[Faith-talk] non-christians on this list

[Kirt Manwaring]

John,
  I never replied to your message earlier.  Thanks for your answers
about the Majesterium and Tradition.  So, if I'm understanding right,
it is your belief that the majesterium/teaching arm of the Roman
Catholic church is simply clarifying the revelation already given.  In
other words, Jesus was and the Bible was the complete Revelation of
God.  If I'm understanding right, the biggest disagreement between
Catholics and Protestants is a matter of interpretation of the Bible.
For you, am I right in saying the interpretation provided by
tradition/majesterium is authoritativ and the only "correct" way to
look at scripture, while in Protestant Christianity it is more open to
the reader's own interpretation?  I know that's a huge generalization,
but would you say I'm right there?
  Anyways...I'm also curious about another statement you made.  You
said something to the effect of believing Joseph Smith's vissions were
genuine, but not valid.  So...for you, as a Catholic, do you think he
was misguided?  Partially inspired but ultimately mistaken in taking
it too far?  Inspired by the devil?  I won't get offended, I want your
honest opinion and I'm not going to take it personally.
  And, religious dialogue is definitely important...I'd say escential.
 I think there's much to learn from all religions, and personally I'm
convinced God has inspired them all.  That doesn't mean I believe with
everything every faith claims, but I see the hand of God throughout
the religious world.
  I have one other question for you.  Are you familiar with the idea
of anonimous Christianity?  If so, what are your thoughts on it?
  God bless,
Kirt

On 4/21/11, John J. Boyer <john at godtouches.org> wrote:
> I'm definitely Christian, but I'm all for interrelitious dialog. In
> fact, I think that is part of my particular work of evangelization. If
> you go to my website, http://www.godtouches.org you will see that it's
> motto is "peace, love, service". I think that my work of evangelization
> is to spread these attitudes of Christ even in the secular world.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 09:25:24PM -0600, Kirt Manwaring wrote:
>> Dear list,
>>   I very much enjoy all the devotionals and prayer requests and
>> discussions on here.  I'm pretty sure it's one of the few worthwhile
>> distractions in life.  But I am curious, and I definitely don't mean
>> to offend, if there are any non-christian regular readers of this
>> mailinglist?  I don't mean to procelyte, and I don't want this thread
>> to turn into an overblown theological debate, but I'm very interested
>> in talking with and learning from people from other faiths.  If that's
>> you, and you wouldn't mind talking, would you please email me
>> off-list?  I won't procelyte- I won't try to baptize you or anything.
>> I just want a friendly dialogue.
>>   God bless,
>> Kirt
>>
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