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How are Catholics taught to talk to people of other religions?
 
Love God and Love people. That’s the core. If going to details, there is one of the most important treasure of the Catholic Church. I mean there are many books written by different Saints and holy people. Some of the important things mentioned are: humility, patience, love, pride, suffering, etc …

uh…am I answering your question? or I misunderstood it.
 
We are supposed to love God and because of that love, love our neighbors as ourselves. We are also supposed to correct sinners in charity (with love). As a rule we should be polite and considerate.

Now, we are still humans. People will not always be kind or considerate or gentile. Some have reasons for being rude, some do not.

I hope this helps.
 
Well I’ve only been posting here for a few days and some people are very polite and considerate. And some other people are very rude and obnoxious–insulting me, insulting my faith, insulting women (and me, as a woman), and making a mockery of the beliefs of other religions.

I’m curious how anyone can act that way and say he is guided. I don’t think it’s a Catholic teaching to insult non-Catholics.

So I’m wondering what the real teachings are.

I am a Muslim, and the Qur’an says in a few different places to treat people (non-Muslims) with kindness and justice, and to argue in the way that is best, and not to mock God or anyone’s concept of God.

Are there no teachings in Catholicism about how to talk to people of other faiths?
 
Sister_Amy said:
How are Catholics taught to talk to people of other religions?
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We are to talk to all people with the same charity we would speaking with Jesus.
** 1 Cor 13:1-13**
1 “…If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
2 And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated,
5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
9 For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
11 When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
12 At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
13 So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love…”
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Matthew 25: 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 "Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?
38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 "The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’
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Not specifically. we should not care what faith someone is. We should treat everyone with kindness. No questions asked. Even those who hurt us.

Sister Amy, I have no desire to defend the rude. Please note that for some posters on here, Islam is a major problem. Some lost loved ones in terrorist attacks. Some have lost homes or families to Muslim governments in other countries. Some start with an understanding that Islam is a false religion and it should be exposed as such. Some are just rude. I cannot explain why any one person is the way they are. It is just a sign of human failings.
 
2 important commandments: Love God and Love people. It is easier said than done.
 
Sister_Amy said:
I am a Muslim, and the Qur’an says in a few different places to treat people (non-Muslims) with kindness and justice, and to argue in the way that is best, and not to mock God or anyone’s concept of God.
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The Qur’an accuses Jews of “falsehood" (Sura 3:71) and “distortion” (Sura 4:46). It says they have been cursed by Allah, as well as by David and Jesus (Sura 2:61/58, Sura 5:78/82). It says that Allah was so disgusted with Jews that he transformed them into apes and pigs, “despised and rejected”. (Sura 5:60/65, 2:65 and 7:166).

Other than that, I have no reason to question what you’ve said.
 
Sister_Amy said:
Well I’ve only been posting here for a few days and some people are very polite and considerate. And some other people are very rude and obnoxious–insulting me, insulting my faith, insulting women (and me, as a woman), and making a mockery of the beliefs of other religions.

I’m curious how anyone can act that way and say he is guided. I don’t think it’s a Catholic teaching to insult non-Catholics.

So I’m wondering what the real teachings are.

I am a Muslim, and the Qur’an says in a few different places to treat people (non-Muslims) with kindness and justice, and to argue in the way that is best, and not to mock God or anyone’s concept of God.

Are there no teachings in Catholicism about how to talk to people of other faiths?
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We’re not exactly micro-managed in that we’re told specifically what to do, say, or think in any particular situation. The real teachings are to follow Jesus, and some of His teachings which would apply to your question might be:

Luke 6:27-38 "But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from him who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to every one who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;
give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.”

I’m sorry you have felt slighted. Isn’t it true with all people of all faiths that some are polite and considerate, and others are not so? Most of how we treat each other I believe comes from how our families treated each other, rather than what faith tradition we follow. There is an ignore feature on the boards you should use if you find particular folks especially disconcerting for you. It simply hides a poster’s words from initial view, you can still look at their post if you want to see it, and the other person doesn’t have to know that you’re ignoring them.

Above all, don’t take it so much to heart what others have to say to you or about you, especially if you know for a fact it’s untrue. Jesus came to save us in our sin. The very people He came to save were the ones who crucified Him. The servant is not greater than the master, what they did to Him they will do to us. I know this is not your faith tradition, but it’s a lesson which has given me a great deal of help when dealing with difficult people.

God bless you Sister! Remember the best way to teach is through example!
 
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How are Catholics taught to talk to people of other religions?
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How are catholics supposed to interact to people of other faiths? To tell you the truth, that issue had never been part of my catholic schooling. Nor have I heard it from a mass sermon. 🤷
 
AgnosTheist said:
How are catholics supposed to interact to people of other faiths? To tell you the truth, that issue had never been part of my catholic schooling. Nor have I heard it from a mass sermon. 🤷
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Well lucky for you that there are such nice people on this board to answer the question for you, as they have. 🙂
 
AgnosTheist said:
Nor have I heard it from a mass sermon. 🤷
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I hardly believe you on this point. If you go to Mass throughout the year, you would hear many homilies on this topic.

In fact, every time you pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary alone, it says it all in there. I am also sure that the school does the same.
 
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I hardly believe you on this point. If you go to Mass throughout the year, you would hear many homilies on this topic.

In fact, every time you pray the Our Father, the Hail Mary alone, it says it all in there.
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Maybe it depends on the culture. I was from the philippines where about 80% are catholics. And the last time i went to mass was about a dozen years ago.

Maybe in multicultural countries like north america, sermons on interreligious issues are inevitable.
 
Sister_Amy said:
Well lucky for you that there are such nice people on this board to answer the question for you, as they have. 🙂
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To survive on this forum you have to be extra nice. Thats why I dont believe that people here are as nice as the masks they are showing. Eh? 😉

Besides there is one guy here who appears decent, appears religious, but have sent me vulgar insults in private message.
 
AgnosTheist said:
To survive on this forum you have to be extra nice. Thats why I dont believe that people here are as nice as the masks they are showing. Eh? 😉

Besides there is one guy here who appears decent, appears religious, but have sent me vulgar insults in private message.
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It wasn’t me. I send them in public:p
 
AgnosTheist said:
Maybe it depends on the culture. I was from the philippines where about 80% are catholics. And the last time i went to mass was about a dozen years ago.

Maybe in multicultural countries like north america, sermons on interreligious issues are inevitable.
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Ahh, I see your point. Yes, most of the sermons don’t mention about other religions but this does not mean we don’t teach about how to talk to people of other religions. If the priest says about “Love one another”, he does not exclude anyone.
 
I’ll just let Archbishop Sheen speak for me:

Christian love bears evil, but it does not tolerate it. It does penance for the sins of others, but it is not broadminded about sin. The cry for tolerance never induces it to quench its hatred of the evil philosophies that have entered into contest with the Truth. It forgives the sinner, and it hates the sin; it is unmerciful to the error in his mind. The sinner it will always take back into the bosom of the Mystical Body; but his lie will never be taken into the treasury of His Wisdom.

Real love involves real hatred: whoever has lost the power of moral indignation and the urge to drive the buyers and sellers from the temples has also lost a living, fervent love of Truth.

Charity, then, is not a mild philosophy of “live and let live”; it is not a species of sloppy sentiment. Charity is the infusion of the Spirit of God, which makes us love the beautiful and hate the morally ugly.

Vickie
 
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