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Dear Christian,
Your friend appears to have been sucked into a moral relativism way of thinking.
Moral Relativism bases all truth on what the individual believes [and/or] feels is true and correct and no one else.
While he may believe certain aspects of Christianity as the basis of his beliefs, those beliefs are not based on Jesus Christ and the Church He founded on St. Peter and his Apostles (the Catholic faith. They are based on his own personal beliefs apart from our faith. Even if some of what he believes is in an agreement with our faith, he is still picking and choosing what he believes.
As a side note: those words: picking and choosing is where we get the word heresy from.
Many non-Christians, Non-Catholic Christians, Catholic Christians and others have been persuaded by a Moral Relativism way of thinking and therefore, have a hard time holding on to their faith.
That said, they have to want to hold on to their faith and work at it. You can help and assist in persuading them about the reasonableness of our Catholic faith but they have to choose to listen and you have to respect their right to not listen. If you need help you can search for answers from our database here:
https://www.AskACatholic.com/SiteSearch
If they don't' listen, pray for them on a regular basis.
Note: Your friend said:
My simple answer is that I believe, accept, and respect all religions.
The church of satan is a religion.
- Does he believe, accept, and respect the church of satan?
I hope this helps,
Mike
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