Why should we be interested in the wisdom of other religions?

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It is crucial and the Church teaches inculturation and that wherever truth is found, it should not be dismissed. it should be embraced.
 
Read some of the Vat II documents, Start with Nostra Aetate
 
If I left the catholic church to join one of these other faiths I would be an apostate and destined for hell so why on earth would I want to study a religion like that?
 
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If I left the catholic church to join one of these other faiths I would be an apostate and destined for hell so why on earth would I want to study a religion like that?
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Because people in those faith traditions are your neighbors. No one is saying that to learn about another tradition and belief means that you must become one with them. You learn so that you understand; you learn so that you have respect; you learn so that you are able to love your neighbor.
 
You’re beating up a strawman. No one is suggesting you convert to another religion, relax.

Having a basic knowledge of other religions and perhaps even an appreciation of some of their traditions (acknowledging that the Quran has some beautiful verses doesn’t mean I believe Muhammad was a prophet) is part of being a well rounded, educated person who can function in a diverse world. Being a Catholic doesn’t mean you have to live in some neurotic bubble.
 
You can appreciate some aspect of it without endorsing the whole. Things that are incomplete aren’t necessarily completely devoid of truth and goodness.
 
You need not look further than the Catholic Church to find wisdom. There is no use finding it elsewhere.
 
Sort of, yeah. You should appreciate those aspects of him that are worthy of appreciation while not endorsing the adultery. You don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
 
Not to mention the Church frequently engages in dialogues with other faiths. If their non-Catholic status automatically meant they had nothing to say worth hearing it would be a pretty pointless exercise.
 
There is what the Church says and there is our experience. Do we become fully human by just reading the Bible/obeying the position of the Church or is it more complex than that?

Any attempt to describe God is by definition metaphorical unless you were Adam or Abram and even this opens up the question of just how literally the Bible can be interpreted.

I have decided to weigh in with Roman Catholicism but I don’t think it has a monopoly on the Truth. If one believes that humans were made in God’s image, I think one needs to ask oneself the question of whether God gave a small section of humanity a monopoly on the Truth (this is not the same as pantheism). Jesus even corrected his disciples a number of times in this regard (think of when the disciples complained of other Jews driving out demons). Think of the fact that often the job of spreading the Gospel was given to the heathen. Think of when Peter was told it was fine to eat forbidden food

Finally, what did people do before Jesus came on the scene?
 
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The same way men respect women and vv.
Being a man doesnt mean one should despise the differences of women…hopefully.
 
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Now if you happened to be a Buddhist would that mean you possessed a wisdom that the Catholic Church in its fulness somehow didnt get passed on to @Neika 😀.

Which is why we need the help and wisdom of others cos noones got it all despite being connected to the Catholic only hive.
 
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