him alone, all Gratitude and worship! Keep the fires of the One True Faith alight and ablaze throughout the internet... Will be sharing this as well... Thanks for sharing this, Sis. Jo! Joseph theVagabond,
Leah hs come finally to the right place. The Catholic Church is criticized, ridiculed, given so many names by so many Christian denominations n innumerable pastors. The Catholic Church is the only authoritative body, who can act in the name of Christ. Christ gave authority to His desciples to build, reform, change, forgive n retain. Christ empowered the apostles to carry on in the world His work of Salvation. The pastors, though they bring Jesus known to many, do certain things without any authority from above.
The Roman church started well but fell into heresy .It changed the gospel and joined up to the PAGAN STATE which killed our Saviour .Then during it's history murdered thousands of true believers who would not agree with it .Like the Baptists who were baptized again as believers .
Sharia law comes from the exact same source. "thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother" Honor killing. "Thou shall not take the Lord's name in vain" Blasphemy - death sentence.
leah you probaby didnt plan to become a catholic and a christian in the faith but you were called and you answered and this was the important part of your conversion tksjamiepaul
God is Perfect --> Made a perfect man --> man sins --> man no longer perfect --> God is just = man must be judged for losing his perfection --> man sentenced to death because that's justice (when you are perfect you live forever) --> man no longer live forever and a lot bad things came with his imperfection(hunger,lust,getting tired,...) --> man lost his way into more sin --> God have a Plan --> start bringing back man from the road of damnation --> man re-understand God slowly as his prophet tutor the man --> man is ready to accept God --> God Became a man --> he died so he could pay the tribute Justice required --> people who are to far could not see --> pure hearted could --> Jesus is the only way to perfection (Life)
how could a clean white dress get dirty? by choice, free will, allowing evil to take control,etc... God is source of perfection ... God + man = Perfect man --> Perfect man - God = Me
we are the lamps and he is the electricity(source) ... when we are lid we are perfect but when we cut ourselves from the source when we aren't. “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
This conversion account is to me as intellectually profound as St Augustine's Confessions and Blessed John Henry Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua. Indeed, to arrive at magisterial Catholicism logically through meta-ethics is a first in my experience, which feels like a mental immersion in fractal structures that smell of your favourite flowers as they dance in time with a Rachmaninoff Concerto. And I'm totally not a feeling type!
"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine - but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight." - Hilaire Belloc
Great testimony. Wonderful woman. Interesting that Miss Leah picks out the name "Madison" for here college debate team nemesis. I do not know anybody named Madison or Morgan or Riley or Taylor. All the girls in my neighborhood were Lupe or Socorro or Xiomara or Shy Girl or Zully or Araceli or Porfiria or Malu o Xocoyotl or Payasa with the occasional Femisha or Margaret thrown in.
A truly inspirational presentation of the path from logic & ethics to religion, Christianity, Catholicism and God. I learned much and agreed with all I learned. I have never considered the search for God through a logical process - a fundamentally intellectual approach. Thank you for that! However, I disagree with a couple of your statements on Math. I have no problem with the conception of the number 2 (or any number) irrespective of any physical connection. For me numbers are beings of their properties, and incidentally have physical applications or connections. Your other proposition about math which with I disagree is that Math always leads to logical outcomes. Certainly this is not true: there are many valid derivations (for instance in number theory) that can lead to directly contradictory conclusions depending on the particular approach - most dramatically between the finite and the infinite. For example, in the details of constructing the bounds of the complex plane for the Riemann hypothesis. There are many much simpler examples.
How do ALL CATHOLICS BECOME ONE CHURCH, ONE BODY, ONE BRIDE, ONE TEMPLE??? What if you remain a non-partaker Protestant John 6:53??? Now, 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. What ONE SACRIFICE do all Catholics "participate in" and what are the effects for the many and what do we all BECOME per verse 17??? How does this "match" the old covenant passover and what Jews were REQUIRED per Exodus 12:5-8 to EAT for "Death to Passover"??? Jesus Christ is the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Peter 1:19) and tells you what to EAT and DRINK in every synoptic Gospel account of the "Last Supper" as He was celebrating and transforming the Exodus 12:14 "forever" GOD commanded Passover into the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20). How does that "match" John 6:54-58 that is all said in CONTEXT of the Passover (John 6:4) and what the "Lamb of God" says to EAT and DRINK in every synoptic Gospel account of the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER transformation (Luke 22:19-20)??? How does this "match" what EVERY EARLY CHURCH FATHER AND EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN BELIEVED FOR THE FIRST 1500 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY before satan's little minion Martin Luther came along??? www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/father/a5.html Please list out FULLY 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 telling me what Catholics "participate in" and the effects per verse 17??? Secondly, can mere "symbolism" found absolutely no where in the Bible do that???
