My mother passed in 1985
My father passed in 1995
I don’t care who says what or how they say it or what they are thinking... that simple little prayer on the cards gives comfort to lots of people who are grieving. It’s a NICE thing. However, I pray for the souls of my parents every single day. I will pray for them as long as I have breath left in my own body. So, some simple, little comforting prayer that helps people along isn’t hurting anything and for Heaven’s sakes... to go into such detail over such a pretty sentiment is simply amazing to me. Keep praying for ALL the souls. THAT is what is important. To disect such a comforting poem to the degree this was disected is outrageously ridiculous.
I don’t care who says what or how they say it or what they are thinking... that simple little prayer on the cards gives comfort to lots of people who are grieving. It’s a NICE thing. However, I pray for the souls of my parents every single day. I will pray for them as long as I have breath left in my own body. So, some simple, little comforting prayer that helps people along isn’t hurting anything and for Heaven’s sakes... to go into such detail over such a pretty sentiment is simply amazing to me. Keep praying for ALL the souls. THAT is what is important. To disect such a comforting poem to the degree this was disected is outrageously ridiculous.
I don't think you understand - the absolute joy of 90% of Christians, both Protestant and Catholic, is to talk about and ruminate upon how other people are going to go to hell.
That schadenfreude is the very point of the religion, you see. If you took that away - if you, for example, limited them to positive statements for other's good will, of the teaching of their own humility in not being able to judge others, like that guy said to do... uh... Jesus, that's it - Jesus, said to do, well, what's the fun in that? How would you know who was going to be a sinner? Why, the entire way to keep out of hell is to constantly talk about who's going there! After all, that's what Jesus did, right? He told everyone all about their sins, and how they weren't good enough.
I stopped worrying about what Catholics thought when I realized that they literally believe that ALL Protestants are going to hell - all of them, by definition. And, likewise, I stopped worrying about what Protestants thought when I realized that they believe ALL Catholics are going to hell - all of them, by definition.
Jesus wept.