Reflection 218
Based on the Vatican II
document (Comments welcome here) |
Two ideas from this article:
1.
Jesus respected people's freedom. He never forced anyone to believe.
He invited, encouraged, corrected, warned....but never forced. He always
respected people's free will
2.
Jesus' followers - Christians - must show the same respect to other people.
We
should never hound people about religion.
One reason why not a few people say "No thanks" to someone from a
church...is that in the past they were hounded to such an extent as to put them
off any interest in Christianity
Jesus,
please help Christians witness to your love
in a way that doesn't turn any one off Christianity