Survivor China

Sep 20, '07, 9:29 pm

Carthusianish Junior Member   Join Date: September 9, 2007 Posts: 261 Religion: Catholic

Survivor China So i watched this tonight and I was wondering what the correct thing would be for a Catholic in the situation at the beginning when they all had to go into the Buddhist temple and light the candles and bow or whatever they were doing? I have only been a Catholic formally for about 2 years but my instincts would tell me not to participate. Anyone know? Also, I was bummed they voted out the one they did... (avoiding spoilers ). I hate when the lazy tribe members target the ones that try to get something done. __________________ I read. I pray. I don't say much...        Sep 21, '07, 7:05 pm Dwyer Regular Member   Join Date: February 26, 2007 Posts: 1,359 Religion: Byzantine Catholic Re: Survivor China As a Catholic, you can go into other religion's places of worship occassionally, such as if you're invited on a special occasion or for a wedding ceremony. You can even go there if you just want to see the building (for example, you go see the Blue Mosque in Constantinople, because of it is a famous piece of architecture). My understanding is, as long as the Pope wasn't actively participating in Muslim prayers / prayer service or co-celebrating with an Islamic Imam at a strictly Islamic prayer / worship service (like at their Friday prayer service), it was fine with Church teaching with him visiting the mosque (I am sure he was invited, if you're the Pope you probably just don't show up at the front door when the service is about to start) on invitation, and yes, even praying inside it (you can pray to God anywhere); What he couldn't do is pray to Allah with the Muslims at their worship service / or co-celebrate at a Muslim worship service.