The Purposeful Universe
Does order in nature imply purpose?
Recent Posts
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The Eucharist: A Love that Cannot Be Exceeded
In this clip Father Spitzer explains why the self-sacrificial nature of Eucharistic love makes it the only love that can save and forgive sins.
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Music, God’s Gift to Man: Music in the Church
Several years ago my spiritual director told me to study De Musica Sacra et Sacra Liturgia. Since then, music has shaped my devotion to the Church.
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Fr. Spitzer on Living Well with a Disability
In this clip from Father Spitzer's Universe, Fr. Spitzer addresses how he lives well with his own disability.
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Does God Care Whether I Exist?
It is an unfortunate and terrifying catechesis that presents God as a being whose happiness is indifferent to my existence.
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Alternatives to the Big Bang
There are 4 major alternative explanations for the formation of our universe: multiverse, cyclical universe, eternally static universe, and string theory.
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The Ideas Behind Black Holes
Things like black holes have the reputation of being something only wizards can understand. Yet the basic ideas behind black holes are straightforward.
Who We Are
Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., the President and co-founder of Magis, is a Catholic Priest in the Society of Jesus and former President of Gonzaga University. The Magis Center provides comprehensive and systematic responses to restore, reconstruct, and revitalize belief in God, the transcendent dignity of every person, the significance of virtue, the higher levels of happiness, love, and freedom, and the real presence of Jesus Christ.
Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.
Saint John Paul II: Fides et Ratio