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To: netmilsmom

-—Someone telling another person HOW to worship God is not part of it.-—

What if my worship of God includes instructing others? Aren’t you instructing me?

Regardless, I wasn’t speaking about forcing my faith on others. I was speaking of moral truth, in addition to intellectual truth. Moral truth is simply the natural law, written on the human heart, which is accessible to everyone.

The natural law, right and wrong, cannot not be known, which is why Scripture tells us to exhort and reprove one another. We must do so prudently.

Remember that the opposite of love isn’t hate, but indifference.

Similarly, we are obligated to evangelize prudently. But in contrast to moral truths, the truths of faith may not be known or understood. Since faith is a gift, the truths of faith can only be presented.


39 posted on 04/13/2012 8:34:39 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey!)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

>>What if my worship of God includes instructing others?<<
Instruction of what YOU do is a whole lot different than telling someone they are wrong. So if you are spreading the good news of your faith, I commend you.

>>Aren’t you instructing me?<<
Nope. Perhaps you missed the words, “I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m not going to let....”
I was speaking of what I do. It’s called an opinion and everyone has one.


90 posted on 04/13/2012 7:29:17 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Breitbart)
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