Monoxide Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Well, I am curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paphnutius Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I voted for 1, but please note that helping him to correct this does not always mean cramming Church teaching and Scripture down his throat. We are required out of charity to offer fraternal correction when someone's soul is at stake, but it is just that: charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morostheos Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 ^ What he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I chose 1 too, because we should try to correct him...but like the first person said...patiently. Does that mean we have to hang out with them on purpose for that reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didacus Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 The choice is obviously 1, and I agree it should be done in the spirit of charity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Like anybody else, we should always treat homosexuals with love and charity -- even if they are practicing homosexuals, even if they have a pro-gay agenda, even if they hate us. Unconditional love and charity is the best witness. Sometimes that means evangelizing, sometimes that means not saying a word about it. Just being there for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria40 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Absolutely! Somebody's sexuality issues don't automatically mean their not a person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazymaine catholic Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 i agree with everyone above me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLAM Dad Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I voted NULL because I believe that my responsibility ends at loving him as a neighbor. I may, in charity, choose to help him to amend his ways but it isn't my responsibility to do so...is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paphnutius Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) [quote name='OLAM Dad' date='Mar 2 2006, 01:25 PM']I voted NULL because I believe that my responsibility ends at loving him as a neighbor. I may, in charity, choose to help him to amend his ways but it isn't my responsibility to do so...is it? [right][snapback]901666[/snapback][/right] [/quote]Yes. Charity requires that we give up temporal things (such as time, money, food, etc..) in order to perserve what is everlasting (someone's soul). The amount that you are required to give up or sacrifice is of course correspondent to the need of the person. So if a person is in dire emergency (an unbaptized infant in imminent danger of death) you are bound by charity to do what you can to save that child's soul. Here this might mean baptizing the infant if a priest cannot be found within a reasonable time or dashing into a burning building to baptize the infant although it is very likely you will die in the process. (Note that in the second scenario the probability of being able to reach the baby to baptize in time must be certain) In this case though, the person is not in imminent danger of death, but there is a real need for action here. So while you are not bound to sacrifice a great deal here, you are bound to sacrifice a little at a time over time so that you fulfill your obligation out of charity. The person is living in mortal sin and so it is indeed your duty, as your brother's keeper, to bear light inconvenience to aid him. Edited March 2, 2006 by Paphnutius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 What I asked before...that doesn't mean you have to become friends and hang out with them, do you? The freak me out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photosynthesis Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 [quote name='Paphnutius' date='Mar 2 2006, 02:12 PM']I voted for 1, but please note that helping him to correct this does not always mean cramming Church teaching and Scripture down his throat. We are required out of charity to offer fraternal correction when someone's soul is at stake, but it is just that: charity. [right][snapback]901587[/snapback][/right] [/quote] amen we have an obligation to share the truth with all people we meet, but if it is not spoken in love then our efforts are worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Think of the most vile, the most evil, the most morally bankrupt person imaginable. He, too, is your neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I dont hang out with evil people either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ora et Labora Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 But you gotta point there, Era Might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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