I just joined the Catholic forums as a Non-Catholic mainly just to help to correct some misperceptions of my beliefs that I have seen on the forums. I’m also open to sharing experiences with fellow Christians because I find an open dialog with people of all faiths is helpful to myself and to other people. I’m not here to convert others or to bash others. So I was very surprised to see the many hateful and abusive remarks about other non-Catholic religions on these forums. I have many friends that are Catholic and highly respect the Catholic church and actually members of many religions that truly practice their religion and the teaching of our Savior to love our neighbors and serve others throughout our lives. I’ve seen this in many multi-faith organizations where great things have been done.
I would plead with all members of these forums to respect the beliefs of others. I think we can all agree to disagree, but for one person to ridicule or post degrading remarks about others’ beliefs, it is degrading and hateful and damages the poster and others that join in ridiculing more than it damages the actual beliefs of those people. Basically… “can’t we all just get along”? It’s hate like this that we fight each day with bigotry, racism and war throughout the world. Please respect others’ beliefs.
Sincerely,
Jacob