...over a pub lunch after Mass...the future of Britain, and Islam. Conversions to Islam. In my experience of talking to young girls who convert, obviously the immediate cause is an Islamic boyfriend. Usually the girl is a formal but lapsed Catholic. She has been given just sufficient religion (eg in a nominally Catholic school) to give her a vague idea of God and an interest in the things of God, but insufficient to enable her to have a personal relationship with Christ, let alone any desire for the sacraments. So the idea of praying five times a day and adopting a dress code, and all that, seems v. romantic and exciting, especially if it causes dismay at home...
We need to pray about this, and our own commitment to Christ and the Church is at the core of what the future holds. We are called to be missionaries, to be witnesses, to evangelise...
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One prominent Islamic militant has been quoted as saying that he found in Islam the discipline and sense of purpose that was absent from his Catholic upbringing.
This is what happens if we fail to teach and demonstrate by example that Catholicism is not about Mass on Sunday and do as you like the rest of the time.
Do not despair. Certainly there is something strange going on in Britain with these conversions, but remember if a muslim tries to convert to any other religion, he/she is threatened with death. Once the muslim world finally enters the modern world their religion will not hold. Read about all the converts away from Islam here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Christianity_from_Islam
Read their stories and see how they see islam as a religion rooted in violence and control, especially of women. Their stories don't get the press of the converts to Islam. Of course we need to catachize better, but we need to get these converts from Islam a megaphone to broadcast their stories.
Manny those are good points, I agree that exposure to the modern world will whittle away at Islam, & the religion will become even more oppressive (where it can do that)
but ultimately will crumble as it is clearly a man devised religion.
Mohammed merged traits from judaism
(no pork) & Christianity (reverence for Jesus & Mary) in hopes of appealing to everybody in the 7th century & having a worldwide faith that HE could manage instead of letting people live their conscience.
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