What is your favorite non-Catholic belief?

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shadow_fire said:
And one day you may wake up from your sleep. I hope it will be some day soon.
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Interesting thing for an atheist to say. Why do you care if I believe in God? (It’s a very comforting “sleep”, by the way).
 
Antwill said:
Interesting thing for an atheist to say. Why do you care if I believe in God? (It’s a very comforting “sleep”, by the way).
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I honestly don’t care. Its just you said something religious to me and I said the Atheist version of the same thing to you.
 
I thought you were a devout Satanist? Better to be hot or cold than neutral, I’d say.

Clearly you can’t logically believe in the manifestation of Evil without Good, which, unlike the former, is a substantive thing-- and demands a Source.

In any case, my favorite non-Catholic belief …? I really like the theme of peace found in Buddhism, I suppose–even if it is only temporal peace verses true and perfect Peace, which has but a single Source, Yeshua Messiah.

Tell your boyfriend “Shalom.” And by the way, I think you smell quite nice … not like a troll at all. 😛

Please, does no one here remember we are supposed to be the Lights of the world? Let’s act like it.
 
I would have to say Methodist. The Wesley’s emphasis on personal holiness and reaching out to the poor is wonderful. Plus, I volunteer at an ecumenical mission meal for the poor that is held monthly at a Methodist church. I have really good friends who are Methodist, including a minister (who is married to a practicing Catholic).
 
Yes, Methodists are the foshizzle … My lit teacher was a very devout Methodist, who formerly dated a Catholic, I believe. My science teacher in sixth grade was also one, though he attends Mass with his wife and kids (who are, obviously, Catholic).
 
The_Truthinator said:
Yes, Methodists are the foshizzle … My lit teacher was a very devout Methodist, who formerly dated a Catholic, I believe. My science teacher in sixth grade was also one, though he attends Mass with his wife and kids (who are, obviously, Catholic).
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I also have a really good friend who is Methodist. He and I both used to belong to a service group that was Catholic (but they let people from other churches help out). The group disbanded about 10 years ago, but my friendship with this guy has continued. He is the only person from the group that I am still close with. He is one of my best friends.
mommyof4 said:
Judaism is my favorite non-Christian religion.
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I have a good friend who is Jewish. His parents are Orthodox, but he is Reform. He has taken me to some excellent Jewish restaurants. I have also learned a lot about the Jewish faith from him. He explained Passover, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and other Holy Days. He also explained the Kosher for Passover rules.
 
His parents are Orthodox, but he is Reform.
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I’ve always seen Orthodox Judaism as preferable to Reformed Judaism, all things considered. Much of the latter’s doctrine is aimed against Christian beliefs in hopes of differentiating their faith from that of the Christian Faith.

Tell him to listen to Matisyahu. 😃 He’s an Orthodox Jew, born Reformed, who plays a lot with Christians and whose lyrics and messages are so similar it’s shocking. He observes the Sabbath despite her career … a very cool guy, who has more than enough hope in my book. Not to mention his beard of amazingness!
 
Well, for one, their view of the Messiah is, to my knowledge, strictly symbolic: “There is a messiah in all of us,” or “He represents humanity’s goodness and potential.” They reject the notion of a personal Messiah, in other words.
 
During Chinese New Year, some of the Catholic Churches with big Chinese communities try to incorporate this non-Catholic celebration in their calendar. For example, I once attended a Catholic mass during this time and the priest at the end allowed them to burn some incence and pray for (not to) their ancestors in front of the altar.

Though, Chinese are a minority in my country, everyone gets to enjoy their Chinese customs and traditions during this time–like eating tikoy (a round sweet that we cut up and fry in egg) which Chinese (and non-Chinese too) give away to friends as a wish for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. I get to say “Kung Hei Fat Choi” to everyone just like the Chinese (even if I only have very little Chinese ancestry 😃 ). I find it to be a happy celebration.

As for other non-Catholic religions—perhaps Islam. Not that I am interested in converting. I find them to have a belief system that is very different and hard to reconcile with some of my Christian beliefs.

