I am not a Christian or Roman-Catholic myself, so I can't see or
feel like one. Thus, I have written my queries here, hoping a true
believer could enlighten me.
1) Christians always said, as long as you believe in god, or the
holy father, your sins shall be cleansed when the time comes, and
he shall bring you to his holy kingdom.
I understand that this is to say god, or the holy father, loves
us as their children, and is willing to forgive our mistakes, and
will give us a chance to change. He also lead us by setting an
example of showing us his benevolence. However, what good is it if
his children do not see their mistakes, continuously making the
same, with the believe that he shall be forgiven?
2) I was guided by a Roman-Catholic who explained, who are we to
judge a person right or wrong, we are not god.
However, in reality, many people, regardless of races or
religions, including the one who taught me, still have his own
perceptions or opinions of people. Doesn't this oppose what the
religion is trying to bring forth to his believer?
3) When I am doing some research on the teachings of the
respective religions, I read an article that stated that marriage
is the utmost sacred form of relationships recognized in
Roman-Catholic. The relationships between husband and wife, and
spiritually with god, is to be considered above all other
relationships.
If so, how can a wife let her husband suffers in hunger, or
threaten to get a divorce, because her husband fails to bring back
money because of losing a job. Despite so, the said husband
continues to love her with all his heart and his trying to give
them the best while suffering alone, yet she, the wife, brings her
mother out to enjoy the materialistic enjoyment of life, not
considering the hardships and burden they are in. Isn't marriage an
holistic commitment that bind both parties to love each other, to
be loyal to, and to support each other irregardless good times or
bad?
If god is so generous to forgive everyone, what will it be
should a believer believes in god only because they believe that
they shall be forgiven, yet committing actions that are not in
accordance to what are being taught. If so, shouldn't they be
damned?
1) This is probably one of the biggest misunderstood concepts of
Christianity, even by many Christians themselves. Definitely
believing in the Lord will grant the salvation promised to us,
but we can lose that salvation if we do not demonstrate His
love in our actions. As you said, the Lord has shown
by example several times how we should help others, so if someone
who believes in the Lord does not bother to follow His commands,
then he or she is not being sincere to the Lord.
2) I think it is ok to have opinions of others, as long as we
don't impose our values or religious views on them. We should
recognise that there is goodness in other religions, races and
cultures.
3) Yes, you are correct in your understanding of marriage. I
don't have all the answers to a happy and enduring marriage, but
safe to say that if a husband and wife gives themselves to each
other completely in love, chances are that they will stay together
even in times of great difficulty. They will also know what to do
when faced with different situations.
God bless!