A Suggested Prayer

[Hananiah]

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

I firmly believe and profess that reality is objective, that is, it exists independently of any human perception, including my own, and also that truth is a state of correspondence between belief and this reality, and that all beliefs which fail to meet this criterion, no matter how meaningful to the one who holds them, are false. I maintain that my beliefs correspond to objective reality, and since two contradictory beliefs cannot both be true, in so doing I must necessarily also maintain that all beliefs which contradict my own, including those of a deeply held religious nature, do not; that is to say, they are false and the people who hold them are wrong. Moreover, I also believe and profess that truth is desirable and falsity dangerous. Hence it is profitable that those who hold false beliefs be dissuaded from their errors and brought to the knowledge of the truth, which task is best accomplished through deductive reasoning, since true premises and sound logic always yield true conclusions. Finally, I firmly believe and profess that all truth, including and especially moral and religious truth, is by nature immutable and absolute, and that it is, without any taint of error, contained in and expounded upon by the magesterium of the Catholic Church, which was founded by Your Divine Son made Man upon the rock of St. Peter, the Pope. Glory be to You almighty Father, always now and ever and forever.

In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

[XIX]

Okay okay okay, lemme get myself straightened out here...for the record I suppose:

I don't really deny anything that you say, assuming I read it correctly. I'm no moral relativist, and I firmly believe that pro-aborts, Protestants (my Grandma included) Jews, Muslims, polygamists, etc. are dead wrong in at least some ways.

I also believe that pro-aborts, Protestants (my Grandma included) Jews, Muslims, polygamists, etc. can still be saved; while they are not official members of the Catholic Church, they do belong to the Church insofar as they may desire the truth, do good deeds (through whom else but Christ?), albeit they have at least one hand tied behind their backs spiritually. Hence, they should still be led toward the Catholic faith if possible.

To believe otherwise, unless I possibly miswrote or misunderstood something, would be a direct contradiction to what the one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church says on these issues.

[Pio Nono]

JMJ
4/18 - Divine Mercy Sunday

You could also have the agnostic's prayer from [i]Brideshead Revisited[/i] -

"O God, if there is a God, save my soul, if I have a soul. Amen." How cool is that?

[Dave]

[quote name='Pio Nono' date='Apr 18 2004, 07:37 PM'] You could also have the agnostic's prayer from [i]Brideshead Revisited[/i] -

"O God, if there is a God, save my soul, if I have a soul. Amen." How cool is that? [/quote]
Very cool!

[God Conquers]

I love the prayer Hananiah, did you compose it or find it?

[Donna]

Excellent, Hananiah!

[Hananiah]

Thanks, I wrote it.

[God Conquers]

Ya, then good job! I was thinking about it while writing a philosophy exam today!