{"id":5666,"date":"2005-10-02T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2005-10-02T19:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2005\/10\/02\/would-you-beleive\/"},"modified":"2005-10-02T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2005-10-02T19:31:23","slug":"would-you-beleive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2005\/10\/would-you-beleive\/","title":{"rendered":"Would you beleive …?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From and article in Jewsweek<\/a> on the Late Donald James Yarmy (Don Adams)<\/p>\n

After the miracle that saved his life, Don felt a consuming thirst for a firm faith. In an effort to fill his need, he began a study of all religions, including Roman Catholicism. His mother had him baptized as an infant but this was something Don’s father didn’t learn for twenty years.<\/p>\n

"I doubted, I questioned, I challenged," Don says. "I felt that Catholicism was the religion that offered what I sought, but I couldn’t accept it blindly. After a year and a half of instruction, I was climbing the walls." A Jesuit priest was his mentor. "I wanted clear-cut answers to questions. The answer, ‘Because it’s God’s will,’ was never enough for me. If you grow up with a complete, unquestioning faith –as my wife did– it’s easy. But when you wait until you are nearly 20 years old and then approach religion intellectually, it’s very difficult. Very, very difficult.<\/p>\n

"I remember that the priest finally said to me, ‘You wouldn’t like to have a religion that makes things easy for you.’ Now I know that both faith and intellect are components of religious belief."<\/p>\n

A practicing Catholic today, Don has not forgotten that his father, whom he loves, is a Jew. And that it was the Divinity that rules over all faiths that brought him back to life. That’s why he can say, "God knows why I’m a Catholic and a Jew…."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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