RE: A Muslim, a Jew, a Christian, and an atheist walk into a coffee shop...
November 1, 2016 at 11:45 pm
(November 1, 2016 at 11:24 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: We have our moral laws that we believe we should follow. But no where in church teaching will it say we shouldn't be kind and respectful to those who don't (and as I've shown you, it says the opposite), nor should we claim to know or judge the state of soul of another person. So again, showing tolerance and affection to non Catholics is not contrary to my faith. There is no ulterior motive. We are taught to treat others with respect because every person has inherent human dignity.Do you, as a Catholic, believe that there is inherent human dignity in each person *and* that the taint of unrepentant mortal sin -- which includes such benign offenses as unbelief or anything else -- warrants the penalty of eternal suffering for that person should they die? How do you reconcile the two concepts, the inherent human dignity, as you called it, and the torment that they supposedly deserve for being, well, human?
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza