April 22, 2013 – Catechism 2292 – 2301

The knowledge that we can obtain in science is limited because we are human and incapable of learning what we are incapable of learning.  Does anyone really believe that the human brain can learn all there is to know.  We cannot even explain but a fraction of how a brain works, let alone the maximum amount that it will ever be able to retain, yet people say that everything humans know is all we need to know.  That is not only wrong, it is sad that people limit themselves to that.  There is so much mystery out there that we can reflect on, it would be sad to think that it can all be explained by something the humans can fully understand.  It is just limiting.

The Church is against sterilization when it comes to surgeries performed by people trying to avoid children.  So, I was a little surprised to see the word “innocent” in the paragraph describing this. Not too long ago, crimes were punished by the sterilization of the convicted person.  That appears to have been something the Church was not against.  Hopefully no one from Planned Parenthood will ever read the Catechism and challenge the Church on there “inconsistent teaching” on sterilization.