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Dear Honey and others in a similar situation,
I just wanted to chime in with Bob's reply.
Bob said:
If you can honestly say you are not attracted to him, after you are well-formed in your faith by a comprehensive review of the Scriptures and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, by all means consider dialoguing constructively with him, . . .
I would add: as long as you perceive that he is open to your points of view. Dialogue [and/or] debate with a close-minded faith-sharer is a waste of time. You have to perceive when this is the case.
Christians, whether they are Catholic or non-Catholic, who are not well-grounded in what they believe as Christians will always be easy pickings for those that wish to knowingly distort the Christian faith and our provable history as Catholic Christians.
You said:
. . . but he's telling me that the Quran is the truth and I should find my way to the truth.
And you should reply No, the Quran is not the Truth Jesus Christ is the Way, The Truth, and the Light. (John. 14:6 ) He came to save all mankind:
- Christians
- Muslims, and
- especially Jews seeing Jesus was a Jew Himself.
You have been misled by men who don't know the Christian faith and don't know Jesus Christ.
The Scriptures tell us there would be false teachers that would come after Jesus. Muhammad is one of the many false prophets Jesus and St. Paul warned us to ignore! (Matthew 24:24, Galatians 1:6-10, 2 Peter 2:1-3)
The Christian must be knowledgeable enough and prepared to say:
- No, that is not true, or
- Yes, that is true, but not in the sense you mean it. . . . Let me clarify your misunderstanding/distortion.
As my colleague John said in another reply:
Muslims, although they worship the one God, have very distorted understanding of His nature and love for us. It creates real problems. Moreover, converts to Islam are usually very easily radicalized. They are likely to at least become fundamentalist and that spells:
- trouble for bringing the children up Catholic and
- trouble for her as woman.
Although all Muslims don't follow to their faith strictly, Islam has very little respect for dignity and rights of woman.
St. Paul also warns against being unequally yoked to an unbeliever. Islam is truly antithetical to the Gospel Message of the total self-giving God, who loves unconditionally, giving freely of His love for us.
They take offense at calling God Father. God is strictly master in their faith.
Islam means submission and Muslim means slave.
This is very different from God giving Himself for us in order to give Himself to us, which is what Christianity teaches. To some extent that knowledge of grace also exists in seed form in Judaism but while Islam claims and does have some roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition, it is severely distorted, not to mention the huge cultural difference that exists. Islam is not part of Western Civilization. The whole thought process is completely different.
If you have any sense that a Muslim was trying to convert you I would ask them these questions:
- Who established their faith first, Jesus or Muhammad? <The Answer.>
- After dying a human death, did Muhammad ever bring himself back to life like Jesus did?
- Why are you telling me things about my own faith, when you don't even believe in the faith I hold?
- Why shouldn't I doubt your creditability since you don't believe what I believe?
- Why shouldn't I conclude that you are trying to distort my faith?
The only way to give some backbone replies to questions he is asking you is by learning your own Catholic faith and what we really believe as Catholics.
Because Muslims are even allowed to lie if it advances the cause of Islam.
A good understand of basic Catholic teachings and a good solid knowledge of the Early Church Fathers is priceless.
If you do not know where to go to learn about the Early Church Fathers check out my other web site:
or buy some books on the topic.
Learn your Catholic faith and always put Jesus in the center of your heart, not Muhammad.
Mike
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