"Pope in multi-faith Singapore says ‘all religions are a path to God’"...
...from the attached article...
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SINGAPORE – In a line that may once again stir reaction in more traditional Catholic quarters, Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up a three-day visit to Singapore, a country with large pockets of at least five different faiths, that “all religions are a path to God.”
“They are like different languages in order to arrive at God, but God is God for all,” the pope said, who had set aside his prepared text and spoke largely off the cuff. “Since God is God for all, then we are all children of God.”
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“If you start to fight, ‘my religion is more important than yours, mine is true and yours isn’t’, where will that lead us?” he asked aloud. “There’s only one God, and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Some are Sheik, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and they are different paths [to God].”
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We should all dialogue more on this topic...
Link: https://cruxnow.com/2024-pope-in-timor-leste/2024/09/pope-in-multi-faith-singapore-says-all-religions-are-a-path-to-god
Replies to: "Pope in multi-faith Singapore says ‘all religions are a path to God’"...
God will decide that. Not the pope. He better work on fixing the Catholic Church.
He can start with the music.
Pope Francis didn't issue an encyclical, he simply offered his personal opinion on ALL Religions..
using the following logic...
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“If you start to fight, ‘my religion is more important than yours, mine is true and yours isn’t’, where will that lead us?” he asked aloud. “There’s only one God, and each of us has a language to arrive at God. Some are Sheik, Muslim, Hindu, Christian, and they are different paths [to God].”
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Do you agree with this line of thinking?...if not, why?
btw, do you now understand that only Congress can resolve our border problems?
My fundamentalist Christian friends offer this as more "proof" the RCC is not biblical
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That comment applies to your friends as well.
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What would Jesus say?
Here's more input for you to consider on "Religions"...
...go to the 8:00 min. mark of Ken Burns Commencement Speech at Brandeis University this past May...(thanks to Conor for originally posting the address)
You won't find too many folks referencing the 'Babylon Bee' in any theological discussions...when
you're ready to get serious, please join in.
The Divine is within each human being and religions can help or impede realization of this reality.
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That's a fair perspective...here's someone (Reza Azlan) who's talked about Religion as Language for
several years...the video is more about Christianity vs Islam, but the attached article speaks to the language analogy that Pope Francis mentioned.
Link: https://phillipian.net/2018/10/26/religion-identity-reza-aslan-speaks-asm/#:~:text=Aslan%20continued%2C%20“Religion%20is%20the,and%20really%20all%20languages%20are.