Catholicism is very rigid in it's structure.. easily breakable. Discipline is strict and fast. If you think they're only doing it out of fear.. they'll definately not hold onto that religion forever. I've found that Any flavor of Christianity, when indoctrinated through fear of hell or promise of reward 9/10 times misses the mark and makes for a horrible (and usually short lived) Christian experience.
Play for them death cab 4 cutie's "I will follow you into the dark" Fear is definately not the heart of Love, but in Catholicism.. it's almost 100% the first step because some miscnstrued Biblical verses. You simply can't reconcile teaching to Fear God with God is Love and in Love there is no fear scriptures.
Perhaps go to her with "questions" and then use simple logic and reason and maybe one or 2 scriptures to make her see she's pushing fear and hatred onto others adn that's not a good evangellical way to bring people to salvation.
Play for them death cab 4 cutie's "I will follow you into the dark" Fear is definately not the heart of Love, but in Catholicism.. it's almost 100% the first step because some miscnstrued Biblical verses. You simply can't reconcile teaching to Fear God with God is Love and in Love there is no fear scriptures.
Perhaps go to her with "questions" and then use simple logic and reason and maybe one or 2 scriptures to make her see she's pushing fear and hatred onto others adn that's not a good evangellical way to bring people to salvation.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
