Publius: well, I do agree with you on the concept of Purgatory. Once you are dead you don't get a second chance to clean up your act. Having others pray and donate cash for you to get out of it is nonsense.
I suspect that the concept came about because people wanted to live a life of sin and still have a chance to get to Heaven. During life they figure they can repent at the last minute before dying and make it to Heaven but there is always one more shot at it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [OT] How Atheists win friends. Wow, I disagree with everyone on this thread. I must be in one of my brooding theological moods today. :) Purgatory is a false doctrine, so that men can "with a clean conscience" as it were die in a state of sin (rebellion), and hear those awful words at their final judgment: "Get away from me, ye workers of iniquity; I never knew you." A daily relationship with the living God by a human spirit that perseveres in faith until the end is the only thing that saves. The physical Bible doesn't save, saying some canned prayer one time and going to church every week or merely doing good works to show how holy you are don't save. Membership in this or that church is pointless, unless you have the love of Christ working in and through you every moment of every day--something that can only come about by real contrition and cheerful sacrifice. Don't pin your hopes on getting your sins sand-blasted off your soul one day in some mythical Decontamination Chamber of Heaven. Those sins have been removed already by the blood of the Lamb, but only for those who live in Christ Jesus until the day they die. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/606a66220bbc4822bcd70bf8b3179...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
