RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
November 7, 2017 at 11:37 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2017 at 11:47 pm by WinterHold.)
(November 7, 2017 at 11:22 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(November 7, 2017 at 10:15 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: I can be of its inhabitants in the afterlife, anybody can, and nobody knows is written for sure to be of its citizens. That's how it is in Islam.
According to Catholic tradition; I assume I want be accepted in heaven too since I don't accept Jesus -peace be upon him- to be the Lord; God.
No, we don't teach that in Catholicism.
Yes; you do:
http://christinprophecy.org/articles/whe...saved-die/
Quote:Those from Hades are going to be judged based on their works, but without the saving work of Jesus Christ — the only work that matters, they will be found wanting. God’s the perfect litmus test, and so no matter how good our works have been, they just cannot add up to God’s standard of perfection. Everyone who tells you that you have to work your way to Heaven is lying to you, because the Bible says otherwise in Ephesians 2:8-9. Jesus’ work on the cross is the only work that matters, and our response in faith.
3) Hell
When they are all found guilty, their next and final destination is a place called Hell. Revelation 20:14-15 explains that awful sentence of condemnation, “Then death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire.” The Lake of Fire is called the Second Death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the books of Life, they will be thrown into the Lake of Fire.
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/...ecnum=4275
Quote:Looking At The Evidence
Turning to Scripture, we find the doctrine of eternal damnation to be one of the most persistent themes in the New Testament, especially in the teaching of Christ himself. The Old Testament has little about life after death, but even there grim warnings are given of retribution for sin. The book of Daniel predicts: "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."[size=undefined]1[/size]
Our Lord declares: " . . . whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin."[size=undefined]2[/size] He tells us that on the Last Day many will remind him they had done mighty works in his name, but he will say to them: "I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers."[size=undefined]3[/size] He warns his disciples: " . . . fear him who can destroy both body and soul in hell."[size=undefined]4[/size] He declares that it is better " . . . to enter life maimed than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire."[size=undefined]5[/size] He adds that in hell ". . . their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched."[size=undefined]6[/size] The parable of the net holding good and bad fish ends with the statement that the angels will separate the evil from the good "and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth."[size=undefined]7[/size] The same fate for the wicked is given in the parable of the tares and the wheat.[size=undefined]8[/size]
But it's not cool to say it during preaching to non-christians; so you prefer to not open the topic. Old crusaders and some extremists use it to scare people into the faith.
Sunni and Shiite twelver Muslims do it too.
Give people what they want to hear. That's the rule of the game.