Comments on: Let me tell you the difference about Islam/Christianity/Catholicsm/ and pengaruh barat http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/11/14/let-me-tell-you-the-difference-about-islamchristianitycatholicsm-and-pengaruh-barat/ Life, Lies, Sex, Humor, Politics of a Malaysian blogger Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:21:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: azhar http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/11/14/let-me-tell-you-the-difference-about-islamchristianitycatholicsm-and-pengaruh-barat/comment-page-1/#comment-108559 azhar Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:12:20 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2006/11/14/let-me-tell-you-the-difference-about-islamchristianitycatholicsm-and-pengaruh-barat/#comment-108559 hello....i don't want to say much...have u seen what happen to mosque at acheh,indonesia...the mosque that still stand even has strike by the big tsunami...all the tree all gone but that mosque still stands...which GOD that save the mosque???i advise u to learn about al-quran and then comment when u have learnt it....every single word in al-quran is truth...ok...thank u... hello….i don’t want to say much…have u seen what happen to mosque at acheh,indonesia…the mosque that still stand even has strike by the big tsunami…all the tree all gone but that mosque still stands…which GOD that save the mosque???i advise u to learn about al-quran and then comment when u have learnt it….every single word in al-quran is truth…ok…thank u…

]]> By: silverstar http://www.chanlilian.net/2006/11/14/let-me-tell-you-the-difference-about-islamchristianitycatholicsm-and-pengaruh-barat/comment-page-1/#comment-43745 silverstar Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:10:29 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2006/11/14/let-me-tell-you-the-difference-about-islamchristianitycatholicsm-and-pengaruh-barat/#comment-43745 its not easy being Catholic. when ppl want to bash the Christians, the Catholics got it first - remember the caricature? Catholic churches got burned down, priests and nuns killed...does anyone bother to check if the artists are Christians? hey a large number of Europeans now don't believe in God. look at the number of films and books that insults Christianity particularly Catholicism (Da Vinci Code) and these are mostly done by the Westerners too. so it is very stupid of ppl to equal the West and Christianity, yes they maybe related in many ways but not equal. look at Christmas, it is no longer about the birth of Christ, it is all about just "season's greetings"! look at the Christmas cards.......no verses from bibles, no pictures of the holy family, no wisemen, no angels, no wishes and blessings of the Lord to the receiver - its just plain best wishes! just pictures of reindeers or snowman! and like what lilian said, it is not easy to convert into catholicism, you have to go through 1 year of RCIA where you learn a lot about the church and at any point in time some will leave after finding out certain things they do not agree with or after getting bored with all the lectures and/or after their initial enthusiasm wears off, but hey the church is not concern about quantity here but quality. at the end of the day, they are the ones who decide whether to convert or not, not the church and if there is no genuine love for the teachings of the church and the love of the Lord, the converts will simply leave in a few years time. and for those like lilian who have been through it all, i believe they genuinely want to convert and not a half hearted effort. the church do not hide anything from the elect during RCIA, the church do not give half truths and paints only rosy pictures of the church to lure them. the church gives the elect 1 year (soul searching) to make up their mind after getting to know all that they need to know in order to make good decision for themselves. they can leave anytime they want. and even after converting, the church never stops a person from leaving, it is their decision, their life - of course the church will try to help (counseling) the person with whatever it is that is troubling them (because the church cares) but the final decision rest not on the church. so like what lilian said, stop making the Catholic Church and Christianity (in general) look bad more so in order to make yourself look good in the eyes of others. its not easy being Catholic. when ppl want to bash the Christians, the Catholics got it first – remember the caricature? Catholic churches got burned down, priests and nuns killed…does anyone bother to check if the artists are Christians? hey a large number of Europeans now don’t believe in God. look at the number of films and books that insults Christianity particularly Catholicism (Da Vinci Code) and these are mostly done by the Westerners too. so it is very stupid of ppl to equal the West and Christianity, yes they maybe related in many ways but not equal. look at Christmas, it is no longer about the birth of Christ, it is all about just “season’s greetings”! look at the Christmas cards…….no verses from bibles, no pictures of the holy family, no wisemen, no angels, no wishes and blessings of the Lord to the receiver – its just plain best wishes! just pictures of reindeers or snowman!

and like what lilian said, it is not easy to convert into catholicism, you have to go through 1 year of RCIA where you learn a lot about the church and at any point in time some will leave after finding out certain things they do not agree with or after getting bored with all the lectures and/or after their initial enthusiasm wears off, but hey the church is not concern about quantity here but quality. at the end of the day, they are the ones who decide whether to convert or not, not the church and if there is no genuine love for the teachings of the church and the love of the Lord, the converts will simply leave in a few years time. and for those like lilian who have been through it all, i believe they genuinely want to convert and not a half hearted effort. the church do not hide anything from the elect during RCIA, the church do not give half truths and paints only rosy pictures of the church to lure them. the church gives the elect 1 year (soul searching) to make up their mind after getting to know all that they need to know in order to make good decision for themselves. they can leave anytime they want. and even after converting, the church never stops a person from leaving, it is their decision, their life – of course the church will try to help (counseling) the person with whatever it is that is troubling them (because the church cares) but the final decision rest not on the church.

so like what lilian said, stop making the Catholic Church and Christianity (in general) look bad more so in order to make yourself look good in the eyes of others.

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