Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: djo@pacbell.com (Dan'l DanehyOakes) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Hell and the Faithful Message-ID: Date: 17 Dec 90 00:55:20 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article gbyrd@mcnc.org (Gregory T. Byrd) writes: >I'll answer you question with another quesition. Would God be merciful >to the rest of us if he sent Adolp Hitler to Heaven? A Catholic friend of mine observed that one interesting model for Purgatory is that you get to Heaven, and Jerry Falwell (or Jim Bakker, or Archbishop Sheen, or whatever Christian "leader" you personally find smarmy and offensive) is waiting to greet you at the gate with the kiss of brotherhood. Purgatory? Yes: You must be purged of your prejudices against your fellow Christians... ..I think this can be taken further and say we must be purged of our prejudice against our fellow _sinners_ ("There is not one who is holy, not one!"); God will forgive and save whom God forgives, and, while we know something about the mechanism of Grace because God-as-Jesus told us before laying down His life for us, we do _not_ know to whom Grace has been, or will, be granted. An excellent exercise is to pray for the souls of those you think utterly damned. Mona boba yoda, rupu dzhunay doda! -- Folk song in some Eastern European language my grandfather used to sing. I have no idea what it means. The Roach