[Faith-talk] Informal poll on different religions

[John J. Boyer]

There are a lot of inaccuracies in this message and in the one from 
Laura. I'll have to think about the answers. First, though, although 
some Catholics speak of praying to the saints, this is also inaccurate. 
We pray only to God. However, we ask our friends here on earth to pray 
for us. Those who are already at home with the Lord can pray much more 
effectively, so we ask them to intercede for us.

I'm very interested in interreligious dialogue, and I invite you to 
write to me offlist at john at godtouches.org

John

On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 09:53:43PM -0400, trising wrote:
> We believe that you can know beyond a shadow of a doubt if you are going to 
> heaven by trusting that Jesus died for your sins and rose again because He 
> loves us so much he wants us to be in heaven with Him. It is by grace alone 
> that we are saved, and not of works. I think that Catholics believe that 
> one has to do good works in order to be saved and fulfill certain 
> obligations. I do not go to church because I am obligated, or because I 
> believe it will earn me points toward salvation. I go to church because I 
> know I am going to Heaven and I am filled with gratitude for the sacrifice 
> Christ made for me to get me there. We do not believe that any human being 
> is sinless. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. I believe 
> the Catholics teach that Mary was sinless. We believe that you can go 
> directly to God with our praise and prayers. Catholics often speak of 
> praying to saints for their requests. Hopefully I have not offended anyone 
> by saying any of these things. The question was asked about how Lutherans 
> and Catholics differ. I tried to answer it to the best of my knowledge. 
> Also, we believe that we go directly to Christ to ask for forgiveness for 
> our sins. Catholics are encouraged to confess sins to a priest who then 
> offers certain prayers to be said for forgiveness. 
> 
> 
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