Mr. Torquemada, please report to work immediately.
“Thou shalt not steal”, prison should be nothing for him, according to his own professed belief his real punishment will be eternal.
Oh right, a contrite last minute “confession” wipes the slate clean, how convenient! /S
So once saved, isn’t always saved?
your attempt at humor and your lack of knowledge concerning Catholicism is both apparent and pathetic.. Christ does not condemn people to hell for stealing a few dollars and the person need not make a last minute confession to be forgiven his sins. While Catholics follow the bible and seek to have their sins forgiven through the Sacrament of reconciliation, and protestants figure they can do as they please because all sins were forgiven through the death of Christ, Catholics need not wait until the moment of death to be reconciled with Christ. Most Catholics, recalling the phrase "whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained" make frequent and sincere confessions. They are required however, to make restitution (if possible) and to demonstrate true contrition for the sin. We realize, of course, that Christ did indeed die so that sin may be forgiven. However, Catholics believe that we still have some personal responsibility to atone for our sins and strive to eliminate further sins from our lives.
Nah, a lame confession, a lame repentence does not help. As Jesus said — those who say “Lord, Lord” without true repentence will not be saved. It’s the same about “taking Jesus as your buddy or personal savior” — He’s the savior of the World! One needs to truly repent, believe, be baptised, endure to the end etc.