On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Yep. The passages Catholics use to justify purgatory allude to being make pure by fire. What they don't get, apparently, is that this is a process that occurs to our spirit daily as we take up our cross and follow Jesus while we are alive. Once you're dead, it's game, set, match. You know His voice or you don't. Either He knows you from an intimate daily relationship, or He doesn't. > > 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. The devil twists everything of God, and creates counterfeits of every good thing, which he uses as lures for the unwise. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ 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/[email protected] ** 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.
