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Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 1992 08:55:00 EDT
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Subject:      Re: Some questions

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>From: "(Bob von Buelow)" <bobv@SPIKE.JPL.NASA.GOV>
>Subject: Re: Some questions
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>bdboyle@erenj.com (Bryan D. Boyle) writes:
>>wwarf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Wayne J. Warf) writes:
>>> [Wayne lists his concerns]
>>>
>>
>> [Bryan suggests trying somewhere else]
>
>
>>My advice would be to find a more faithful parish rather than the Newman
>>center to continue your friend's acceptance into our faith.  It is
>>important that a TRUE picture of Catholicism be provided, rather than
>>a relativist-modified, questionable theology be taught.
>
> [Bob von Buelow writes ... ]
>
>A bit judgemental aren't we?  Questionable doesn't equal wrong. Some
>might consider your 'faithful parish' to be questionable.  It is a matter
>of perspective isn't it?  One should examine all aspects before making
>a decision.  That's why we have a mind and free will.

Some of you may remember me from my agonized posts concerning
RCIA. I am currently attending RCIA in NJ.
Bob's response seems to get to the heart of my difficulty with RCIA.
I am not in a position to examine all aspects yet.
Shouldn't I learn the official Church teachings first ?
Isn't it very presumptious of me (as somebody new to the faith)
to assume that my "opinions" are of equal value to the
collective wisdom and truth (and Truth) acquired by the Church
over its 2000 year history -
an unbroken chain that leads directly back to Christ.


I also find that everyone else at RCIA is comfortable with whats
being done because 1. they're new like me, and a "believe
whatever you want to believe" message is very tempting
2. they are part of RCIA and have heard it all for so many years
from the RCIA leader that its become their beliefs.

But let me also say:
Every other opinion you hear challenges you.
I've heard wonderful and thoughtful things from most of these same people.
I can tell that they are people who dearly love God.
They are at RCIA for me, to help me too become a child of God.

			Len Horn

PS
Want to start a chain of outrageous things said at RCIA :-) ?
A free sessions ago, a facilitator stated that
the CIA had Thomas Merton assassinated because he was on the
verge of uniting Catholicism and Buddhism. The statement, of course,
went unchallenged.
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