10. Purgatory
INFERNAL INTERNET
My Dear Rehtulnitram,
That priest you tell me about is quite upsetting. He told his people to be wary of easy and incomplete questions and answers. He is too close to the truth when he says that those who "are intellectually dishonest or misled themselves have seduced many of Khrist's flock away from the true Church." Is there any way we can shut him up? It is indeed bothersome.
Beware of the defector's lingering fidelity to Jeezus. Like am ember, all the enemy has to do is breathe upon it to re-ignite a Catholic's faith. Keep them self-preoccupied. Keep this priest you tell me about, and any of his cohorts, away from the victim. They will plead for the fallen-away believer to come home to the faith and sacraments established by Khrist. A useful evangelical question to undermine Catholicism is, "If you were to die tonight, where do you think you would go?" When they stumble in their confusion about purgatory, we've almost got them. Exploit the insecurity they feel in regard to their status before the enemy. When you want to stress the hypocrisy of Catholics, you can ask, "If Christianity were a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?" The questions make one think, but steer the thinking to our purposes. Our anti-Catholic friends have long known the trick of asking a Catholic a question touching upon his eternal destiny. If the Catholic answers, "I would go to purgatory," then he's falling into our hands. It is possible, maybe even likely that most believers will go to purgatory, but they forget that their answer should always reflect a higher aim. If the Catholic answers, "I hope to go to heaven," well, run like hell.
The terrible truth is that purgatory is a sign of the enemy's infinite mercy to the human swine. Malign it as a concept stolen from pagan religious traditions. In actuality, it only parallels such a pagan abode, but count on Catholic gullibility. A student of such things would see through us immediately. After all, Hell or Hades was also a concept in the mythological religions and we know how terribly real it is. The astute person, and there are very few of them, would offer the counter-question, "Are we going to disavow heaven because it looks too much like the Mount Olympus of the Greeks or the Valhalla of the Vikings?" Of course not. Thank badness, such apologetists are few and far between. Press the weak Catholic to quickly dismiss purgatory. Much else will follow.
Although the roots of purgatory can be discovered in the Old and New Testaments, stress that the word "purgatory" is NOT in the bible. Between us, the absence of a term proves or disproves nothing. But again, people are cattle. If they had half a brain, they would realize that the word "Trinity" does not appear there either, and yet fundamentalists acknowledge that much. Indeed, their invention of an eschatological kidnapping called "Rapture" does not appear there as such either. No, just as with the word "pope," the Christian community would develop terminology to express biblical concepts and their experience of the Church. Such does not necessarily detract from the bible, but unfortunately for us, amplifies it.
Ah, purgatory, talk about strange places-- all the benefits of a devil's home, but only for commuters. And all that damn joy, they all know that they've made it. I'll be happy when the whole place is evacuated-- although I will miss their pain. Only the enemy could devise such a thing. At the time of death, those still burdened with temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven, must undergo purgation after death. These departed ones can be aided by the prayers and good works of those living on earth. This state of purgation is understood as an intermediate condition between individual death and entrance into heaven. Disgusting!
Your devilishly delightful boss,
Slubgob
My Dear Rehtulnitram,
That priest you tell me about is quite upsetting. He told his people to be wary of easy and incomplete questions and answers. He is too close to the truth when he says that those who "are intellectually dishonest or misled themselves have seduced many of Khrist's flock away from the true Church." Is there any way we can shut him up? It is indeed bothersome.
Beware of the defector's lingering fidelity to Jeezus. Like am ember, all the enemy has to do is breathe upon it to re-ignite a Catholic's faith. Keep them self-preoccupied. Keep this priest you tell me about, and any of his cohorts, away from the victim. They will plead for the fallen-away believer to come home to the faith and sacraments established by Khrist. A useful evangelical question to undermine Catholicism is, "If you were to die tonight, where do you think you would go?" When they stumble in their confusion about purgatory, we've almost got them. Exploit the insecurity they feel in regard to their status before the enemy. When you want to stress the hypocrisy of Catholics, you can ask, "If Christianity were a crime, would there be enough evidence to convict you?" The questions make one think, but steer the thinking to our purposes. Our anti-Catholic friends have long known the trick of asking a Catholic a question touching upon his eternal destiny. If the Catholic answers, "I would go to purgatory," then he's falling into our hands. It is possible, maybe even likely that most believers will go to purgatory, but they forget that their answer should always reflect a higher aim. If the Catholic answers, "I hope to go to heaven," well, run like hell.
The terrible truth is that purgatory is a sign of the enemy's infinite mercy to the human swine. Malign it as a concept stolen from pagan religious traditions. In actuality, it only parallels such a pagan abode, but count on Catholic gullibility. A student of such things would see through us immediately. After all, Hell or Hades was also a concept in the mythological religions and we know how terribly real it is. The astute person, and there are very few of them, would offer the counter-question, "Are we going to disavow heaven because it looks too much like the Mount Olympus of the Greeks or the Valhalla of the Vikings?" Of course not. Thank badness, such apologetists are few and far between. Press the weak Catholic to quickly dismiss purgatory. Much else will follow.
Although the roots of purgatory can be discovered in the Old and New Testaments, stress that the word "purgatory" is NOT in the bible. Between us, the absence of a term proves or disproves nothing. But again, people are cattle. If they had half a brain, they would realize that the word "Trinity" does not appear there either, and yet fundamentalists acknowledge that much. Indeed, their invention of an eschatological kidnapping called "Rapture" does not appear there as such either. No, just as with the word "pope," the Christian community would develop terminology to express biblical concepts and their experience of the Church. Such does not necessarily detract from the bible, but unfortunately for us, amplifies it.
Ah, purgatory, talk about strange places-- all the benefits of a devil's home, but only for commuters. And all that damn joy, they all know that they've made it. I'll be happy when the whole place is evacuated-- although I will miss their pain. Only the enemy could devise such a thing. At the time of death, those still burdened with temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven, must undergo purgation after death. These departed ones can be aided by the prayers and good works of those living on earth. This state of purgation is understood as an intermediate condition between individual death and entrance into heaven. Disgusting!
Your devilishly delightful boss,
Slubgob
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