Catholic church collects money for mosque

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Catholig said:
I think it is stupid that the Church’d have a collection to build a mosque.

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Scandalous rather than stupid. How could we as Catholics, give money that would be used to contribute to the building up of another religion?

This is plainly and simply a scandal.
 
Eileen_T said:
Scandalous rather than stupid. How could we as Catholics, give money that would be used to contribute to the building up of another religion?

This is plainly and simply a scandal.
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Maybe because it promotes an attitude of dialogue and support between the interreligious community as a whole? Muslims are not the enemy.
 
I seem to recall reading an admonition in some book that we are to love our enemies. Now, who said that…?
 
This must be a very small or poor parish. Their Sunday collection is only 350 Euros. If they are small, I suggest they spend the money to increase their membership, if they are poor they probably need the money themselves or perhaps they could repay the protestants who helped them finish their own building project. They may even want to help the family of the man who was beaten into a coma by Muslims. In the end it is their money and they can do what ever they wish with it, I would not contribute to the building of a mosque.
 
geezerbob said:
I seem to recall reading an admonition in some book that we are to love our enemies. Now, who said that…?
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Yes we should love our enemies - but we shouldn’t fund the building of a mosque so they can say that Jesus didn’t die of our sins, and lead people away from the truth.

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My church was built years and years ago through gifts given by the (then) two local protestant churches. One was Baptist, and I cannot recall the other, I believe it might have been Presbyterian. I always try and remember that whenever I feel resentful at anti-Catholic protestants. It is through gratiousness of these churches that I have a church (and a beautiful one too).

HOWEVER, that is Christians helping Christians. I wouldn’t feel too many pangs of guilt towards helping Protestants (or Orthodox) but IMHO this is completely uncalled for and scandalous. Helping individual Muslems maybe, but helping to further a false religion in such a solid manner is not right.
 
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do you think muslims would ever raise money for a church?
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More like raze it to the ground.

This is scandalous and stupid. To support a violent anti-Christian religion is one of the worst things that this church could do :mad:
 
Are the Muslims willing to allow a Mass to be said at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?

Heck, I’d support a trade
 
Lance said:
This must be a very small or poor parish. Their Sunday collection is only 350 Euros. If they are small, I suggest they spend the money to increase their membership, if they are poor they probably need the money themselves or perhaps they could repay the protestants who helped them finish their own building project. They may even want to help the family of the man who was beaten into a coma by Muslims. In the end it is their money and they can do what ever they wish with it, I would not contribute to the building of a mosque.
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And yet the widow with two coins contributed more than all the wealthy men who gave before her.

This is wonderful – truly showcasing what Christian charity and love should be.
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Brendan:
Are the Muslims willing to allow a Mass to be said at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?

Heck, I’d support a trade.
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Love does not ask for a down payment. Father Muerer and the parish of St Theodore’s should be an inspiration to all Catholics, and indeed everyone.
 
Brendan said:
Are the Muslims willing to allow a Mass to be said at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul?
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Muslims don’t have the ability to allow it. The Turkish government, which is stridently secular, controls the Hagia Sophia and doesn’t allow any religious services there. It is a museum.

I’m not sure why people are bothered by what that church in Germany is doing. Obviously it is meant as a gesture of goodwill - an attempt at establishing friendship between two religious communities. Our world could do with a lot more such friendship!
 
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do you think muslims would ever raise money for a church?
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When the Church of St. John was converted into the Umayyad mosque, the caliph at the time not only offered money and bought the church, he even offered for free to rebuild another church in Damascus.

But that being said, yes I think it sends mixed signals when we, as a church, raise money to build another religious edifice. But this sounds like this was an isolated incident, I don’t think I have ever heard of any other churches offering to build non-Catholic buildings or the like. What I do find troubling though is how many Fundamentalist churches offer money for Jewish places of worship, and even wish to see the temple in Jerusalem rebuilt (despite the fact that would be a complete rejection of the whole Christian faith if one were to do so)
 
Wow. This is indeed scandalous. How disgusting that a Catholic Church would take up funds to contribute to another religion! Lord have mercy on us.
 
Exalt said:
Maybe because it promotes an attitude of dialogue and support between the interreligious community as a whole? Muslims are not the enemy.
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May i respectfully say that i am sick and tired of the theology of “dialogue”. We are selling our Holy Faith, the faith of the martyrs, of the Saints out. Christ has called us to proclaim His Gospel to every creature under heaven. The term “dialogue” to me connotates equality, two equals sitting down to discuss.
While we are equal as human beings in our discussion, we must never deny that our Holy Roman Catholic Faith is THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD. To compromise it or obscure it by ambiguity is scandalous. Jesus said that who ever confesses Him before men, he will confess before the angels of the Father. He also said whoever denys Him before men, he will also deny before the father. We should be respectful of people of course, but never deny the truth or obscure it. We should be more concerned with letting the Lord down, than we are with “dialogue”.
 
elijahson said:
May i respectfully say that i am sick and tired of the theology of “dialogue”. We are selling our Holy Faith, the faith of the martyrs, of the Saints out. Christ has called us to proclaim His Gospel to every creature under heaven. The term “dialogue” to me connotates equality, two equals sitting down to discuss.
While we are equal as human beings in our discussion, we must never deny that our Holy Roman Catholic Faith is THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD. To compromise it or obscure it by ambiguity is scandalous. Jesus said that who ever confesses Him before men, he will confess before the angels of the Father. He also said whoever denys Him before men, he will also deny before the father. We should be respectful of people of course, but never deny the truth or obscure it. We should be more concerned with letting the Lord down, than we are with “dialogue”.
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Amen!!!
 
elijahson said:
May i respectfully say that i am sick and tired of the theology of “dialogue”. We are selling our Holy Faith, the faith of the martyrs, of the Saints out. Christ has called us to proclaim His Gospel to every creature under heaven. The term “dialogue” to me connotates equality, two equals sitting down to discuss.
While we are equal as human beings in our discussion, we must never deny that our Holy Roman Catholic Faith is THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND LIFE IN THIS WORLD. To compromise it or obscure it by ambiguity is scandalous. Jesus said that who ever confesses Him before men, he will confess before the angels of the Father. He also said whoever denys Him before men, he will also deny before the father. We should be respectful of people of course, but never deny the truth or obscure it. We should be more concerned with letting the Lord down, than we are with “dialogue”.
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AMEN!!!

RS
 
Mirdath said:
Love does not ask for a down payment. Father Muerer and the parish of St Theodore’s should be an inspiration to all Catholics, and indeed everyone.
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But that is just the point.

Assisting them in their erronous view of God isn’t Love, it’s a type of hate.

If they truly LOVED them, they would bring them to true worship, to remove the blindness of Islam and replace it with the True Light of Christ.

Why is any enhancement of their spiritual blindness to be considered ‘love’?
 
about a year ago i read in the knights of columbus magazing an article praising a priest in iraq who helped rebuild mosques:banghead:
 
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