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about other religions? | Jaime | Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
Question: Hi, to what extent is the Holy Spirit at work in other religions? say buddhism? I realize that if they were completely devoid of the Holy Spirit they would turn totally evil, mush like satanism is! but this is not the case, in the case of buddhism, they even have good points to what they say. Or is the Holy Spirit at work in them by degreees? |
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OMSM(r)
Dear Jaime: The Holy Spirit can inspire and be with any person who performs a good act, exercises a kind heart, or holds a mind that pursues truth and God as best as he knows how. Those in other religions can even be saved, not through their own religion, but through Christ and his Church in a sublime way that we do not fully understand. The Catechism states:
The paragraph in bold says that people who are not believers, even members of other religions, can be "moved by grace." Grace comes only from God. Good comes only from God. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one" (Roman 3:10). Thus, even when a Satanist trips into a moral behavior, that which inspires him to behave in a moral (good) way, is the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit the human race would be nothing but barbaric, self-indulgence, monsters. Back in the days when the Holy Spirit had little presence on earth, such as times before Moses and Abraham, the natural barbarism of the broken human nature reigned. When God chose the Jewish people to reveal himself through the Law, and sent his Son to reveal himself through love, the Holy Spirit has more and more presence on the earth through God's people. As the Holy Spirit had more presence, culture became more civilized. Since around 1994 there has been a paradym shift in which the Christian worldview, that has been predominate for 1500 years, became a secondary worldview. With that cultural change and the fact that more and more Christians have either abandoned their faith, become lukewarm in their faith, or have cease to live a Christian life, the Holy Spirit has less and less influence on earth. This is why we see our culture dying today, where sin and perversion has become the norm, where the barbarous and corrupt broken human nature is now reigning supreme. God Bless,
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