"Christian is my name and Catholic is my surname. The one designates me; the other makes me specific. Thus I am attested and set apart...when we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name (William Jurgens, Faith of the Early Fathers, volume 2, p. 142).
Nena Christians all belong to the one Catholic(universal) church .The Roman church is not the true church ,it was corrupted by false teachers of the Pagan Roman state .CONSTANTINE for example changed the first day of the week to the day of the Sun and Christmas to the birth of the Sun god that he still worshipped.His so called conversion story was made up later as there are only pagan pictures on his arch in Rome .He used the church to try to unite the Empire and built the first St.Peters.The true believers fled Rome and moved to the Alps as the new Roman church started to persecute them ,later sending soldiers to hunt them down and kill them,wherever they were found .Look at the true history of the Popes , murderers ,adulterers ,sometimes several claiming to be Pope at the same time and fighting each other .It was all about politics position and greed.More recently have you seen the video on UA-cam BBC. Our world 2014 Ireland's hidden bodies hidden secrets.
"The Roman church is not the true church ,it was corrupted by false teachers of the Pagan Roman state .CONSTANTINE" If true (which it isn't and you won't find a single expert on this that agrees with you) then your bible is corrupt and not true because it wasn't compiled until long after Constantine. "for example changed the first day of the week to the day of the Sun and Christmas to the birth of the Sun god that he still worshipped" False history. Why are you repeating the claims of people who are atheists and protestant who hate the church and have been proven wrong by experts in the field over 100 years ago? "The true believers fled Rome " If true then why do you trust your bible? The bible was written, compiled and canonized by the Catholic church. The fact of the matter is your history isn't credible and neither are your beliefs insofar as they disagree with the Catholic church. Its a simple test. Go to the writings of the early church fathers and see if you find them teaching your protestant beliefs. Don't go to protestants to find out what Catholics believe but simply go to Catholic sources and original sources. If you do then you will find things like this: Ignatius of Antioch - disciple of the Apostle John and successor to Peter in Antioch On the church Jesus founded" "See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is administered either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church." -Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 8 On the Eucharist: "Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God… They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the Flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes." -Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 6 On the church in Rome: "to the Church wich also holds the presidency in the place of the country of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honor, worthy of blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy of sanctification, and because you hold the presidency of love, named after Christ and named after the Father; here therefore do I salute in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father." -Letter to the Romans, Intro He knew the apostles and his teachings match all the other men trained by the apostles. I'll bet you can't find one single instance of an early father teaching Protestant beliefs. Why is that?
@@tysonguess YOUR COMMENTS ARE BASED ON R.C. TEACHING AND NOT HISTORY . THE BIBLE WAS ON SCROLLS AND COMPLETE AS SOON AS IT WAS WRITTEN .EVEN JUSTIN MARTYR DECRIBES A CHURCH MEETING SAYING THEY READ FROM THE MEMOIRES OF THE APOSTLES i.e. NEW TEST .STILL ON SCROLLS . DON'T YOU KNOW THEY WERE HAND COPIED AND SENT ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEFORE ROME DECIDED TO ADD ON THE UNINSPIRED APOCRYPHA AND FORM A BOOK. EACH CHURCH HAD IT'S OWN ELDERS/BISHOPS . AT NO TIME DID ANYONE SAY ROME RULED .THEN IT JOINED THE PAGAN STATE BY BECOMING THE STATE RELIGION .DON'T SAY ALL THE PAGANS SUDDENLY WERE TRUE CONVERTS.
Adam Jones If you consider yourself to be an intellectual, that would mean you have studied all the evidence and come to reasoned conclusions. When you read the works of Aristotle, and Augustine, and Aquinas, and Merton, and Lewis, and Chesterton, what did you find lacking in their argumentation?
