When Buddhist and Christian relatives meet ... conflict

last SG · 2008-02-27T15:51:11+00:00

here is an interesting link http://www.i-sis.org.uk/index.php about GM food which we all should be aware of.Sg food authorities are not going to labelled GM...

sanath SG

"Once a catholic, always a catholic"

Not really true since there are quite a number of catholics converting outside to other religions (Buddhism included) as well.

By the way, all christians are also catholics, since in the Apostle creed (which is also used in most of the other traditional groups like the anglicans, lutherans, methodists etc) it states "I believe in the Holy Catholic church, the communion of saints etc", BUT it's whether they are ROMAN catholics or not.

sanath SG

I apologise if i seem quite harsh towards catholics. I have nothing against catholics per se, as my own mother is one, and having being brought up a semi-catholic anglican. But i am quite offended when some catholics, especially the younger ones, think that they are tolerant compared to other christians, when that was not really the case until Vatican 2 when the catholic church became more tolerant of other christians and other faiths.

However, even up to now, non-catholic christians cannot take holy communion with roman catholics, and the roman catholic still has some issues in history it needs to address, such as forced conversions of native americans, persection of jews, the inquisitions and the crusades.

Isis SG

Hi to all,

First of all, I'm a catholic..

I can understand some of you going thru with all the awkardness discussing christianity or being"preached" by yr relatives or friends who in their newly found religion.or being christians for a very long time. . This is so when are very enthusiatic or zealously want to share with you. While it is ok to share with.anyone as we are called to "witness" our faith to others, we have to be sensitive to others..

By being sensitive.. means witnessing at the right time and the right place.. It also means do it with gentleness, love and care.. in short a "holistic approach"

Thru our actions i.e being caring, and displaying a "christian" attitude towards our neighbours, i.e our friends, relative, colleagues, etc.. they may come to know that our religion is a religion of love and compassion for the others.. No forcing.. or whatever, just some enouragement, or an "occasional" push. If one is not receptive to it.. we have to leave it there.. cause we know that time to convert him or her is not there as yet.. We will pray till he is ready.. to be converted. No point pushing or rushing as it may hurt the other person feelings..

For eg.. a non catholic study in a catholic school.. may not convert till he starts working or later stage in life.. He may remember all the prayers taught in school and who knows start praying to know Christ..

There are some who convert to catholicism cause their prayers has been answered.. eg non christians who go to novena church to ask Mother Mary to pray for thier petitions and got answered and became curious abt the faith and got converted subsequently..

As for me,, i would rather show by my examples to others and an "occasional" talk on christ.. if they are interested we will proceed form there..

Catholics are known for its tolerance towards other people's faith. and many people r aware of it.. as a result many people have respect for us .. a true fact..

Thanks for bring out all your grievances and we are better aware of it..

God bless all of you!

"Once a catholic, always a catholic"

Hey just wonder why Catholic is given this sweet white piece of thing to be put onto mouth by the priest?

Beyond Religion SG

I think at the end of the day, no monotheistic religions can ever claim that they are tolerant of other faiths. All such religions have their share of participation in religious wars, persecution and forced conversion.

Having said that, and on a matter of degree, monotheistic religions are much more tolerant than they were in the past. However, that is only because of the secularisation of governments in countries in which these religions are practised widely. The ironic part is that we (the nonbelievers) are spared the intolerance of the prevailing religions (preaching love and peace) by secular intervention.

Catholicuser SG

hi isis,

the little white piece is holy communion.. not a sweet..

It is the body of christ.. it is only meant for baptized catholic. and he or she must not be in the state of serious sin.. If he is, he must go to confess his sins to a priest, who has been given the authority to forgive the sins.. then he can go to receive holy communion..

hope that helps

God Bless!!

forever catholic

Catholicuser SG

hi sanath,

no pro.. so are u a catholic?? .. since your mum is a catholic.. ..IMy apology if any catholic offended anyone here..

catholic are more tolerant towards people of other religion.. However, that doe not mean we just let it be.. We are also call to "witness" our faith to non believers.. But catholics tend to show it thru actions.. i.e caring.. loving etc..

