No more limbo?

jaim · 02-01-2006, 11:44 AM

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/sto...ns/0506867.htm

Can the Vatican really close limbo? If they can maybe it is they who determine who actually gets into heaven and hell. Or maybe the Vatican has no idea what happens to you when you die.

phobiaphobe · 02-01-2006, 11:55 AM

Hypothesis? That sounds pretty sciencey to me. Blasphemers.

phobiaphobe · 02-01-2006, 11:57 AM

Oh I get it, theology is now a branch of science.

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Like hypotheses in any branch of science, a theological hypothesis can be proven wrong or be set aside when it is clear it does not help explain Catholic faith.

nhfirefighter13 · 02-01-2006, 12:57 PM

I think I have a headache.

Leave it to a Catholic to destroy eternal happiness.

CBRVFR · 02-01-2006, 1:01 PM

Damn - that was my favorite party dance.

phobiaphobe · 02-01-2006, 1:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CBRVFR

Damn - that was my favorite party dance.

It helps that you don't have to actually lean backwards to walk under the stick.

Scout · 02-21-2006, 10:30 PM

Okay,

after my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she wrote her Catholic church in Washington Sate, for reintegration into the Church. You see, around 30 years before, she had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church because she filed for divorce. She retained custody of me, and I was adopted by her "new" husband, my Dad, a year later.

Well, they wrote back to her that she was accepted back into the church, 30 some odd years later, and apologized for any grief or hardship.

It pleased my Mom, so I'm glad for that. But, I was secretly DISGUSTED with the idea the Catholic Church had treated my Mom in such a way for so long. And to think I don't believe in organized religion. I wonder why?

This recent issue with purgatory or limbo doesn't surprise me. Par for the course.

jaim · 02-22-2006, 2:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Scout

Okay,

after my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she wrote her Catholic church in Washington Sate, for reintegration into the Church. You see, around 30 years before, she had been excommunicated from the Catholic Church because she filed for divorce. She retained custody of me, and I was adopted by her "new" husband, my Dad, a year later.

Well, they wrote back to her that she was accepted back into the church, 30 some odd years later, and apologized for any grief or hardship.

It pleased my Mom, so I'm glad for that. But, I was secretly DISGUSTED with the idea the Catholic Church had treated my Mom in such a way for so long. And to think I don't believe in organized religion. I wonder why?

This recent issue with purgatory or limbo doesn't surprise me. Par for the course.

The point was that IT IS ALL FICTION. Every last bit of it. Religion and faith should transcend any organization but yet people seem to have the burning need to have someone else be responsible for their lives and interpret their faith.

And if you want to hear about people getting bent over by the church. Check out the stories of Copernicus and Galileo some time.