[Alex Murphy]

He bought an indulgence.

Did you know that you can still buy indulgences today? It's only the currency that has changed. Today you trade your labor for it, instead of coin.

[yldstrk]

never heard of it. You can certainly do penance for your sins

[xone]

Did you know that you can still buy indulgences today?

I did not know that, I'm not in the market for one anyway.

[Campion]

Did you know that you can still buy indulgences today? It's only the currency that has changed. Today you trade your labor for it, instead of coin.

I guess if you call, e.g., Bible reading, praying with your family, or going to church "labor," then your comment makes sense.

I was under the impression that most Christians regarded things like that as a privilege in which they were delighted to partake, not as "labor". Is being in the presence of God and telling him you love him "work," in your world?

[Salvation]

**Did you know that you can still buy indulgences today? **

Wrong!!!

Where do you get all this erroneous information — a pamplet perhaps? A Catholic hater, perhaps?