In this work Author Victor Emilio Haddad shares experiences that have led him to the absolute conviction of the existence of a Creator, of the immortality of Jesus Christ, and, more importantly, the immortality of the spirit of any human being-that life after death does continue. He makes mention of the history of the papacy, about which it is surprising to learn that many of the heirs of Saint Peter, ostensibly representatives of God, strayed from their pastoral vocation and committed some very reprehensible acts that have cast shadows over the image of the Papacy.

Auszug. � Genehmigter Nachdruck. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Reflections of a Believer

By VICTOR EMILIO HADDAD

BALBOA PRESS

Copyright � 2011 Victor Emilio Haddad
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4525-3603-3

Prologue..................................................................viiIntroduction..............................................................xiiiChapter 1. Life. Can it Be a Product of Chance?...........................1Chapter 2. Life After Death?..............................................7Chapter 3. Reincarnation?.................................................24Chapter 4. From The Universe..............................................39Chapter 5. On Birth Control...............................................47Chapter 6. A Bit Of History...............................................51Chapter 7. A Refreshing Breeze in the Desert..............................61Chapter 8. Study God?.....................................................65Chapter 9. Can We Understand God's Justice?...............................68Chapter 10. Fragments.....................................................75Chapter 11. Jesus Christ and His Message..................................87Chapter 12. A Conversation with My Friend Father Juan.....................103Conclusion................................................................117

Chapter One

LIFE. CAN IT BE A PRODUCT OF CHANCE?

This question is of fundamental importance in that if we are to accept that all this greatness arises through random combinations, then religion must be eliminated because we would, at the same time, be denying the possibility of the existence of a creative intelligence, which converts the concept of life after death of the body into an utopia, the possibility of miracles, and of the existence of other levels of life. To arrive at this conclusion, as I see it, is inacceptable, since it is evident that in recognizing a manifest intelligence in creation, it completely defeats the concept that all that greatness is an accidental product of random combinations of molecules. We should persuade ourselves that creation is CAUSAL and actually it is not so difficult to eliminate the possibility of a random, casual creation.

It is evident to me that in order for molecules to organize in an orderly and appropriate manner to create life, which is so inconceivably complex and perfect, the intervention of a higher intelligence is required. An intelligence that exceeds all possibilities of humanity's marvelous but limited intelligence. All of its magnitude. An intelligence that modifies the genetic design of organisms, as the surrounding environment changes. Finally, after thousands of millions of years, the environment is ripe to sustain life of organisms like you and me, a real miracle that allows us to be aware of ourselves and our surroundings, able to analyze, project, communicate through language, discuss ideas, institute laws, express our feelings, create, and unfortunately, also destroy. All this and more, much more, thanks to the intelligent design of the Creator.

There are those who believe that all this wonder is a product of the random combination of molecules that through trial and error, little by little, reaches the right combination and thus, eventually, leads to the correct sequence of a perfect organism. I respect their opinion, but differ totally. If coincidence were to achieve that incredible task, then we should accept that coincidence is intelligent, and therefore a creating intelligence. One way or the other, we would inevitably be proving the existence of a superior intelligence. But to be able to speak of intelligence, we should accept that it is obvious that it too should be capable of planning, analyzing, and programming for which the concept of creation by coincidence CANNOT BE INTELLIGENT, for IT IS INCAPABLE OF THINKING IN AN ORDERLY MANNER and therefore NOTHING can be created from it. The organisms should emerge perfect, complete, through a marvelous genetic programming. Without this process, which is inexplicable to us, no complete organism could exist.

In my search, I became convinced of the necessary existence of an intelligence - which I may call divine — exceeding all comprehension, and what we call God, omnipotent, omnipresent, of pure spirit, organizes the chaos with His LAWS, and manifests Himself in all the marvels of creation. Thus, it is logical to think that He decides to respect His laws because they are perfect.

Evolution has followed an orderly sequence through thousands of millions of years. Organisms emerge perfectly, by means of a marvelous genetic programming from one stroke, not through random changes or piecemeal. It is clear that life arises from the simplest of microorganisms and develops little by little in an orderly, perfect fashion. As such, it progresses from simplicity to complexity, seeking the esthetic, until it reaches the creation of intelligent beings capable of awareness of the Creator's work. If God could create everything perfectly from the beginning in a magical gesture, He would not have bothered to do so through programmed evolution over thousands of millions of years. It is clear that it is illogical to believe that the Almighty can, with one magical touch, bring trillions of bodies back to life, each one with different characteristics, none the same, for it would violate the universal laws that He Himself legislated. To me, it is clear that God is no magician. He performs his work in accordance with His laws and His science.

You may ask: thousands of millions of years? That is an absurdly long time.

For humanity, who lives in a four-dimensional sphere, it is indeed inconceivably eternal, but we must remember that time does not exist as such in other dimensions of existence. Time is relative, as it is in the world of matter, since it depends on the perception of the individual; for example, as when for someone at a party who has had a few drinks, five hours would seem all too short, whereas for a person that is in great pain, those same five hours would appear eternal.

Albert Einstein, in his brilliant hypothesis of the theory of relativity, predicted, as it has been demonstrated, that time passes much more slowly for someone who travels at a good speed, and faster for someone who remains stationary. Of course in that case, there is little speed, and the difference is minimal, but when we speak of speeds closer to that of light, an hour for the traveler in time can equal many, many days for those that remained on earth.

I wonder: what is the speed limit for the spirit? That of light or that of thought? How are we to know? But on not being limited by a slow body, nor subject to the force of gravity, takes on another dimension outside of the limitations of time space, which is another dimension governed by different laws of physics, it is possible that any one of the two options should be within reach. Thus, for a spirit, time can no longer be measured, for it passes by differently, according to the speed with which it is possible to go from one place to another.

The following is a quotation from A short history of nearly everything (2003), author, Bill Bryson.

Proteins are obtained when you unite amino acids, and we need a great deal of them. Nobody really knows, but there can be up to a million types of proteins in the human body and each one of them is a miracle. According to the laws of probability, proteins should not exist. To make one, you need to group together the amino acids - the bricks of life - in a set order, similar to how letters are grouped together to compose a word. The problem is that...

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