Posted on 04/10/2023 4:14:41 PM PDT by ebb tide
God says to Hitler, did your mom drop you on your head??
Is this guy for real or is this Babylon Bee material?
If I was there, I wouldn’t be able to be quiet. Unbelievable. Disregarding the reality of hell negates Christ’s death and resurrection. How is this guy allowed to give mass?
I would prefer Islam to this.
“It’s a Trap!!”
Jackels? Really? Jackels is leading the flock?
Until around WWII, especially black preachers made a name for themselves with their lurid and realistic depictions of Hell. A good one “could have their congregation smelling brimstone, and feeling the flames licking the underside of the floorboards.”
And to their credit, many sinners were at least temporarily redeemed and lived better lives for a while.
“although you gotta stop at purgatory”...
NO SUCH PLACE, just made up Catholic BS.
You’ll be lucky if you even make it to Purgatory.
“You’ll be lucky if you even make it to Purgatory.”
Again, NO SUCH PLACE. NOT BIBLICAL, JUST CATHOLIC BULL SHIT.
Hell is not empty, there are MANY of us in Illinois.
And some other places . . .
More seriously, that place I recognize as Hell is empty now. It will not be filled until the final judgement mentioned in Revelations. Then, even Satan himself will be judged and cast into it.
As for now, Hades is the stand in place. As described by Jesus in the story of Lazarus and an unnamed rich man, they are there, not Hell or Heaven. Yet one is in ‘Abraham’s Bosom’ and the other in torment, a lake of fire. And NOTHING in scripture allows anything done there to change the judgement which will only consider what we do on Earth. We have to make that change here, in our minds, hearts and lives.
Dante Alighieri had a different style from those black preachers, but his description was no less lurid and no less effective.
69. Recently had a heart attack. Is retiring for health reasons. Said he needs to learn how to deal with stress appropriately. Who knows what’s going on with him but the Hitler comment is flaky. But he may have been this liberal all along and is now just saying it out loud.
Where do you think Jesus Christ was from His death on Good Friday until Easter Sunday?
Is that BULL SHIT?
The Hitler comment is PURE EVIL!
“Where do you think Jesus Christ was from His death on Good Friday until Easter Sunday?”
Jesus became sin in our place, and went to Hell. The only other place there, adjacent to Hell, was Paradise. Paradise was where all BELIEVERS in God and His promises went after death. The could NOT go to heaven because they had not received their Messiah yet and been BORN AGAIN. The Bible says that when Jesus left Hell, he took them all with Him and now Paradise is EMPTY. At death, BORN AGAIN Believers are “absent from the body and present with the Lord”, and unbelievers are in Hell, period. NO SUCH PLACE AS PURGATORY.
You should try reading your Bible instead of trusting in hogwash that some corrupt Church is trying to tell people.
“More seriously, that place I recognize as Hell is empty now. It will not be filled until the final judgement mentioned in Revelations.”
Since Hell itself is the general term for the various parts of, most people just say “Hell”...
Actually more interesting, may be the discussion about where Hell actually is located. Rather than some obscure idea of it, it actually must exist within the confines of this earth...what parts of it being physical and what part of it existing in the spiritual realm seem up for debate. Obviously in one part of it are the fallen angels that were placed there in chains. And the part where the spirits of those passed away unbelievers. All you do is shake your head though as it refers to people gullible enough to believe that a place exists whereby they themselves are able to go in order to pay the penalty for some part of their own sin. That idea spits in the face of the reality of Jesus Christ and His Blood alone meeting the requirements of God, in our place. And even more goofy is the idea that a persons journey through such a place could be sped or helped along by a church holding a mass for them. What complete catholic hogwash. How sad for the children brought up with lies like this being fed them.
“Jesus became sin in our place,”
The above is hogwash, not biblical.
Try taking your own advice and read the Bible, while sober this time.
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