(June 10, 2012 at 1:33 am)Zen Badger Wrote: I see, philosophical ramblings upon a subject upon which you have no knowledge.
I can almost guarantee I, let alone Blessed John Henry Newman, have more knowledge of Christianity than you do.
Quote:So how could you be happy in heaven knowing that there are millions of souls suffering eternal torment in hell when their only "crime" is non belief or believing in the wrong god?When I am in Heaven I am fully united to God's will--that is Heaven. There is nothing which can make me anything less than purely joyful. To be in Heaven means I will also, like God, respect their own free will and their decision to separate themselves from all love, though it may cause 'sadness' in the way God also feels sadness for those who forsake love for the self, it is not ever enough to drown out that joy.
Or are you so callous that you just wouldn't care?
That being said, no one goes to Hell merely for "non belief" or "believing in the wrong god".
Mary Immaculate, star of the morning
Chosen before the creation began
Chosen to bring for your bridal adorning
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.
Sinners, we honor your sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for your pity we plead;
Grand us the shield of your sovereign protection,
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which your footsteps have trod;
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.
Chosen before the creation began
Chosen to bring for your bridal adorning
Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.
Sinners, we honor your sinless perfection;
Fallen and weak, for your pity we plead;
Grand us the shield of your sovereign protection,
Measure your aid by the depth of our need.
Bend from your throne at the voice of our crying,
Bend to this earth which your footsteps have trod;
Stretch out your arms to us, living and dying,
Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.
