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captainmike
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long story, but i have been working on a liberal jewish friend of mine, trying to get him to attend mass. he says he will do it if i will go to a mosque with him.
can i do this?
can i do this?
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jakasaki
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Is this a DARE…??? Because it’s wrong whether it is or is NOT
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ConstantineTG
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Catholics are free to attend other faiths’ worship services as an observer. As long as you don’t go there and pray but merely observe, then its fine. Although I don’t know if you can be in there and not join the prayers. Unless perhaps its not prayer time. Best to ask a Muslim. But yes, its permissible for Catholics under the context I said.
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JHow
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Your friend’s comeback to you is not reciprocal, and you should decline on that basis. Since he is Jewish, offer to go to a Jewish meeting/event/service with him.
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Redratfish
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Yes, you can. If you had a Islamic friend, go with them. However, I must ask why your Jewish friend wants to go to a mosque?
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Patrick_Joshua
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I wouldn’t advice going to a mosque, specially since both of you ain’t Muslim it’s pointless.
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sojo
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I think you may all be missing the point here. Your friend may be trying to convey to you that the same fear/worry/horror you as a Christian may feel entering a mosque is the same fear/worry/horror he feels entering a Church. Some (but not all) Jewish people are taught to fear Christians as being constantly trying to convert them - the Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, and some evangelical faiths have gone so overboard and caused Jews and non-Christians to positively fear all Christians.
But there need be no fear. Entering a mosque or a synagogue is not going to “rub off” on you and make you any less Christian. And you can pray here, there or anywhere, of course! God is everywhere. Just say your own prayers to God - H will hear you just as well in a mosque as he does before the Tabernacle or in the bathroom, for that matter. But don’t skip Mass, of course! But in addition… why not?
As a Jewish convert myself, I know your friend will be pleasantly surprised to see how similar the Mass is to the temple (assuming he still attends temple?). Unlike most Protestant churches, the Catholic Mass still has many similarities to the Jewish temple ceremony.
I would call ahead and make sure it is OK with the mosque - most will assign someone to assist you on your visit so you will understand the customs and don’t do anything to offend.
But there need be no fear. Entering a mosque or a synagogue is not going to “rub off” on you and make you any less Christian. And you can pray here, there or anywhere, of course! God is everywhere. Just say your own prayers to God - H will hear you just as well in a mosque as he does before the Tabernacle or in the bathroom, for that matter. But don’t skip Mass, of course! But in addition… why not?
As a Jewish convert myself, I know your friend will be pleasantly surprised to see how similar the Mass is to the temple (assuming he still attends temple?). Unlike most Protestant churches, the Catholic Mass still has many similarities to the Jewish temple ceremony.
I would call ahead and make sure it is OK with the mosque - most will assign someone to assist you on your visit so you will understand the customs and don’t do anything to offend.
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Mikeoffaith
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Hmm your Jewish friend who you have been “working on” to attend mass with you has just said he will go, if you go to an Islamic mosque with him. Could your Jewish friend, who you have been pressuring to go to mass with you, possibly be saying that he would love to go to mass with you, when hell freezes over?
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captainmike
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nope. it’s a legitimate quid pro quo. mass for mosque.
i tried mass for synogogue. didn’t work.
long story.
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scottm
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I have attended Friday noon worship services a half dozen times. Fascinating. I enjoy them very much. Egos are checked at the door, with your shoes. It’s very humbling to be in a room of several hundred men all bowing to God.
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stormy99
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****Where do they put the women or am I asking a stupid question?
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scottm
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At the mosque I have attended the women are in another room. And I like it that way. It’s smart. Here’s why: they bow and prostrate a lot.
Picture yourself shoulder to shoulder with several hundred people, in straight lines, one line behind another. As a guy, picture two dozen females in your line of vision in front of you. And they all bend over.
I’m glad the women are in another room. It’s a very, very smart idea. Deeply wise.
Picture yourself shoulder to shoulder with several hundred people, in straight lines, one line behind another. As a guy, picture two dozen females in your line of vision in front of you. And they all bend over.
I’m glad the women are in another room. It’s a very, very smart idea. Deeply wise.
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Patrick_Joshua
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This is something I could not do, attending a Mosque for someone to preach a sermon what Muhammad did or something.
Did they know you was Catholic?, I know my family would go hysterical if I went to a Mosque.
Jewish Synogogue, I could go, I wish to attend one in distant future.
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scottm
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I visited one Jewish synagogue one time. It wasn’t the right one. Very shallow. Someday I’ll get to another one.
Ya, the guy in charge of the mosque knew who I was, because I checked in at the office lest I get caught stumbling aimlessly in the wrong place, or doing altogether the wrong thing. He was very cool.
I’ve read the Koran enough to know what’s going on. The Koran can be a very good book. I like it.
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The_Sentry
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No offense meant to anyone, but I can’t imagine attending a service of another religion. Christ’s life, death, and resurrection mean so much to me that I my conscience would go crazy in another religious environment!
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stormy99
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So the men are in the main room and the women in another…and as a female I wouldn’t want to look at a line of men bending over.’'stormyAt the mosque I have attended the women are in another room. And I like it that way. It’s smart. Here’s why: they bow and prostrate a lot.
Picture yourself shoulder to shoulder with several hundred people, in straight lines, one line behind another. As a guy, picture two dozen females in your line of vision in front of you. And they all bend over.
I’m glad the women are in another room. It’s a very, very smart idea. Deeply wise.
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Luigi_Daniele
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Brilliant!
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Patrick_Joshua
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I’m too zealous to be reading the Koran, only if I was going to read it with a critical eye.
Last time I heard, the Koran hit at the heart of the Christian faith, defrauding Christ as a mere prophet.
You’ve got more patience then me to read it.
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wwolverine
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From what I learnt in my cathecism, when a toddler, God is everywhere, thats why we dont pray to God in one particular direction or in one particular pose. We can pray anywhere and everywhere as the entire universe is His.
I would feel no harm in praying in the mosque or in the temple, as long as my God is in my heart. But certainly not with other muslims and in their stile of praying, but would rather sit in teh corner of the mosque or kneel and pray to the God I believe, if the muslims will not object.
My assumption. Correct me if I am wrong.
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wwolverine
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If its for muslim worship, than certainly not, but if i do need to pray to my God in the solitary cofinment and mosque is the place avilable and muslims dont mind my praying there than I wont mind, as I belive God is the owner of the entire universe, and mosque would be just one place for me to worship my God.
Is this question regarding praying like the muslims and to mohammed, than best would be NO.
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