The Kantian moral imperative fell off a cliff and found its true self- nihilism. Why should one be good if there is no God? If God has been eradicated from the public sector, There is nothing but control of the many by the few.
merciful to those who believe in his mercy and just to those who don't ... if you believe that Jesus came down to earth and died on the cross and then resurrect it means you believe in his act of mercy it means you accept his sacrifice it means you have abolished his justice by giving it the sacrifice of Jesus ... so you can be judged mercifully ... i can explain in an easier way but its less informative ... hope it helped :D
Thomas Aquinas wrote extensively on this subject. Just as discipline and love are opposite sides of the same coin, justice and mercy are likewise. Peter Kreeft has several lectures on UA-cam that address this topic.
Sounds like Madison was jealous of you being "nice", and probably you had a reputation as a "good girl" that she wanted to pull down, by unmasking you for the horrible person she thought you must be underneath your squeaky clean image. So she tried to provoke you into losing your temper. Nasty people hate kind people because you shine a light on their meanness. Goodness makes a person attractive, regardless of their physical traits, meanness makes people unattractive, hence mean people will always become self conscious and worry that others are comparing them to this loving person they are sitting next to. They make themselves feel better about their selfishness, by telling themselves that so is everyone else, it's just that some people pretend not to be. I find it much easier to deal with people when I understand how they think. Also it's harder for them to manipulate you. My whole life has been a history of people trying to control and manipulate me. Ironically, all Madison achieved was making herself look even more mean.
We know he was married and he was not the only married pope. Pope Hormisdas (died c. 523 AD) was married and his son became Pope Silverius who reigned c . 536-537 AD
Ethan Reznr Evolution tells zero about morality and in a way it goes against it. If you see a drowning man evolution would tell you to let the man drown. Preserve your own DNA and move on.
You just stated why millions of people "irrationally" are attracted to that Jewish carpenter who, if truly the son of the Creator of time and space, has the power to suspend or transcend time and space if you do what he told his disciples: "Follow me."
Have you read Aristotle or Aquinas? Are you at all familiar with the arguments? Or, do you just intend to judge from a position of intentional ignorance?
Leah, please contact me - I can point out so many holes in your newfound ideology. As an ex-pastor, I have a unique perspective that you could benefit from. With a little friendly dialog, there is no question I can introduce you to a more reasoned truth. Your "atheism" was completely misguided - if you should be interested in truth for truth's sake - let's chat.
Piper Pruiksma let me simplify it to you... she is saying that atheism have morality... but it is incapable of good conscience... and catholicism provides both morality and good conscience. Morality deals with the separation between good and not good... good conscience however implies that not good can also be converted to good...
Well lol- not a strong Catholic then, if a short, talkative mathematician lady on UA-cam with a particular thinking style can throw you completely off your game😶
What a load of twaddle....peer group pressure, and a total word salad of a talk. However one can clearly see the psychological benefits of religious beliefs by her being so gleeful...
She is gleeful because her heart, like a billion others , has experieinced the reality of God's presence. May He enlighten you to see Him and taste the reality of His grace.
Did she seem sad to you? Quite the contrary. She's actually glowing! And you've got the other two right, she's really intelligent and proud! (Which is something I can't say of you, if your comment is any indication.)
you don't have to believe in god to believe in "the form of the good". why must there be a divine creator in order for there to be better and worse things to do, good and bad ways to be?
This just goes to show you, it doesn't matter by what flawed or outrageous means you arrived at Christianity, they will take you as long as you say you are Christian. The lack of critical thinking and the total lack of appreciation for valid logical argumentation is disgusting. Intellectually and scientifically bankrupt.
Tiberius, what an appropriate name for you. Tiberius the Roman emperor, known as the gloomiest of men, was the stepson of Augustus, grand-uncle of Caligula.... hmm
I am sorry you reject the testimony of billions who have experienced the grace of God. You don't see it because you are not pure in heart. Seek and shall find. Jesus is real.
I reverted to Catholicism just about 3 years ago after being an atheist for who knows how long. The best decision I have ever made and I thank God for it.
Welcome home. Can I ask how that happened?
Me too. Tell us your testimony.
