Budge Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 IVe pointed out Catholicism teaches against abortion to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 [quote name='Budge' post='1251941' date='Apr 21 2007, 06:40 PM']IVe pointed out Catholicism teaches against abortion to her.[/quote] Thank you for doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathoholic_anonymous Posted April 21, 2007 Author Share Posted April 21, 2007 (edited) Nor do we believe that other all religions lead to God. We believe that some people of other faiths may reach God. This doesn't mean that all religions are equal. It means that some people of other faiths are so consumed by a quest for God that they are able to pray in His name without knowing it. Implicit faith. In these cases the emphasis is on the soul of the person, and not on the religion that they follow. This has been explained to you before, but you are not good with subtleties. Edited April 21, 2007 by Cathoholic Anonymous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budge Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 [quote]We believe that some people of other faiths may reach God. This doesn't mean that all religions are equal. It means that some people of other faiths are so consumed by a quest for God that they are able to pray in His name without knowing it. Implicit faith. In these cases the emphasis is on the soul of the person, and not on the religion that they follow.[/quote] And the best favor that can be told someone who is a true seeker after God, knowing they are missing something but cant put their finger on it, is that Allah of Islam, Buddha, Vishnu are not archetypes of "god" but that the God of the Bible is the one true God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggyie Posted April 22, 2007 Share Posted April 22, 2007 [quote name='Budge' post='1252849' date='Apr 22 2007, 09:52 AM']And the best favor that can be told someone who is a true seeker after God, knowing they are missing something but cant put their finger on it, is that Allah of Islam, Buddha, Vishnu are not archetypes of "god" but that the God of the Bible is the one true God.[/quote] Well, I am sure that every good Catholic is happy to tell people that there is only one true God. But people don't worship false deities like Vishnu etc just for the heck of it. These false gods are beings that have been fabricated to fill the hole in the human heart where the worship of Jesus Christ would be. When it's said that these deities are "archetypes of God" we aren't saying that it's aok to keep worshiping them or that they're real. It's just an acknowledgment that they are usually an (inadequate) expression of that "seeking" you mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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