[Mrs. Don-o]

I appreciate your desire to keep things religiously separate, especially if it's a matter of principle. I can respect that.

However, as a Catholic I have the highest esteem for Baptists (all my Mr. Don-o in-laws are Baptist) and I really love praying with you-all.

I'm thinking, we're family: and Our Father likes to see us drawing nearer to each other as we draw nearer to Him.

[Full Court]

I'm thinking, we're family: and Our Father likes to see us drawing nearer to each other as we draw nearer to Him.

But we do not believe that we are saved in the same manner.

That means someone is wrong, and someone is right. The one who is right will go to Heaven and harsh as it may sound, the one who is wrong is going to Hell.

Now if your family is headed for Hell, since they reject Catholic doctrine, wouldn't you want them to convert>

Because if you were my Catholic aunt, I'd want you to be a born again believer in Jesus Christ alone, no sacraments or works. Because I'd want you to be in Heaven with me.

I don't even know you and I still want that same thing for you.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

You are the sweetest person in the world, Mrs. Don-o, and of course I would pray with you personally. But I must always say that I have fundamental problems with some Catholic theology. What starts to happen when we organize together is that both of us are weakened, not strengthened. The differences matter. We can love each other and be allies in all the ways that keep us true to our particular beliefs. But the differences matter a great deal. Some of these differences go to the heart of the gospel itself. We need to be careful that we do not weaken our faiths and thereby weaken even the causes we share in common.

But many of my favorite people (including FReepers) are Catholic.