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The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!

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The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Catholic heaven sounds dull and uninteresting -- praise this, drink that, a whole lot of kneeling, and Gregorian chanting (which is kinda cool, but for eternity? Come on!)

Pastafarian heaven is way cooler.

I'd probably want to repurpose the beer volcano as a wine volcano though. As one gets older, their tastes change, and I damn well need my heaven to match my tastes!
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Even a Rastafarian heaven would probably have marijuana.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 2:29 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 11:56 am)Coffee Jesus Wrote: Theye're going against what Jesus said in John 3.

It's not exactly a big secret that Catholics aren't married to scripture.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm
What are some other examples?
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 2:44 pm (This post was last modified: April 24, 2014 at 2:44 pm by rexbeccarox.)
(April 24, 2014 at 12:29 pm)KUSA Wrote: Well I guess I have to start being a bad guy now so I won't have to kiss God's ass for eternity.

Yeah... I was thinking, "what happens if I don't WANT to go to heaven?"
(April 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote: What are some other examples?

Angels and saints are a good start. I was actually talking about that with some friends the other day.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 2:49 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote: What are some other examples?

Are you unaware of the doctrinal differences between Protestants (who generally subscribe to the principle of sola scriptural) and Catholics (who do not)? If you're looking for a gotcha to use in an argument with a Catholic, don't bother - they know full well that their traditions and catechism have extra-biblical components.

That being said, one example is the catholic dogma that states one must obtain absolution from a priest. Oh, and the whole papal infallibility thing.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 2:50 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 2:44 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:
(April 24, 2014 at 12:29 pm)KUSA Wrote: Well I guess I have to start being a bad guy now so I won't have to kiss God's ass for eternity.

Yeah... I was thinking, "what happens if I don't WANT to go to heaven?"
(April 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote: What are some other examples?

Angels and saints are a good start. I was actually talking about that with some friends the other day.

Not to mention purgatory.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 3:06 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 2:44 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Yeah... I was thinking, "what happens if I don't WANT to go to heaven?"
I think it's pretty clear by now that Yahweh really doesn't give a rat's ass what we think about anything. He seems to enjoy being unpredictable. I can only imagine what it would be like the first time the announcement went around in heaven: "Tomorrow begins Reverse Week. All heavenly souls will be transported to hell, and vice-versa. Also, since god is timeless, Reverse Week will actually last seventeen million years. Have a pleasant afternoon... it's the last one you'll enjoy in a very long time."
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 2:49 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(April 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm)Coffee Jesus Wrote: What are some other examples?

Are you unaware of the doctrinal differences between Protestants (who generally subscribe to the principle of sola scriptural) and Catholics (who do not)? If you're looking for a gotcha to use in an argument with a Catholic, don't bother - they know full well that their traditions and catechism have extra-biblical components.

That being said, one example is the catholic dogma that states one must obtain absolution from a priest. Oh, and the whole papal infallibility thing.

I was aware of their extra-Biblicial doctrines, but I didn't know they were contra-Biblical.
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RE: The Pope says atheists can go to Heaven now!
April 24, 2014 at 3:42 pm
(April 24, 2014 at 10:47 am)Weewah Wrote: http://www.catholic.org/news/hf/faith/st...p?id=51077

Pope says atheists can go to Heaven as long as they do good.

I think only those who made up heaven out of whole cloth would feel uninhibited enough to opine on who could and could not go to heaven.
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