TIZIANO DO NOT JUST RETURN TO TRADITION TURN TO JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SAVE YOU NOT YOUR NATIONAL CORRUPT CHURCH .READ THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR YOURSELF .START WITH JOHN ,AND 1 JOHN TELLS YOU WHO A CHRISTIAN IS . THEN LOOK AT THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE POPES. MURERERS .FORNICATORS.ETC
Wendy Mitchell How about reading Mt. 16-18? There you find the real church founded by Jesus in Peter, the 1st Pope... Where in the bible appears the name of your gold-digger pastor?
@@wendymitchell8245 And they have been no scandals of protestant pastors -Doug Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, Mike Hintz, Robert Tilton to name a few. Corruption is rife in Protestantism thus all the denominations and false preachers, it is from Protestantism you get Mormonism & The watch tower society.
Exceptional! I was enthralled my her presentation from beginning to end! She had intellect I wish I had but still found her way to God. It's just lovely
That was awesome, Leah. God really works on us mysteriously. That was a very articulate presentation of an intricate way a non believer understood the existence of God. But you presented it in a way that is easy to grasp. Welcome home, sister! May God always be your debating partner. I'm already aching to read a book written by you.
It may sound 'sappy' to some but her talking to God about the true, good, & beautiful in the Riemann hypothesis; isn't this great, don't You think so? yeah, me too; touches my heart. That whole part regarding building up the idea that God actually reaches down to us to talk to our hearts and is interested in what we are interested, also. But sad for me, I wasn't listening to God nearly enough, but rationalizing my situation and actions. Learning how much God loves me; and always sought me out no matter what; does bring joyous tears to my heart. One time on my journey; I was deep in meditation for quite some time; I felt God's Presence; but when I realized I needed to know what time it was; I just thought or blurted out; I can't remember which - and I sensed God chuckling, saying to my heart, "what do you think IAM, your secretary?"
Maybe it was my imagination; but I don't think I thought God would joke with me.
It took me a long time to truly believe it. My story is way different than hers; even after being Confirmed at 35; feeling devout; praying with others; being involved with Pro Life (still am, very close to my heart); I rationalized the way I live, over and over and over --- for over twenty years due to be addicted to striving for acceptance & being loved so much I would rationalize my relationship. It really wasn't until Divine Mercy this year and since that God has given me the Grace of confidence by Jesus Christ not to rationalize serious sin. (Like, God understands my situation; I got myself into this relationship and it is too complicated to change. A lot more complicated than that but Providence found a way.)
Thank God for God's InExhaustible Mercy and seeking out everyone no matter how distant who will by Grace turn back to God!
This was so eloquent, insightful, beautiful and uplifting. Thank you so much Leah! Greetings from Mexico.
The number of young Catholics who are thinking Catholics gives me hope for the Church. Oh that this type of intellectual confrontation would take place in our Catholic schools today it would be a new Renaissance in the Catholic Church.
welcome to the Church Leah!
Welcome aboard Leah. Hope you wear a Scapular in good time. God bless you. I am a crib to coffin Catholic but your conviction for Jesus Christ God of gods amazes me.
Awesome! I like your vivacity and enthusiasm about God and where He's brought you to. Welcome.
Excellent arguments - thanks for posting.
Love this, love this, LOVE THIS!!!! Thanks for sharing this, Sis. Jo! Welcome back home, Sis. Leah Libresco! My prayers to you and your family, your parish and your community! Keep SMILING because you are LOVED, definitely!
Our Big Boss, the Ever Living God, is winning so many atheists and agnostics (and protestants) as we speak... Praise and glory to Him, and Him alone, all Gratitude and worship!
Keep the fires of the One True Faith alight and ablaze throughout the internet... Will be sharing this as well... Thanks for sharing this, Sis. Jo!
Joseph theVagabond,
What an articulate speaker.... Beautiful!
I am very happy for you, Leah and God too.
Leah hs come finally to the right place. The Catholic Church is criticized, ridiculed, given so many names by so many Christian denominations n innumerable pastors. The Catholic Church is the only authoritative body, who can act in the name of Christ. Christ gave authority to His desciples to build, reform, change, forgive n retain. Christ empowered the apostles to carry on in the world His work of Salvation. The pastors, though they bring Jesus known to many, do certain things without any authority from above.
