The First Commandment? Forgetaboutit!

[Budge]

Can anyone tell me how confusion is going to be avoided at a joint prayer session to Jehovah, Buddha, and Shiva?

Double-speak messages.

Now all prayer is unified, so I guess if someone goes and prays to Zoraster and another guy prays to the great green horned god--Wiccan-- everyone is one big happy family?

The Popes are leading the world into the false antichrist gospel.



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Pope: Interreligious prayer meetings are needed even more today

By John Thavis
Catholic News Service

ASSISI, Italy (CNS) -- On the 20th anniversary of the first interreligious prayer meeting in Assisi, Pope Benedict XVI said the initiative had been a "prophetic" way for various faiths to witness against conflict and war.
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The pope said such gatherings were needed even more today, when younger generations of all faiths must learn that prayer "does not divide, but unites" and that religion must never be used as an excuse for violence.[/size]

The pope made his comments in a message Sept. 4 to the 20th Interreligious Prayer Meeting for Peace in Assisi, Italy. Sponsored by the Sant'Egidio Community, the two-day encounter brought together more than 150 representatives of various world religions.[size=5]

The pope's message offered a strong endorsement of the interfaith meetings that began in Assisi in 1986, surprising some observers. Vittorio Messori, a well-known Italian Catholic writer, had reported that as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future pope had strong doubts about the 1986 meeting and felt it emphasized spectacle over faith.[/size]

But in his message, Pope Benedict said Pope John Paul II had correctly perceived the value of having leaders of different faiths gather to send a message that true religion builds bridges and has nothing to do with violence.

"His invitation for a choral witness to peace served to clarify, without any possibility of misunderstanding, that religion can only be a source of peace," he said.

The 1986 meeting and those that followed have also highlighted the importance of prayer in changing human hearts and helping to clear the often difficult path to peace, the pope said.

"We need this 'education to peace' more than ever, especially looking at the new generations," the pope said.

"Many young people in areas of the world marked by conflict are educated in sentiments of hatred and vengeance, in ideological contexts that cultivate the seeds of ancient animosities and prepare hearts for future violence," he said.

The pope addressed bluntly the accusation, aired in some conservative church circles, that the Assisi meeting represented an injudicious blending of different faith elements and prayer expressions.

He noted that 20 years ago Pope John Paul emphasized that the religious leaders had not come together to seek a religious consensus or "negotiate" their faith convictions. Pope Benedict said the policy chosen in 1986, which continues today, is for the various religions to pray in their own distinct way even as they gather to witness in the same place. In this way, confusion is avoided, he said.

{GEE FALSE RELIGIONS ARE UNIFIED IN PRAYER BUT SOMEHOW CONFUSION IS AVOIDED, O....K....}

"The convergence of diverse representatives should not give the impression of a concession to that relativism which negates the very meaning of truth and the possibility of taking it in," he said.

The pope also offered a historical perspective on the 20 years that have followed the first interreligious prayer meeting. He said the fall of European communism and the promise of a more cooperative globalized economy generated hope for a new era of peace.

"Unfortunately, this dream of peace did not come true. On the contrary, the third millennium opened with scenarios of terrorism and violence that show no sign of dissolving," he said.

He said the fact that many conflicts today occur along regional geopolitical fault lines may give the impression that religious differences themselves constitute elements of instability or a threat to peace.

That only gives added relevance to the interreligious prayer meetings for peace, he said.[/quote]

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, I read Bible Prophecy books that forecast world unity of religions would come about on a false antichrist "peace" plan.

The above is why I am SURE in my belief that the Catholic Church is the false counterfeit church warned of in Revelation.

Well the Pope just tossed this commandment in the trashcan...

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[Eutychus]

When you FLUNK Christianity 101.

When you FLUNK, the First Commandment.

You have put yourself OUTSIDE of Christ's "church" [ followers ]

It really IS THAT SIMPLE. One doesn't even TRY to understand [b][u]praying jointly WITH [/u][/b]pagans. One instictively recoils in horror at anyone who does then TRIES to tell you that this is OK with God, and within the confines of apostolic Christian teachings.