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To: silverleaf
embrace islam as a religion of peace, and Alla as a just another name for God

They are not far from it. Declaring Moslems to be "brothers and sisters" renders the whole Catholic Church moot. What part of "I am the Lord your God, and before me thou shalt have no other gods" does Pope Francis not get.

15 posted on 04/08/2013 6:10:57 AM PDT by Excellence (9/11 was an act of faith.)
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To: Excellence

All mankind are our brothers and sisters, they may be apostate but God does not stop loving them, He longs for them to come to Him and we are to go and make disciples of all nations and that includes all religions.

Jesus died for sinners, ALL sinners. If you have the grace to believe in Him, then thank God because he has given you that grace.

Our priest tells a story of a huge gathering of religions in India. He was in seminary and wasn’t able to go but watched on TV. People shoulder to shoulder and the leaders of each religion spoke starting with the one with the most adherents. After each finished their talks the crowd went wild clapping, yelling and they’d get the crowd calmed down for the next one.

The Catholic went last and told about Jesus, His divinity, His humanity, His love and when he finished there was no cheering, no clapping, no unbridled exuberance, the seminarians watching on TV couldn’t understand it...until the cameras finally went to the crowds, they were on their knees, crying, praying.

The aftermath was that thousands were baptized a year later.


23 posted on 04/08/2013 6:38:53 AM PDT by tiki
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