The Roman church started well but fell into heresy .It changed the gospel and joined up to the PAGAN STATE which killed our Saviour .Then during it's history murdered thousands of true believers who would not agree with it .Like the Baptists who were baptized again as believers .
She is brilliant. Our converts are igniting the tepid and increasing the lumens of those that are actively seeking truth.
“The 10 commandments are stamped on the heart of Man.”
St. Augustine
Sharia law comes from the exact same source. "thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother" Honor killing. "Thou shall not take the Lord's name in vain" Blasphemy - death sentence.
leah you probaby didnt plan to become a catholic and a christian in the faith but you were called and you answered and this was the important part of your conversion tksjamiepaul
all True and Beautiful comes from God.
Amen yes it does,all praise be God.
Yes, this insight I learned from my meditations
Leah, may you continue to embrace the Lord's Unfathomable Mercy. It is the Lords greatest attribute.
God bless former atheists like her who persevered and found their holy grail. Beautiful story. Welcome home.
Welcome to the Church, Leah!
God is Perfect --> Made a perfect man --> man sins --> man no longer perfect --> God is just = man must be judged for losing his perfection --> man sentenced to death because that's justice (when you are perfect you live forever) --> man no longer live forever and a lot bad things came with his imperfection(hunger,lust,getting tired,...) --> man lost his way into more sin --> God have a Plan --> start bringing back man from the road of damnation --> man re-understand God slowly as his prophet tutor the man --> man is ready to accept God --> God Became a man --> he died so he could pay the tribute Justice required --> people who are to far could not see --> pure hearted could --> Jesus is the only way to perfection (Life)
how can a "perfect man" sin?
how could a clean white dress get dirty? by choice, free will, allowing evil to take control,etc...
God is source of perfection ... God + man = Perfect man --> Perfect man - God = Me
***** why would something "perfect" choose to get dirty? You said "perfect man" Is this true or not?
third deceiving party :P
we are the lamps and he is the electricity(source) ... when we are lid we are perfect but when we cut ourselves from the source when we aren't. “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:15-16
"Morality loves me..." :) Very good
Here some sacred geometry for you: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone' Psalm 118:22
This conversion account is to me as intellectually profound as St Augustine's Confessions and Blessed John Henry Newman's Apologia pro Vita Sua. Indeed, to arrive at magisterial Catholicism logically through meta-ethics is a first in my experience, which feels like a mental immersion in fractal structures that smell of your favourite flowers as they dance in time with a Rachmaninoff Concerto. And I'm totally not a feeling type!
TRY FOXES BOOK OF MARTYRS,OR THE BAD POPES.
"The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine - but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight."
- Hilaire Belloc
@@wendymitchell8245 . If the Holy Spirit isn't involved it's not going 2 happen. They r blinded by satan
& false teachings.
@@ewaldradavich7307 Then pray He will open their eyes.
@@wendymitchell8245. I do. I have friends and family not saved. I understand the eternal consequences of leaving this earth without Jesus.
She is so devoted... God Bless!!!
Thank God Leah has found the truth. She is very intelligent.
SHELTON SHE HAS NOT
Stunning
she is on the surface.. it takes time to work through a system of belief.. it may turn out different in 10/20 years..
Great testimony. Wonderful woman. Interesting that Miss Leah picks out the name "Madison" for here college debate team nemesis. I do not know anybody named Madison or Morgan or Riley or Taylor. All the girls in my neighborhood were Lupe or Socorro or Xiomara or Shy Girl or Zully or Araceli or Porfiria or Malu o Xocoyotl or Payasa with the occasional Femisha or Margaret thrown in.
And all were believers!
What enthusiasm!!!
yea!!!!!
Does Leah Libresco have a YT channel? Anyone? :)
Javier's suicide is one of the most perceptive psychological descriptions in literature. Javier despaired in the face of mercy.
A truly inspirational presentation of the path from logic & ethics to religion, Christianity, Catholicism and God. I learned much and agreed with all I learned. I have never considered the search for God through a logical process - a fundamentally intellectual approach. Thank you for that! However, I disagree with a couple of your statements on Math. I have no problem with the conception of the number 2 (or any number) irrespective of any physical connection. For me numbers are beings of their properties, and incidentally have physical applications or connections. Your other proposition about math which with I disagree is that Math always leads to logical outcomes. Certainly this is not true: there are many valid derivations (for instance in number theory) that can lead to directly contradictory conclusions depending on the particular approach - most dramatically between the finite and the infinite. For example, in the details of constructing the bounds of the complex plane for the Riemann hypothesis. There are many much simpler examples.
