I just saw a video posted from lofton saying that Muslims, and people of other religions, can be saved “through the goodness found in their religion”
Maybe this is just semantics to you, but it seems like that’s the difference. “Feeneyites” (I’m not using the term as a pejorative, just a descriptor) say salvation of non Catholics never happens. Non feeneyite trads see it as the exception, an outlier, something that could happen by God’s grace despite everything else. But most of the NO seems to see it as NORMATIVE. Something that happens through, rather than merely despite, false religions.
Yes, there are many people who see this as simply semantics, and that's why their thoughts on this doctrine are so muddled. If you break it down, as compared to other sacraments, the NECESSITY of LEAVING one's former religion is not optional. And, further, it's just step 1.
Woe to these Trad clerics who push this garbage and error. They proclaim BOD but don't even follow St Thomas or St Bellarmine's (and others') strict standards.
1. Belief in the Incarnation/Trinity
2. Catechumen of the Church
Let's simply analyze the case of the muslim.
a. Does muslimism believe in the Trinity or Incarnation? No. These doctrines are completely at odds with muslimism.
b. If a muslim believes in the Trinity/incarnation, is he still a muslim? No, that would be in contradiction.
c. Can a muslim who desires to STAY a muslim, truly desire to enter the Church? No.
d. Can a muslim who desires to STAY a muslim, truly believe in the incarnation/trinity? No. He may intellectually think it's possible, but if he truly believed, then he would leave.
So you see, the idea of saying that "a muslim can be saved in their religion" means you are saying that an OPEN and PUBLIC heretic, a hater of Christianity, can be saved through Christianity. This is foundationally foreign to any catholic mode of thinking. No saint has ever breathed something so diametrically opposed to the message of Christ.
How does one receive the other sacraments?
Action is involved, and promises.a. Penance -- you have to 1) confess your sins and 2) have a firm purpose.
b. Confirmation -- you have to 1) prepare and pick your confirmation name and 2) seek out a bishop.
c. Marriage -- you have to 1) vow to your spouse, 2) have intention of 'forever'.
So, in the same way, *if* one believes in BOD (according to St Thomas/St Bellarmine), then you have to admit the following parameters:
1. Person has to believe in necessary doctrines (Incarnation/Trinity, at minimum).
2. Person has to have the vow/promise/desire of baptism.
What is glossed over in the whole "muslim debate" is that
you can't desire something you don't know. This is a philosophical truism.
BOD only applies to those who KNOW about baptism. And if you know about baptism, that means you know a) what Catholicism is, b) what the Church is, c) that there is a pope, and priests, and sacraments, etc.
But a "muslim who is still a muslim" can't really desire baptism, because he hasn't even made up his mind to reject the errors of muslimism. How can he TRULY desire to enter the Church, when he hasn't decided to reject errors which are contrary to the Church?
If a man is dating 2 women and he asks 1 to marry him, is his proposal of marriage legitimate, being that he is still dating the other woman? Most people would say this man is confused (at best) or a scoundrel (at worst). But to neither woman is this man truly in love, nor is he being truthful with, nor even is he truthful with himself.
So it is with BOD. The requirement of St Thomas/St Bellarmine for BOD to ONLY apply to catechumens is an important one. For it shows that the person
a) has forsaken/rejected all other religions, errors and heresies (action)
b) is truly open, willing and
ABLE to commit, accept and receive the graces of the Church (promise)
If a person can't even reject their prior religion, then there is a 0% shot that they are serious about Catholicism, much less baptism. This is why it is a SERIOUS ERROR to describe BOD as applying to people "in other religions" or to say that people "can be saved in other religions". As Christ told us,
"He who is not with Me, is against Me." At the very least, a BOD-candidate has to WANT Christ and His Church. You can't want Christ, if you can't reject Budda, Muhammed, etc.