Help, False Teachings at RCIA?

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I went to a first RCIA meeting and was told something I’m pretty sure is a false teaching.

I was told that Vatican II clearly lays out the Church position that people of other religions go to their version of heaven when they die. For instance, Ghandi would go to whatever heaven he believes in when he dies.

I’ve researched this and haven’t found any actual evidence of what they are saying. Please help me out here.
 
Vatican did not clearly lay that out. If I were you, I would ask for exactly where that information is found. You want to look it up yourself. And consider finding a different RCIA. It is early enough that you should be able to do that and still be welcomed into the Church this Easter. Especially if you tell them why.May God Bless you and keep you safe,
Maria
 
One approach to this would be to ask them what paragraph they mean from which Vatican 2 document. Have a copy of Vat2 with you to look it up right there. RCIA team members are willing to stay after class and discuss things, so you could ask them in the privacy of the after class setting. Then any necessary correction could later be made by them to the class.

Also, as St. Paul mentions, eye has not seen what God has prepared for us (paraphrase). We cannot say exactly what heaven will be like. Revelation describes a street paved in gold, with a river in the middle, stuff like that. However, it would not be correct to say there is a separate heaven, one for each kind of belief system, sort of cordoned off from each other, not that I know of, anyway.
 
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St.Curious:
I went to a first RCIA meeting and was told something I’m pretty sure is a false teaching.

I was told that Vatican II clearly lays out the Church position that people of other religions go to their version of heaven when they die. For instance, Ghandi would go to whatever heaven he believes in when he dies.

I’ve researched this and haven’t found any actual evidence of what they are saying. Please help me out here.
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Unfortunately it’s not unknown for false information or ill-expressed teachings to be passed along during some RCIA programs; this seems to be one such case.

Vatican II, of course, teaches no such thing.

Heaven (being in God’s presence and being united to each Person of the Most Holy Trinity through our transformation in Christ) is not different in its essence from one person to the next who “arrives” there by God’s grace through Christ (even if that person may not have known Christ in this life). Any difference arises in the depths of the soul’s transformation ( e.g., the Blessed Virgin Mary is the highest in heaven of all creatures). So if Ghandi is in heaven he is there because of Christ and is realizing his (Ghandi’s) fullness of God’s intent in creating his soul. He would not be experiencing some sort of Hindu-heaven but what is true of that particular understanding of eternal life; he would be enjoying now a much deeper understanding than he could have imagined as a Hindu.
 
Thanks guys, I’m pretty sure I found what they think they are talking about. Unfortunately they are wrong and I know it. I’m no longer attending that RCIA class as I was shocked by the liberal approaches to much of it.

Instead I have found a very good RCIA class at a new parish I love. Lots of latin, love it.
 
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Thanks guys, I’m pretty sure I found what they think they are talking about. Unfortunately they are wrong and I know it. I’m no longer attending that RCIA class as I was shocked by the liberal approaches to much of it.

Instead I have found a very good RCIA class at a new parish I love. Lots of latin, love it.
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Thanks be to God for your peserverance through the silliness! 👍
 
When I went through RCIA the teachers tried to tell us that
Vat 2, told us the Blessed Virgin was no longer important and
that she had several other children. My class all had some
previous experience and instruction and we called their hand
and reported them to the priest. They cleaned up their act
after that. My advice would be to check everything you are
told. There is a lot to learn in RCIA and very little time. It is
your responsibility to continue your education in the Church
even after being received. Hang in there, check the facts and
you will love the Catholic Faith.
 
I’m no longer attending that RCIA class as I was shocked by the liberal approaches to much of it.
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This is easy for me to say, since it doesn’t involve doing anything on my part…but, I’m wondering if it would be helpful if you could write a letter or something that explains why you are no longer going and also explains where you think the teaching was in error. I’m going to give the RCIA leader the benefit of the doubt and assume he/she was not deliberately teaching falsehood. Consequently, a thorough explanation for why you have opted out may be educational to the RCIA leader and could possibly help out those students who remain. As I said, easy for me to give advice from the armchair–maybe my suggestion is impractical. It’s just a thought.
 
It’s not too much to ask. I’m considering doing that myself. Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut. I only hope the false teachings will be stopped before the other 60 people in the class end up believing someting untrue.
 
Yes, it is important to speak up when something false is presented, because toooooo much is at stake.

A polite and charitable letter setting forth your understanding along with supporting documentation is the way to go. Have a knowledgeable person of the faith proof it for both doctrine and tone before sending.
 
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