How do ALL CATHOLICS BECOME ONE CHURCH, ONE BODY, ONE BRIDE, ONE TEMPLE???
What if you remain a non-partaker Protestant John 6:53???
Now, 1 Corinthians 10:16-17. What ONE SACRIFICE do all Catholics "participate in" and what are the effects for the many and what do we all BECOME per verse 17???
How does this "match" the old covenant passover and what Jews were REQUIRED per Exodus 12:5-8 to EAT for "Death to Passover"??? Jesus Christ is the "Lamb of God" (John 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Peter 1:19) and tells you what to EAT and DRINK in every synoptic Gospel account of the "Last Supper" as He was celebrating and transforming the Exodus 12:14 "forever" GOD commanded Passover into the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER (Luke 22:19-20).
How does that "match" John 6:54-58 that is all said in CONTEXT of the Passover (John 6:4) and what the "Lamb of God" says to EAT and DRINK in every synoptic Gospel account of the NEW COVENANT PASSOVER transformation (Luke 22:19-20)???
How does this "match" what EVERY EARLY CHURCH FATHER AND EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN BELIEVED FOR THE FIRST 1500 YEARS OF CHRISTIANITY before satan's little minion Martin Luther came along???
www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/father/a5.html
Please list out FULLY 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 telling me what Catholics "participate in" and the effects per verse 17???
Secondly, can mere "symbolism" found absolutely no where in the Bible do that???
"Christian is my name and Catholic is my surname. The one designates me; the other makes me specific. Thus I am attested and set apart...when we are called Catholics it is by this appellation that our people are kept apart from any heretical name (William Jurgens, Faith of the Early Fathers, volume 2, p. 142).
Nena Christians all belong to the one Catholic(universal) church .The Roman church is not the true church ,it was corrupted by false teachers of the Pagan Roman state .CONSTANTINE for example changed the first day of the week to the day of the Sun and Christmas to the birth of the Sun god that he still worshipped.His so called conversion story was made up later as there are only pagan pictures on his arch in Rome .He used the church to try to unite the Empire and built the first St.Peters.The true believers fled Rome and moved to the Alps as the new Roman church started to persecute them ,later sending soldiers to hunt them down and kill them,wherever they were found .Look at the true history of the Popes , murderers ,adulterers ,sometimes several claiming to be Pope at the same time and fighting each other .It was all about politics position and greed.More recently have you seen the video on UA-cam BBC. Our world 2014 Ireland's hidden bodies hidden secrets.
"The Roman church is not the true church ,it was corrupted by false teachers of the Pagan Roman state .CONSTANTINE"
If true (which it isn't and you won't find a single expert on this that agrees with you) then your bible is corrupt and not true because it wasn't compiled until long after Constantine.
"for example changed the first day of the week to the day of the Sun and Christmas to the birth of the Sun god that he still worshipped"
False history. Why are you repeating the claims of people who are atheists and protestant who hate the church and have been proven wrong by experts in the field over 100 years ago?
"The true believers fled Rome "
If true then why do you trust your bible? The bible was written, compiled and canonized by the Catholic church.
The fact of the matter is your history isn't credible and neither are your beliefs insofar as they disagree with the Catholic church.
Its a simple test. Go to the writings of the early church fathers and see if you find them teaching your protestant beliefs. Don't go to protestants to find out what Catholics believe but simply go to Catholic sources and original sources. If you do then you will find things like this:
Ignatius of Antioch - disciple of the Apostle John and successor to Peter in Antioch
On the church Jesus founded"
"See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Let that be deemed a proper Eucharist, which is administered either by the bishop, or by one to whom he has entrusted it. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church." -Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 8
On the Eucharist:
"Take note of those who hold heterodox opinions on the grace of Jesus Christ which has come to us, and see how contrary their opinions are to the mind of God… They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer, because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the Flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ, Flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father, in his goodness, raised up again. They who deny the gift of God are perishing in their disputes." -Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch 6
On the church in Rome:
"to the Church wich also holds the presidency in the place of the country of the Romans, worthy of God, worthy of honor, worthy of blessing, worthy of praise, worthy of success, worthy of sanctification, and because you hold the presidency of love, named after Christ and named after the Father; here therefore do I salute in the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father." -Letter to the Romans, Intro
He knew the apostles and his teachings match all the other men trained by the apostles. I'll bet you can't find one single instance of an early father teaching Protestant beliefs. Why is that?
