RE: What stops you from sinning in heaven?
May 14, 2012 at 8:45 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2012 at 8:48 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 14, 2012 at 5:59 am)Aiza Wrote: Well, no, it is in the Bible as I mentioned before. But yes, you are right--not everything is in the Bible, so even if it wasn't in the Bible, that would have no bearing on the issue. For Catholics at least, Oral and Written Tradition are both equally important and inspired.
No, it isn't. The last bit doesn't worry you? The notion that a centuries old game of "he said she said" is just as important as "god said" doesn't worry you? It would worry me, if I believed in such things, and wanted to make sure I pleased such creatures.
Quote:I think perfection arises from a perfect love of God, so that your own will is enjoined to his, in the same way as our Blessed Mother. They still have the "ability" to do evil, but they don't. And the same thing is true of a living person--a perfect living person does not do evil.
And people again, cannot repent in hell because if they had goodness within them, that allowed them to feel remorse for evil deeds; they would not be in Hell. When you reject all goodness, that includes that goodness within you as well. And the same is true of a living person--a living person who rejects all goodness would never repent or feel remorse. They might be angry if any consequences of their evil spill onto them, but actually out of genuine love for God and his fellow humans? No.
Try flipping it around: its not that a perfect person can't do evil, its that a person who does evil can't be perfect. And its not that a fully wicked person can't feel remorse, its that a person who feels genuine remorse can't be fully wicked.
I think perfection arises from blueberry waffles. But that is neither here nor there. So people could potentially do evil in heaven, sounds fair enough. Would they then be sent to hell or purgatory supposing that they did decide to commit evil while in heaven?
Your description of hell makes it sound like a pretty empty place. You'd have to stand a lot of people up against a wall to find a single one that "can't feel remorse". Similarly, you'd be hard pressed to find a single person who had no "goodness within them" -cue the way serial killer's mothers blather on about how sweet their boy was. I bet he was, except for the whole eating people bit.
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