Also, perhaps, because I tend to meet a lot of good and kind Muslims yet get to hear and read about atrocities done by people from their religion.

What I find perplexing is why there is no widespread condemnation from these good Muslims majority for the acts against innocent people by the noisy, terroristic Muslim minority in the name of Allah. Also, why do they believe the Shari’a law when I find it unjust and horrifyingly violent and unforgiving in many places.

I suppose because it is hard to understand that is why I find reading about them, in a way, interesting. Though, sometimes I see that the more I read, the more I disagree with them.

I try to balance my views regarding them and try compartmentalize the Good Muslim away from the Bad Muslim in my mind–so when I meet a good Muslim, I can still be friendly and it allows me to see the good that is in them.
 
The_Truthinator said:
Well, for one, their view of the Messiah is, to my knowledge, strictly symbolic: “There is a messiah in all of us,” or “He represents humanity’s goodness and potential.” They reject the notion of a personal Messiah, in other words.
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If by “personal Messiah” you mean Jesus as taught by Christians, none of Judaism accepts that, as far as I know. The Jewish Messiah is a corporate one, not an individual one. The Jewish Messiah (Moshiach) is taught as a human political leader, not a supernatural one and the aim is redemption of the entire world not of individuals. There is no Jewish doctrine of original sin from which individuals need to be “saved.”

I see teaching a symbolic rather than a literal Messiah as a separation from traditional Jewish teaching rather than “aimed at differentiating themselves from Christianity.” There is talk within some of the more liberal Reform (and possibly Renewal) groups of a “messianic age” rather than a specific individual as the Moshiach, but that is controversial even among those groups or at least not universally accepted.

Considering that when Reform Judaism began in Germany in the late 1800s, they worshipped on Sunday, had confirmation classes rather than Bar Mitzvahs, discouraged the use and teaching of Hebrew, etc in an attempt to assimilate as fully as possible with the German culture, I find it hard to believe that their doctrines were therefore aimed at differentiation from that culture.
 
shadow_fire said:
Let me try to find you a wikipedia article on it. Its the LaVey branch if memory serves.

Ok here we go

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVeyan_Satanism

So its called LaVeyan Satanism.
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Ah ok. I thought you meant that. I have only read a small piece about it on wikipedia. It seemed interesting. IIRC he’s not into sacraficing dogs and such nonsense but looks at the inner evil of man. It seemed more like a philosophy.
shadow_fire said:
I was raised believing in Catholicism, but now I’m atheist 😃
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That’s a shame! (imo)
How does that work out with a Jewish bf? :confused:
 
jmcrae said:
Of all the non-Catholic religions, I find Sikhism to be the most interesting. I like Guru Nanak. If I didn’t already have Jesus in the Eucharist, I’d go with Guru Nanak. 👍
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Hi
I also love Guru Nanak very much. The PromisedMessiahImamMahdi has written a book titled “SATT BUCHAN” on the life history of Baba Guru Nanak. He loved humanity ; both Hindu and Muslims loved him. Those of his followers who were from Hinduism were called SIKHS. Guru Nanak, as I gather from the book above referred by me, was a devout believer in Islam.
Thanks
 
If I wasn’t a Catholic, I’d probably be a Lutheran. I have to go with a liturgical church and the Episcopalians have weirded out.

If I wasn’t a Christian, I’d probably be Jewish. I don’t think I could be reformed Jewish since they’ve discarded most Jewish beliefs - I work with two very nice reformed Jewish ladies and I know more about Judiasm than they do. Orthodox Judiasm is so rigid…I’d probably be Conservative.
 
Antwill said:
I smell a troll. :tsktsk:
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Yes…and as someone on TV once said “Satanism??? Ooooo that is sooo 1980’s”😃

In another sense…“Get a life”…you are going to attach yourself to an entity that got booted out of heaven (ie lost) and is destined with 100% certainty to lose again and whose sad little gullible followers are going to experience a horrible, painful, depressing hereafter. :eek:

Ummmmm…let me suggest you rethink it.

Rev North
 
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