@@tysonguess YOUR COMMENTS ARE BASED ON R.C. TEACHING AND NOT HISTORY . THE BIBLE WAS ON SCROLLS AND COMPLETE AS SOON AS IT WAS WRITTEN .EVEN JUSTIN MARTYR DECRIBES A CHURCH MEETING SAYING THEY READ FROM THE MEMOIRES OF THE APOSTLES i.e. NEW TEST .STILL ON SCROLLS . DON'T YOU KNOW THEY WERE HAND COPIED AND SENT ALL OVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEFORE ROME DECIDED TO ADD ON THE UNINSPIRED APOCRYPHA AND FORM A BOOK. EACH CHURCH HAD IT'S OWN ELDERS/BISHOPS . AT NO TIME DID ANYONE SAY ROME RULED .THEN IT JOINED THE PAGAN STATE BY BECOMING THE STATE RELIGION .DON'T SAY ALL THE PAGANS SUDDENLY WERE TRUE CONVERTS.
Wendy Mitchell get a life!!! Catholics gave the world the New Testament !!!!!
God bless you
Welcome home
Work hard on getting to the point!
GOD BLESS HIS ONE AND ONLY CATHOLIC CHURCH!!!
Count the “I”s and cut by 65% Don’t lose the listener! You have a lot to share!
I hung on every word. Twice. So…🤷♂️
If our moral intuitions did NOT come from god, how different would things be than they are today?
mm.. in what ways are you assuming that our moral intuitions comes from god ?
Adam Jones If you consider yourself to be an intellectual, that would mean you have studied all the evidence and come to reasoned conclusions. When you read the works of Aristotle, and Augustine, and Aquinas, and Merton, and Lewis, and Chesterton, what did you find lacking in their argumentation?
7:20 Probably unintentional, but also a very good argument against Relativism/subjectivism.
Leah, Jesus seek and you shall find. Awesome video
welcome to the true church of Christ.
"Practically Perfect in Every Way" (unjust ruler hahaha)
Squinch(sp) down to feel taller ?
James Kearney The ruler squinched down so she could feel taller.
Ben the Lutheran leads Leah the Atheist to God and the Catholic Church! What a Story!
WAYNE WHAT A SAD STORY FROM ERROR TO ERROR.
The Kantian moral imperative fell off a cliff and found its true self- nihilism. Why should one be good if there is no God? If God has been eradicated from the public sector, There is nothing but control of the many by the few.
How can god be both just and merciful?
merciful to those who believe in his mercy and just to those who don't ... if you believe that Jesus came down to earth and died on the cross and then resurrect it means you believe in his act of mercy it means you accept his sacrifice it means you have abolished his justice by giving it the sacrifice of Jesus ... so you can be judged mercifully ... i can explain in an easier way but its less informative ... hope it helped :D
wow, that's beautifully said...Never thought of it as being judged mercifully vs. justly....Thank you!
Adam Jones Quite easily. They are two different words with different meanings
Thomas Aquinas wrote extensively on this subject. Just as discipline and love are opposite sides of the same coin, justice and mercy are likewise. Peter Kreeft has several lectures on UA-cam that address this topic.
"Chesterton, Lewis...a little bit of Dostoevsky" Misplaced priorities...
a beautiful mind in a woman form...
Sounds like Madison was jealous of you being "nice", and probably you had a reputation as a "good girl" that she wanted to pull down, by unmasking you for the horrible person she thought you must be underneath your squeaky clean image. So she tried to provoke you into losing your temper. Nasty people hate kind people because you shine a light on their meanness. Goodness makes a person attractive, regardless of their physical traits, meanness makes people unattractive, hence mean people will always become self conscious and worry that others are comparing them to this loving person they are sitting next to. They make themselves feel better about their selfishness, by telling themselves that so is everyone else, it's just that some people pretend not to be. I find it much easier to deal with people when I understand how they think. Also it's harder for them to manipulate you. My whole life has been a history of people trying to control and manipulate me. Ironically, all Madison achieved was making herself look even more mean.
