Because nothing else comes close to expressing the supreme Beauty, Love and Life that is the Cause, the Source of this wondrous creation, and offering us the Way to return to where we were meant to be.
Your question is a loaded one.
Exactly what?
Most religions have stories, traditions, and rituals. And all claim to have the truth.
In the OP, you stated: “This comes up SO often for me when discussing religion with non-believers. They always eventually go to the “Well every religion thinks it’s right and all the others are wrong!”… For me it’s hard to keep the conversation going after that. It’s like, yeah they do, but why does that stop you from finding your own truth?”
The idea is to seek the truth and know the truth and truth set you free.
Exactly, since the reality has infinite forms.
If you seek the truth and find the truth then the truth set you another free instead leaving you in trap when you are trying to convince other people.
I doubt as I think everybody striving in different belief are claiming so. No one can claim that the beauty is good criteria for approaching the truth and there is no fact proving that the reality at the edge is beautiful.
Well, because one of the marks of the Church is that it is a missionary Church and all Christians are called to live and preach the Gospel. Discussing the faith with non believers is what Christ has commanded us to do when he told us to go forth and teach the Gospel. That’s why I discuss my faith with non believers. So, what did St. Francis say?
True, and it is also true that you ignored the remainder of my post (below).
We have ourselves a postmodern relativist here!
We don’t share the truth because we’re “trapped”, we share the truth because we love the truth and want others to find it.
The truth has to be sought instead of to be told as each individual is responsible for this duty. Our words won’t affect you as far you strive on what you believe. I was a very religious person before and I found that radical doubt when it comes to religion is the first step toward finding the truth. Are you ready for that?
If I’m happy and decide to try to make others happy as well, does that mean I’m not really happy?
By sharing the truth, we help people find it.
I don’t believe it’s considered o.k. for you to be invited to this web site for the purpose of enccouraging Catholics to radically doubt their faith on the presumption they don’t already have the truth.
Have you been relating the truths you have found?
What exactly is “the truth” and how would you recognize it without knowing what it is you are seeking for? Your insistence that there is truth to be found carries with it a presumption that the truth is already known and merely re-cognized. This was Plato’s point and the reason he posited forms. Neoplatonists have followed suit.
Not only are the facts of Jesus miracles recorded by His own Apostles who were present – Saints Matthew and John were companions of Christ, but Saints Mark and Luke lived in constant contact with His contemporaries.