As for holy communion.. Since the other church is not in communion with rome, they cannot receive holy communion..

hope that helps

sanath SG

No, i am not, i converted to Buddhism when i was a teenager because i could not accept the teachings of either the catholic or the anglican churches, and the schism that caused my confusion in the first place.

JitKiat SG

I respect any person who practises what he preaches, it does not matter whether he is a Buddhist or Christian or Muslim.

言行一致

重实质不重形式

rokkie SG

it does not matter for a buddhism to go to church,u can go to church ,reversebly,u can invite ur uncle to temple.As heart sutra teach ,void is not form ,form is not void.It does not matter that u wear suit or buddhist cassock.it's what u really believe matters.really buddhist should have "不争" heart.As long as u r a good-hearted man ,u will be treated well by buddha.

share for the rest "generate ur heart without dwelling anywhere"

Herzog_Zwei SG

"In reality, the universe works by the law of Karma and he has no control over the system of karma."

Hey, I like this phrase and thanks for the reply. I will read up more of these pages...

you know, it is hard not to believe in a creator (for some religions) but sciencists should not play god in a sense?

It is not good to go against nature, like cloning of Dolly the goat. She grown old too fast and died...

Diverting of sounthern rivers water to the north in China, cause untold naural diasters...etc...

If man never played God, then you should not survived your last bout of whatever bacteria infection. Go figure what should be done.

dragon_stone SG

If man never played God, then you should not survived your last bout of whatever bacteria infection. Go figure what should be done.

You are missing my point totally.

Mankind should not play God to clone animals, genetically modified our food chain, etc...The scientists still do not fully understand the effects of GM experiments. You can read more of GM food and experiments at this link www.i-sis.org.uk/index.php

But not the understanding and curing of sickesses such as diseases and bacterias. The knowledge gain benefited mankind but not harm mankind.

rokkie SG

Love all regligion folk, they love to talk and i'll listen,then i'll brainwash them ha ha ha

r u kidding me?

Herzog_Zwei SG

You are missing my point totally.

But not the understanding and curing of sickesses such as diseases and bacterias. The knowledge gain benefited mankind but not harm mankind.

If you don't ever start working on it, you will never even understand it. That's experimenting. Go figure.

dragon_stone SG

If you don't ever start working on it, you will never even understand it. That's experimenting. Go figure.

yes, i figure that if the GM experiments goes on, then they will experiment on humans...change/modify the male's genes to female and vice versa, then human becomes bisexual and no need partners to have children...then our normal human procreation is no longer to the natural existence. We are going against nature...

Beyond Religion SG

In vitro fertilisation is also going against nature, but it has brought hope and joy for many couples.

You have to know that going against nature per se is not something that is bad. If going against nature can result in benefits to the human kind, then it is good. The immediate benefits of GM experiments will be elimination of diseases. You cannot overlook that.

dragon_stone SG

In vitro fertilisation is also going against nature, but it has brought hope and joy for many couples.

Agree. But not GM food. There are cases where GM food meant for the cattle ending up consuming by humans (in the US)
Our AVA do not see the need to label GM food products with the normal products, the consumers do not have a choice to choose...

jacqn SG

I do have some unpleasant christian uncle last time who come to our house and blabber nonsense in front of my altar and say the good thing of God

i feel heng , becos now he is nine inch under the ground liao

anyway have unpleasant experience with zealous relative who heck care other relative religion ????

why you felt heng? its up to individual to have different beliefs. I feel one should respect one another to avoid conflicts. this is very basic courtesy. your uncle is wrong, just ignore these type people. they will shut up if you simply ignore them.

jacqn SG

For your info , my decease uncle is a diehard .. he was one of the indonesia methodist church Senior Pastor .Well my mum also smiled when He ask weird question abt Guanyin

I had heard very negatve comments from christians about buddhism too. the more i attended church meetings, the more i resented them. to me they treat their religion more of a obession than anything else. but i never voiced out to my christian friends, cos this is the basic respect. I argued on few ocassions with my husband who is a christian, but more often we decided to change topic and let the matter rest. its better this way.

Herzog_Zwei SG

I say to fark nature and fark morality, just need to do what is required for the continuaty of mankind.

rokkie SG

I used to attend a church meeting ,they tell christian male should marry christian female rather than other religions ,to avoid conflict

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