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Testimonials
"As a catechist who has
taught religion for over 30
years, I find this new series of
products to be the most exciting
new educational materials I have
seen to date. Understanding that
we lose over 30% of our
graduating students every year to
doubts created by their agnostic
or atheist friends, we finally
have the scientific proof we need
to show that God does, indeed,
exist. The materials begin with
the documentary DVD, Cosmic
Origins and progress through The
Reason Series (High School /
Confirmation Classes), College
Lectures and College Classes, and
culminates with the adult series,
In The Beginning. Fr. Robert
Spitzer has assembled a complete
array of materials that can be
taught by lay people with minimal
science background."
"The Reason Series materials
include: five (5) DVD video
lectures and supporting Faculty
Guide + Student Workbooks
containing links to additional
resources and a link to the
online forum. The College Lecture
Series offers several inexpensive
sets of online college
lectures.These are
"not-for-credit" course intended
for those who really want to
delve in to the scientific
evidence for God. College credit
is available through the College
Courses offered online through
Benedictine College. In the
Beginning, the adult series,
includes four (4) DVD video
lectures and an outstanding
Student Workbook. The workbook is
filled with interesting facts and
questions suitable for group
sharing to review the video
presentations. All in all, I'm
thrilled to have an opportunity
to present these fascinating and
definitive materials pointing to
our Loving Creator."
Mike Noggle, Catechist
Irvine, California
"I will begin using 'The
Reason" in my 9th grade Catholic
high school religion classes as
soon as it is available. It
provides something that most
textbooks do not—a reason
for believing in an intelligent
and powerful Creator FROM
SCIENCE. Having taught high
school religion for 28 years, and
having heard every possible
argument there is for not
believing in God, I know that
'The Reason" will help me
establish the case that science
cannot disprove God's existence,
but actually makes belief in God
more reasonable. If our students
understand what the evidence is
saying, they will see that good
science is fully compatible with
good theology."
Claude LeBlanc, Theology
Department Chair
Don Bosco Technical
Institute
"I have often encountered
student questions of how the
universe originated, how
evolution squares with creation
accounts in the Bible, and
whether science and religion are
really at odds with each other,
as is commonly portrayed in mass
media. Students are often
ill-at-ease with what they
mis-perceive as conflicting roles
of both religion and science in
attempting to explain the origin
of the universe. I recently
field-tested The Reason: What
Science Tells Us About God, to
high school students from grades
9 through 12, and asked students
what they learned from it.
Overall, they gained a much
clearer understanding of the
strengths and the boundaries of
both science and religion. These
were clearly differentiated - the
Bible is not a science text, and
science cannot measure anything
outside the physical universe.
The strengths of science were
then applied to showing what is
currently known about the origin
of the universe. The scientific
evidence for a beginning was very
well explained, and at a level
that the students could clearly
understand. The power of science
was shown to point to a cause,
but limited only to measuring the
results of the cause. This series
was valuable in showing what
*can* be known about the
beginning, and also to
eliminating the misconception
that science and religion must
somehow always conflict with each
other."
Anne Perrella, Teacher,
Science/Math
Holy Family Academy, Manchester,
New Hampshire
"I just wanted to say thank
you for the beautiful reason
series. We are using it for our
11th grade homeschooled son &
we couldn't be happier with the
content, format and "reliability"
of this program. It was such a
huge blessing to watch the dvd's
with him and work through the
book together - I learned as much
if not more than he did! I wish
every high school had this series
- teens would have the background
they need to defend their faith
in college and beyond. I can't
wait to see your next series! I
could watch a program done this
well every week of the year!! God
bless you and prosper the work of
your hands! A blessed advent
& Merry Christmas to
you!"
Lynn Albanese
Mahwah, New Jersey
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