RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
November 8, 2017 at 12:28 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2017 at 12:29 am by Catholic_Lady.)
(November 8, 2017 at 12:18 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:(November 8, 2017 at 12:13 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It's always funny when someone of a different religion tries to tell me what mine teaches lol.
The first site you posted, I took a look at, and it wasn't even a Catholic site. A quick look at it showed a pretty fundamentalist, fire and brimstines, type of Christianity. Talking about the rapture and stuff lol... yeah, you found a doozy my friend. But that's an A+ for effort.
The second site was a Catholic site, and a very conservative one by the looks of it, but even still, nowhere on there did the author say that atheists and those of other faiths go to Hell. The official Catholic teaching on this is that we simply don't know and can't say because it is impossible for us to judge the soul of another.
For future reference, if you want to know the official Catholic position on something, look at the Catechism. The whole thing is online, so a quick Google search should turn up what you need.
Okay. What about Wikipedia?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_...atholicism
Quote:The Catechism of the Catholic Church which, when published in 1992, Pope John Paul II declared to be "a sure norm for teaching the faith",[43] defines hell as eternal fiery punishment for refusing to love God:
It's not funny at all. It's sad.
Annnnnnnd where does it say on there that Catholic teaching is that atheists and those of other faiths go to Hell??
As for your question regarding Wikipedia...
Listen, the Catechism is the official document with all the Catholic teaching regarding faith and morals. So I'll say it again: If you want to know what the Church's official stance on something is, your best bet is to go to the Catechism and look up whatever you want to find. That way you avoid arguing a strawman of Catholicism and making yourself look silly in the process. Going straight to the source is a much better option than relying on Wikipedia or someone's blog site.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh