(September 19, 2015 at 12:23 pm)abaris Wrote: My parents never talked about hell. The priests did. It was the late 60ies and the Catholic church was much more powerful than it is today. In fact, the stories about hell beat the stories about Jesus by a long chalk. They did an excellent job of turning us off and ultimately away from the church.
Yeah that's not cool. I think the part of the world you live in and its culture may have played a role, too. My parents are South Americans born in the 50's and both raised in Catholic homes and went to Catholic school. They didn't get that kind of stuff about Hell like that.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh