Cartoon Key To Heaven. Fr. Robert J. Schubert
Cartoon Key To Heaven
by
Robert J. Schubert
Copyright 2007 Faith Media,
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For original edition:
Nihil Obstat:
JOHN A. SCHULIEN, S.T.D.. Censor Liborum
March 10, 1956
Imprimatur:
ALBERT G. MEYER, Archbishop of Milwaukee
March 24, 1956
1979 edition:
Nihil Obstat:
R.J. SOKOLSKI, Ph.D., Censor Liborum
Oct. 22, 1975
Imprimatur:
Thomas Tschope Bishop of Dallas
Nov. 12, 1975
2007 edition:
Nihil Obstat:
Dr. Robert Gotcher, PhD, Censor Liborum
June 14, 2007
Imprimatur:
Timothy M. Dolan, S.T.D., D.D., Archbishop of Milwaukee
June 19, 2007
Dedicated To Our Queen And Mother
All quotations from the Bible
Are from the Confraternity version.
The purpose of this booklet is to provide a speedy method of
presenting the proofs from reason underlying our faith. St. Peter
says: “Be ready always with an answer to everyone who asks a
reason for the hope that is in you.” (I Peter 3, 15).
2007 Edition (Published with revisions and permission of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee)
Chapter I. How do you know there is a God?
1.The argument to the First Cause
The oak tree I see came from an acorn.
That acorn came from another oak tree.
That oak tree came from another acorn.
That acorn came from another oak tree.
But WAIT a minute!
..You cannot go on like that forever!
There must have been a first oak tree
No. 1
Or a first acorn.
No. 1
And that first tree or first acorn could not cause itself.
So, there must have been a cause of the first acorn or the first tree.
The ultimate cause must have been uncaused.
THE UNCAUSED FIRST CAUSE OF ALL THINGS
That First Cause we call - God
2.The argument to the First Mover (or First Energizer)
Nothing moves of itself.
Even you –
Need food –
To give you strength to move.
Don’t eat for a few weeks - and see if you move –
Where does the food get the energy to give you?
From the ground –
From the rain –
From the sun –
But where did these things get the energy to give it to the food you eat to give you energy?
From the FIRST MOVER, THE FIRST ENERGIZER of all things.
That First Mover we call - God
(The only alternative is an unending series of things in motion-which is impossible because, no matter how long a rope is, it will never move unless it’s pulled. Or, to put it another way... can a dozen blind men see?)
3.The argument to the Necessary Being
See this chain
It’s hanging in the air. If we want to keep it there, we better hang it on a hook.
Close your eyes... and imagine that you are not here
I am not here
The world is not here
Nothing is here – absolute nothing
The point is – IF NOTHING IS HERE TO BEGIN WITH, CAN ANYTHING EVER BE?
From nothing comes nothing,
If there was nothing in the beginning,
There IS nothing now.
To be consistent, an atheist cannot be content
To deny the existence of God
He must deny the existence of ANYTHING.
No - You cannot be
I cannot be
the world cannot be
nothing can be