These videos should be subtitled: "I was a moron, and now I'm a bigger moron."
Doesn't Catholicism teach Peter wasn't married?
Cody Cook , no.
He had a mother in law
No. But Jesus taught : Some are born eunuchs, some are made eunuchs by others and some choose to be eunuchs for the kingdom of God.
We know he was married and he was not the only married pope. Pope Hormisdas (died c. 523 AD) was married and his son became Pope Silverius who reigned c . 536-537 AD
She's Hot
Not appropriate here
EVEN IF there is objective moral truth, that DOES NOTHING to get you to god.
but if it exists, where does it come from? that's her whole point
Ethan Reznr Evolution tells zero about morality and in a way it goes against it. If you see a drowning man evolution would tell you to let the man drown. Preserve your own DNA and move on.
You just stated why millions of people "irrationally" are attracted to that Jewish carpenter who, if truly the son of the Creator of time and space, has the power to suspend or transcend time and space if you do what he told his disciples: "Follow me."
Have you read Aristotle or Aquinas? Are you at all familiar with the arguments? Or, do you just intend to judge from a position of intentional ignorance?
Leah, please contact me - I can point out so many holes in your newfound ideology. As an ex-pastor, I have a unique perspective that you could benefit from. With a little friendly dialog, there is no question I can introduce you to a more reasoned truth.
Your "atheism" was completely misguided - if you should be interested in truth for truth's sake - let's chat.
Post Modern are you being serious? A little corny
Post Modern Why do you sound so desperate?
from conversion to apostasy?! give her a break... rotfl
i was catholic and after hearing what she said im going to convert to atheism. Nothing she said made sense or was logical.
Piper Pruiksma
let me simplify it to you... she is saying that atheism have morality... but it is incapable of good conscience... and catholicism provides both morality and good conscience. Morality deals with the separation between good and not good... good conscience however implies that not good can also be converted to good...
Well lol- not a strong Catholic then, if a short, talkative mathematician lady on UA-cam with a particular thinking style can throw you completely off your game😶
cerebral fanny are a bad dream u can't wake from - FACT.
What a load of twaddle....peer group pressure, and a total word salad of a talk. However one can clearly see the psychological benefits of religious beliefs by her being so gleeful...
She is gleeful because her heart, like a billion others , has experieinced the reality of God's presence. May He enlighten you to see Him and taste the reality of His grace.
What a sad woman, seems intelligent, believes fairy tales and nonsense, and is proud of it.
Did she seem sad to you? Quite the contrary. She's actually glowing! And you've got the other two right, she's really intelligent and proud! (Which is something I can't say of you, if your comment is any indication.)
So close but yet so far
you don't have to believe in god to believe in "the form of the good". why must there be a divine creator in order for there to be better and worse things to do, good and bad ways to be?
All good comes from God
This just goes to show you, it doesn't matter by what flawed or outrageous means you arrived at Christianity, they will take you as long as you say you are Christian. The lack of critical thinking and the total lack of appreciation for valid logical argumentation is disgusting. Intellectually and scientifically bankrupt.
Gotta love seeing atheists getting hysterical over someone rejecting their materialistic superstition and claiming to have anything to do with logic.
Interesting philosophy you have there...
Catholics are not Christians. They are Satan worshipers who are too stupid to know it.
...please ellaborate
Praying for you xx
Can you imagine being trapped in an enclosed space with this lunatic for a week?
Yep. 100%. No problem.👍
Welcome to the grand fairy tale, I don't believe her at all. I can't wait for her "speaking in tongues" video.
Tiberius, what an appropriate name for you. Tiberius the Roman emperor, known as the gloomiest of men, was the stepson of Augustus, grand-uncle of Caligula.... hmm
I am sorry you reject the testimony of billions who have experienced the grace of God. You don't see it because you are not pure in heart. Seek and shall find. Jesus is real.
You gotta work on excising that vocal fry from your speaking voice. Seriously
Really? Of everything she had to offer and put across, you don’t like her voice, and she should fix it? Ok…😶