G.S.A, Day of Silence, etc

[MikeinSD]

If this is your understanding of the Church, then you are sorely mistaken and ought to takemore responsibility to at least do some minimum education of the Catholic faith (suggest start with the Catechism of the Catholic Church) before posting these distorted and embarrasing posts on a Catholic forum.

Sorry that you are embarrassed. I did not mean to humilate or embarrass you… But traditional Christian theology does say that.
Pius IX, DS 2915 and Leo XIII,
DS 3250) condemned “an evil opinion that souls can attain eternal salvation just any profession of faith, if their morals follow the right norm.”
So although people who do not formally join can be saved, as LG #16 says,
and #10 also says, they are not saved such a
faith. It is in spite of it.
ewtn.com/library/SCRIPTUR/EXTRAECC.TXT

Be that as it may, I thought the OP brought up an excellent point. How do we deal with people who look, think, and act different than we like in public institutions?

I think the OP is now learning some excellent training on a fundemental skill. In the workforce, in my experience, workers cannot get rid of folks who look, think, and act different than a particular individual likes. Unfortunately, we aren’t paid to work with people who agree with us. So we have to learn to tolerate our co-workers. And high school is not too soon to start.

I don’t see a problem with this.

 

[Dale_M]

But traditional Christian theology does say that.
Pius IX, DS 2915 and Leo XIII <snip!>

Hmmm…Some of the older texts are unclear as to their meaning. Fortunately, the teaching has been clarified.
Ad gentes:

it will be in the sincere practice of what is good in their own religious traditions and by following the dictates of their own conscience that the members of other religions respond positively to God’s invitation and receive salvation in Jesus Christ, even while they do not recognize or acknowledge him as their Saviour

or
Gaudium et spes:

since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of coming into contact, in a way known to God, with the paschal mystery

Mikein SD:

Be that as it may, I thought the OP brought up an excellent point. How do we deal with people who look, think, and act different than we like in public institutions?

That seems a fair recasting of the OP’s question, although I think he is a bit bothered by the aspect of tolerance (of sinning) = assistance (of sinning).

My take on it is that we are all sinners because we are all human. And, generally speaking, its best not to worry about the speck in someones eyes, unless they ask for your advice or assistance.

Catholig, I think you are to be commended both for your principles and your concern for others. Its good to stand your ground, and hopefully others will respect your right to hold your own views.

As for whether you are helping them by being friendly, I think you should treat them as you would treat anyone. Praying for them in private would be a way to help them without causing a scene which might be counter-productive.