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The Power of One - Why Be Catholic?

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The Power of One - Why Be Catholic?

Having a math leaning brain, I often reconcile issues numerically, and evaluate scenarios in terms of their probability. 

I even reconciled the idea of God by reason and probability.  In contemplating an immensely ordered, complex and interconnected world, there was no way that burst into being as a chemical accident. The odds were simply too great against it.

As I began to research the claims and history of various spriitualities, I found the veracity of Christianity to be not only the most holistic, but more importantly, true. There was enormous historical documentation that Jesus Christ did in fact live, teach and die. This wasn’t a myth or fable – this was a person, and one well documented in history.

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The Intro

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The Intro

You have probably watched the movie, “Forrest Gump,” and can recall the scene when his friend Jenny shouts, "Run, Forrest, run," inspiring what would become an epic three year odyssey running across the country. 

We have all likely encountered something similar to Jenny’s prompting.  A seemingly innocuous comment strikes us as a clarion call, which shakes us from the din of our normal routine and we pivot in an entirely new direction. 

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