qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Reread my edited post.
Avatar MIA wrote: The answer's the same. So, you believe you are heaven bound and you believe you can identify the Vicar of Christ as being effectively an Anti-Christ.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » The true pope is Benedict XVI.
Avatar MIA wrote: He and pretty much the entire Catholic Church believe otherwise.
Avatar MIA wrote: » Yes, the above is the stock answer. I'm familiar with this.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » I'm afraid that you are wrong there. I will go to Heaven because I am a Son of God.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » The antichrist will deceive many.
PopePalpatine wrote: He did a decent job with the Pope Emeritus.
GritBiscuit wrote: » If someone doesn't believe in god...and then when they die they see him...they believe...they say sorry...surely we're all getting in? One of the (many) things I don't get about christianity is that the oft touted situation of a rapist paedophile priest who's done his (apparent) penance gets to heaven because they've always been a believer and asked forgiveness but someone who never knew christianity or had no belief despite being a really good person would not get into heaven. Doesn't seem like a terribly fair or decent system to me, as a life-long outsider. Would you agree with it or do you think it happens differently? Are those the kind of people you want or expect to be surrounded by in the eternal afterlife? Are the only people getting in free of all sin, or are some sins greater than others?
antiskeptic wrote: » To save time, how far have you followed the stock answer to find it wanting such that this becomes a favorite of yours. You say Joseph wasn't Jesus' father, when in fact he was, legally. That means there is a legal lineage running back from Jesus. I take it the stock answer for the point of that also doesn't satisfy?
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Someone who never knew Christ but lives a moral life will of course enter Heaven. Remember Christ is a merciful Judge, and weighs up all factors.
jaxxx wrote: » God: apparently very selective about who is let into the kingdom of heaven, usually those who subscribe only to certain principles/beliefs and who spend their lives in worship to and devoted to said god. Very narcissitic I must say.... Devil: has no omissions list and does not require any such devotion. Me: perhaps the world has these titles reversed..............
GritBiscuit wrote: I've never known, nor am I likely to know your god. All I keep hearing about him is fire and brimstone for the good guys and life times in nirvana. It's very off-putting.
GritBiscuit wrote: The whole..."I'll forgive anything (like, frigging A-NY-THING!) as long as it isn't disbelief or "lack of faith" is something I could never wrap my head around. I can rape children, murder, treat everyone like dirt, vote republican - as long as I cruise past the confessional occasionally it's all fine and dandy....but dare to be an atheist, an atheist who adopted 25 kids, an atheist who works pro-bono for numerous human rights groups, doesn't matter...hell bound fire for eternity. Huh?
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » I'm afraid that you cannot cruise past the confessional. Do you think you can fool God?
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Have you never heard about Jesus Christ and how he alleviated pain and suffering?
GritBiscuit wrote: He's the son AND the omnipotent father that created all the pain and suffering tho, right? Cos he made the world and everything in it? And if he wanted to make a world free of suffering he could... but he didn't and we've to thank him for alleviating some of the pain and suffering that only exists because he made it that way...do I have that right?
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » You are His hands and feet.
GritBiscuit wrote: Hmmm... Mother Theresa was beatified and the Vatican hasn't paid a cent in retribution to their many, many victims...so I'd have to go with...yes. As things stand...you clearly can.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » What kind of sh**e do you listen to?
GritBiscuit wrote: Hmmm...now that you mention it...
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Mother Teresa understood the value of suffering, and tried to alleviate it. Do you remember the suffering that the Son of God went through? And He did it for you, personally. He suffered and died for YOU, personally.
GritBiscuit wrote: The woman who skimmed money off the poorest in Calcutta for her church. What a hero.
GritBiscuit wrote: My eternal damnation/disappointment marches on.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » We will leave it to the omnipotent God to judge her. Which of us can throw stones?
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » I'm warning you that it's not fiction.
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Mother Teresa understood the value of suffering
qwadb78ejp260i wrote: » Do you remember the suffering that the Son of God went through? And He did it for you, personally. He suffered and died for YOU, personally.
nozzferrahhtoo wrote: I was very young then. I claim nor accept no association for an act that I was in no position to accept OR stop and would have campaigned against had I been socially active at the time. Even if there was evidence that the act was actually perpetuated in reality.
nozzferrahhtoo wrote: However I am unimpressed by the Nazarene Fables. This claim some dude gave his life for us as a sacrifice. But in the next breath we are told said dude still lives in a state of ETERNAL bliss and dominion. Clearly some people would do well to buy a dictionary and look up the word "sacrifice" follow quickly by the word "dead". Because your fairy tale of choice does not describe a live sacrificed, but one traded up.
nozzferrahhtoo wrote: There is likely very few humans alive who would not accept a few days of torture in lieu of an ETERNITY of bliss and dominion. And you want to sell this story as something to be lauded rather than pitied?
nozzferrahhtoo wrote: You need better fairy tales. The ones you have are actually nothing better than an insult against those humans who HAVE actually given their lives......... with no promise of eternal reward........ for a person, a place, or an ideal.
Zerbini Blewitt wrote: Can a new entrant into Heaven do anything they want from then on (or are there still certain restrictions or rules)?