Seems the only qualification to become a religious studies professor is to be
ignorant of spiritual things and have a lot of time on your hands.
This happens through the contemplation and study made by believers, who treasure these things in their hearts» and also through the «intimate
understanding of spiritual things they experience» (Dei Verbum 8).
in reality, in some ways I do agree with your post and that's the reason I also included that religionists can be equally arrogant in their
knowledge of spiritual things just as scientists.
The third good of marriage that Augustine outlines is sacramentum — marriage is a sacrament, like baptism, and is therefore a
sign of spiritual things.
It is astonishing how people who profess to be Catholics, and who claim to be
aware of spiritual things, don't know some of the basics of the Faith and haven't bothered to find out about them.
Marthe Robin was a young Frenchwoman, born in 1902, who contracted an illness while in her late teens, and eventually became an invalid, living in a darkened room because any light caused her intense pain, but writing and speaking in an ordinary way and revealing extraordinary wisdom, faith, and
knowledge of spiritual things all conveyed with kindness and affection to her many visitors.
I know a lot of Christians who are loving, tolerant, people, these folks weren't, and their attitude caused me to re-examine a
lot of spiritual things, and to deal with a lot of my questions about Christianity, which I've always had.
One of the things of note about Daniel was that he had a true understanding of science and
of spiritual things.
i find it incredibly funny when non believers attempt to interpret the bible ~ when we as christians should know they have no understanding
of spiritual things.