Only in Neo Land....

[devotedknuckles]

I agree. But maybe the motive was to discuss if Catholics should read heretics, infidels, Christ deniers for spiritual guidance? and so to answer that a solid NO is in order

[Jacafamala]

There's nothing wrong with Catholics well-versed in their faith reading about other religions and learning from them. Many times there are things we can learn that can help us be better Catholics. If reading and learning about Buddhism can help you become more contemplative and better at mental prayer then it's helpful. If reading about protestants and their emphasis on Scripture study helps you to read your own Bible more, then it's all good.

I see absolutely nothing in the statement you quoted that makes the poster a "neo-Catholic" or less-than-Catholic.

That's the problem: so many Catholics aren't well versed in the Faith, and yet they go off searching other philosophies. This can be very dangerous. To study the wealth of treasures we've been graced with by the Church could take a lifetime. It's just so sad that on the whole, many Catholics are so ignorant.

[AgnusDei1989]

There's nothing wrong with Catholics well-versed in their faith reading about other religions and learning from them. Many times there are things we can learn that can help us be better Catholics. If reading and learning about Buddhism can help you become more contemplative and better at mental prayer then it's helpful. If reading about protestants and their emphasis on Scripture study helps you to read your own Bible more, then it's all good.

I see absolutely nothing in the statement you quoted that makes the poster a "neo-Catholic" or less-than-Catholic.

That's the problem: so many Catholics aren't well versed in the Faith, and yet they go off searching other philosophies. This can be very dangerous. To study the wealth of treasures we've been graced with by the Church could take a lifetime. It's just so sad that on the whole, many Catholics are so ignorant.

We have a shelf at the very top of the highest bookcase in our library of some modern philosophers and political writers (I think that's mostly what they are...) which aren't taken down too often, but I think Dad must have gotten those on the principles of "Know thy enemy." I haven't tried to read any of the "hell-section", as a friend labelled it, yet; and I think I'll probably wait on it a little longer... Partly because at the moment they don't interest me, and partly in heed of Jacafamala's wise warning.