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Origin of the Universe By Dr. Tom Sheahen Q.         In the movie “God is Not Dead,” in one scene it was said that physicist Stephen Hawking proved that the universe just created itself, by the law of gravity. Is that depiction accurate?             In one sense I can answer “yes” to your question about accurate depiction: Hawking really did write in his 2010 book “The Grand Design” that the universe created itself.   On the other hand, on the matter of whether Hawking is right, I would emphatically say “no.”             Stephen Hawking is an eminent physicist who has contributed some very innovated ideas about the behavior of black holes, and our understanding of cosmology is better because of that. Also, Hawking has Lou Gehrig’s Disease (A.L.S.) which makes him a very sympathetic figure.     ...

The following is the paper given at the August, 2013 Fourth International Lonergan Conference in Jerusalem. Religious Love in Bernard Lonergan as Hermeneutical and Transcultural Carla Mae Streeter, OP Aquinas Institute of Theology St. Louis, Missouri USA Abstract Does the fact that a scholar is religiously in love have any impact on interfaith relations? This question lies at the heart of this essay. Lonergan seems to think so, as indicated in these words: “In the measure that one’s love of God is complete, then values are whatever one loves, and evils are whatever one hates…affectivity is of a single piece. Further developments only fill out previous achievement.” ( Method in Theology, London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1971:39) In previous work (a 1986 thesis) the hermeneutical and transcultural aspects of this title were emphasized. In the present essay religious love will receive the emphasis. The ...