No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul.
Peter KreeftOur destiny is to be so intimately united with God that, as the mystics say, we not only see God's face but also see with God's face.
Peter KreeftMost theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.
Peter KreeftSocrates: So even our walks are dangerous here. But you seem to have avoided the most dangerous thing of all. Bertha: What's that? Socrates: Philosophy. Bertha: Oh, we have philosophers here. Socrates: Where are they? Bertha: In the philosophy department. Socrates: Philosophy is not department. Bertha: Well, we have philosophers. Socrates: Are they dangerous? Bertha: Of course not. Socrates: Then they are not true philosophers.
Peter Kreeft