Where Did I Come From? Where Am I Going? How Do I Get There?

by Rice, Charles E.; Farnan, Theresa; Rice, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9781587319297
• ISBN10: 1587319292
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: St Augustine Pr Inc

Summary

Where Did I Come From? Where Am I Going? How Do I Get There? is a complete course on Catholicism, featuring concise, reader-friendly, relevant prose. Straight answers are tailored for today's generation. Topics addressed include: Can I know anything? Can I know what God is like? How am I really in the image and likeness of God? What about my conscience? Am I a gift to others? What about my freedom? Is any sexual activity OK before marriage? Do we have to keep Grandma on a feeding tube forever?

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Answer and Decide	p. 1
Faith and Reason: What Are They? Can They Tell Me How to Live?	p. 9
But Can I Really Know Anything?	p. 14
What Can I Know about Myself? Can I Know Whether I Will Live Forever?	p. 20
What Can I Know about God? Can I Know that God Even Exists?	p. 26
Can I Know What God Is Like?	p. 34
What Has God Told Me about Himself? What Does He Do for a Living?	p. 41
Why Did God Make Me - and Everyone Else?	p. 44
So God Made Me in His Image?! How? And What Difference Does It Make?	p. 50
How Did It All Go Wrong?	p. 59
How - And Why - Did Christ Fix the Problem?	p. 65
How Is Christ with Me Today?	p. 74
The Church?! Why Do I Need It?	p. 82
The Natural Law? What's That All About?	p. 89
What about My Conscience?	p. 102
How Do I Relate to Others?	p. 111
Am I a Gift to Others? What about My Freedom?	p. 117
My Family - Image of the Trinity	p. 133
Sex - How Did It Get So Messed Up?	p. 141
The "Great Disruption": Truth and Consequences	p. 153
So, Do I Have Rights? Where Did I Get Them?	p. 165
Do I Ever Have the Right to Kill Somebody? What about Self-Defense?	p. 172
What about Abortion?	p. 178
Do We Have to Keep Grandma on a Feeding Tube Forever?	p. 184
What about the Death Penalty?	p. 193
But Can't I Kill People and Break Things in a War?	p. 198
Why Is This a Great Time to Be Here?	p. 206
Recommended Readings	p. 214
Index	p. 215
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