RE: I am a Catholic, ask me a question!
August 4, 2009 at 12:24 pm
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2009 at 12:37 pm by chatpilot.)
Okay Jon Paul lets try something else:God created Adam and Eve and they in turn committed the first act of disobedience to God by eating of the forbidden fruit.The fact that they were beguiled into doing so is irrelevant.This in turn pissed off God so much that he made all of humanity responsible for the sin of two people we have never met and who supposedly existed about 7,000 years ago give or take a few years.Then he institutes the whole ritual of animal sacrifices to atone for the sins of mankind.But those sacrifices were not sufficient they just covered or hid the sin from God so he had to send his son to die on the cross and shed his untainted blood for mankind so that it can take away our sins altogether.In order for this to be valid though we have to accept Jesus as Lord and live to the best of our abilities by Gods statutes and commands.
I have a serious problem with this;firstly I don't think it's fair that we should all be held accountable for the sin of Adam and Eve.That is like punishing someones entire family for a crime that one of their members committed it's not fair.Secondly why does God just not forgive mankind since he is all powerful he can do anything.Forgiveness is a concious decision and I am sure on God's part it wont take much.Instead of going through this long and drawn out roundabout way by saying that without the shedding of blood there is no remmission of sin just equates the biblical god with all those savage gods of the primitives such as the Incas and Mayas and many of the tribal religions.The whole story in my mind makes no sense at all.
You said: I have already provided extensive and exhaustive scriptural evidence for a purifying state in the afterlife which is neither finally heaven nor hell.
On a side note none of those verses speak or even allude to a transitional state after death.The only way they do is if you read into it or interpret more than is written in them.The first qoutes about settling your debts or differences with your adversary is not about the afterlife if put in its proper context.Kudos for the the transliteral word play though!
I have a serious problem with this;firstly I don't think it's fair that we should all be held accountable for the sin of Adam and Eve.That is like punishing someones entire family for a crime that one of their members committed it's not fair.Secondly why does God just not forgive mankind since he is all powerful he can do anything.Forgiveness is a concious decision and I am sure on God's part it wont take much.Instead of going through this long and drawn out roundabout way by saying that without the shedding of blood there is no remmission of sin just equates the biblical god with all those savage gods of the primitives such as the Incas and Mayas and many of the tribal religions.The whole story in my mind makes no sense at all.
You said: I have already provided extensive and exhaustive scriptural evidence for a purifying state in the afterlife which is neither finally heaven nor hell.
On a side note none of those verses speak or even allude to a transitional state after death.The only way they do is if you read into it or interpret more than is written in them.The first qoutes about settling your debts or differences with your adversary is not about the afterlife if put in its proper context.Kudos for the the transliteral word play though!
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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