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To: spudroberts1998 who wrote (243)	3/27/2007 7:45:07 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1560

>>HELL is a place where sinners really do burn in an everlasting fire, and not just a religious symbol designed to galvanise the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI has said.<< SR - I can't imagine what kind of god would punish a soul for all eternity, just because of something a human being did over the course of a few decades. Really seems a bit out of proportion, doesn't it? But I guess if the Pope says so, that's it. Too bad. I'm really not looking forward to that. Just imagine my chagrin if the Pope is right, and when I arrive in Hell they throw these mocking statements in my face. Well, I'll take my chances. I once heard a discussion about different religions in which one participant said that many religions have this concept of a place you go after death in punishment for things you have done wrong in life. However, Christianity is the only world religion where you spend all eternity in that place. In Hinduism, there's a very bad place you go, and you do go there for a very, very long time. But eventually you've paid your debt to the universe and you get out. - Allen

To: spudroberts1998 who wrote (243)	3/28/2007 2:54:39 PM
From: spudroberts1998	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1560

It's all very confusing. In October, the Pope indicated that limbo, supposed since medieval times to be a "halfway house" between heaven and hell, was "only a theological hypothesis" and not a "definitive truth of the faith". A "definitive truth of the faith"??? That's a real oxymoron. Everything about theology relies on interpretation of the bible, which has little or no basis in fact. If some things can be labelled a "theological hypothesis", that implies that other things can be labelled "theological fact", which is again an oxymoron. How does the church decide to accept something as a "definitive truth of the faith"? Since no evidence can be applied to matters of faith, by what means is this classification made? Conjecture? Instilling fear in the masses? Perhaps it's more marketable to avoid the idea that someone might go to a "halfway house" for eternity, rather than burn in hell. If you're going to be Christian, better not be in part way or else. Embrace and accept it completely, or fear the ultimate penalty that we can possibly think of - burning forever. What a sick and perverted ideology. Why do people believe this nonsense?