Other Religions

[seanom]

Hello, I was just wondering is it wrong not to agree with a certain religion or dislike it because of it’s teachings? I love everyone and am tolerant of all no matter what religion but there are some religions like Islam and Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses that I dislike, is that okay?? I mean I’m disliking the religion not the followers…

 

[Tietjen]

Hello, I was just wondering is it wrong not to agree with a certain religion or dislike it because of it’s teachings? I love everyone and am tolerant of all no matter what religion but there are some religions like Islam and Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses that I dislike, is that okay?? I mean I’m disliking the religion not the followers…

“Like” truth. Every religion has some amount of truth and there is nothing immoral in liking the truths shared between faiths. On issues where another faith lacks a specific truth, if the situation is right (a friend is open to discussion), you can share the truths Catholicism teaches on the subject.

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

Hello, I was just wondering is it wrong not to agree with a certain religion or dislike it because of it’s teachings? I love everyone and am tolerant of all no matter what religion but there are some religions like Islam and Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses that I dislike, is that okay?? I mean I’m disliking the religion not the followers…

… my dear friend ,

… it’s a messed up fallen world but ideally all men should just work individually and collectively to solve all problems as they seek truth whether it be religious truth or any truth , everyone is really offended only because the laws and rules in their heads have been violated , in itself nothing is offensive , it is only in mans mind that the offence occurs , the world is a mess though , i would try to love truth rather than hate error so much , embrace truth no matter what it is or where it leads you , if all men practised this then the world would be bliss compared to now , but be as simple as the dove but as wise as the serpent as you go out into the world like a sheep among wolves and the devil is always prouling around looking for someone to devour , hope this helps dear friend ,

… may god bless and love you ,

… john …

 

[Pfaffenhoffen]

Hello, I was just wondering is it wrong not to agree with a certain religion or dislike it because of it’s teachings? I love everyone and am tolerant of all no matter what religion but there are some religions like Islam and Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses that I dislike, is that okay?? I mean I’m disliking the religion not the followers…

The Pope, in His brilliant short sentences, talked in the beginning of his Pontificate of the dictatorship of relativism.

It is like democracy, we may respect every opinion, but of those who respect no opinion, say, Nazis, communists, and so on.

We must respect every religion but … I am disappointed with Islam. You may see in YouTube British Muslims clerics say that there is no problem at all killing non-Muslims, exactly what the Pope said and caused a big scandal when he stated that it was intolerable, in the words of a Medieval Prince to a Muslim Scholar, that Muslims converted by the sword.

There are many religions which go against the Fundamental Values of Mankind and that should not be respect at all for … they are ideologies, not religions.

 

[thistle]

The Pope, in His brilliant short sentences, talked in the beginning of his Pontificate of the dictatorship of relativism.

It is like democracy, we may respect every opinion, but of those who respect no opinion, say, Nazis, communists, and so on.

We must respect every religion but … I am disappointed with Islam. You may see in YouTube British Muslims clerics say that there is no problem at all killing non-Muslims, exactly what the Pope said and caused a big scandal when he stated that it was intolerable, in the words of a Medieval Prince to a Muslim Scholar, that Muslims converted by the sword.

There are many religions which go against the Fundamental Values of Mankind and that should not be respect at all for … they are ideologies, not religions.

I do not agree with that statement. We must respect a person and that person’s right to believe in something we know to be false but we do not have to respect a false belief.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

Well, we are not exactly supposed to like other religions. We should respect all people but must be critical of other religions because they are man made ideologies. We must never fall into the relativist trap of considering them equal to Christianity. We can finds bits of the truth in other religions, but that doesn’t mean that we should accept their teaching. So you are at no fault here.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

Hello, I was just wondering is it wrong not to agree with a certain religion or dislike it because of it’s teachings? I love everyone and am tolerant of all no matter what religion but there are some religions like Islam and Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses that I dislike, is that okay?? I mean I’m disliking the religion not the followers…

I think it’s perfectly OK to do as you said.

1. Nothing wrong with disliking a particular religion, and
2. It is correct to at least love, if not like, its followers.

Alan

 

[Bookcat]

Catechism:

843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as "a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life."332

844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them:

Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator. Or else, living and dying in this world without God, they are exposed to ultimate despair.333