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Pope: it's wrong to think our enemies must go to hell
cna ^ | June 20, 2013

Posted on 06/20/2013 2:39:32 PM PDT by NYer

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To: NYer
...because he is a father to all.”

Er... our Lord didn't see it that way. We all start out as children of the devil. As our Lord reminds us, our will is against God's will. Some of us are adopted into our Father's family as He gives us the desire to follow His will.

There are the righteous and the unrighteous. The only thing that separates us is which way our wills our bent. But that makes a difference as to who our father actually is.

21 posted on 06/20/2013 4:56:35 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: NYer

It’s not that we “think” anyone is going to Hell. It’s very clear in the Bible that the unsaved will go to Hell.

I’m recalling a conversation I had last week with my R.C. friend. As a Baptist, I believe that the Bible is the Final Authority. She told me the Catholics don’t believe that. They think there’s a lot of good stuff in the Bible, but the final authority is what their human leaders pass on to them.


22 posted on 06/20/2013 5:16:48 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: MayflowerMadam

Well, your friend is wrong. But, since you raised the subject, here is a question for you. At the time of the early christians, there were many different books and letters in circulation. Q: Who decided which books should be in the Canon of Scripture ... and ... by what authority did they make that determination?


23 posted on 06/20/2013 5:28:01 PM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: HarleyD

Pope Francis was referencing Matthew 6:9-15. He is explaining the Lord’s prayer. That was the scripture reading for today.


24 posted on 06/20/2013 5:31:29 PM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: DH

**Yes.............hate is real and wishing damnation on those who have done you wrong is appropriate.**

So is that what you wish God to do in your own case?

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

“Love your neighbor as yourself.”


25 posted on 06/20/2013 5:35:32 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Holy Tradition is not the “final” authority as your state.

Catholicism is like a three legged stool supported by

the Holy Bible, Holy Tradition and the Magisterium


26 posted on 06/20/2013 5:42:08 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: MeganC

Who can ever know ... maybe at the last moment as the door was being knocked down ...... nah I doubt it too....

But hey if he did, we can still think he’s going to paying for a lot of stuff in purgatory for a very long time.

Best of both worlds. :-)


27 posted on 06/20/2013 6:43:49 PM PDT by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

Does this imply RCs are friends with the fallen angels?


28 posted on 06/20/2013 8:15:25 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: NYer
Who decided which books should be in the Canon of Scripture ... and ... by what authority did they make that determination?

God did, by his own authority...

Logically, one would think it's up to the body of Christ, the church (and by no stretch of the imagination does that mean the Catholic religion) to determine which is the true canon...

So how many of those who call themselves Christians accept that the Majority Texts, the Masoretic Texts have books in them that do not belong in the Canon...

I would say probably none...

Then, how many of those same Christians would say that the Catholic version of the scriptures have books in them that are not inspired; do not belong in the scriptures??? A great many...

So it's easy...The body of Christ has spoken...

29 posted on 06/20/2013 8:21:53 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Salvation
Holy Tradition is not the “final” authority as your state. Catholicism is like a three legged stool supported by the Holy Bible, Holy Tradition and the Magisterium

Christianity has only one leg...

30 posted on 06/20/2013 8:24:01 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Iscool

A gentle correction is order.

Both Salvation and NYer are RIGHT on this one.


31 posted on 06/21/2013 3:23:30 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: NYer

What the Pope means is two ways, which is mean what you pray/say in the Lord’s prayer and pray for the conversion of your enemies.


32 posted on 06/21/2013 3:25:09 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: Iscool
God did, by his own authority...

How was this accomplished? To whom was the information conveyed?

33 posted on 06/21/2013 3:31:47 AM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: Iscool

Yet the newer Bibles do allow for the extra seven books as a sign of RESPECT.


34 posted on 06/21/2013 3:40:51 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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“You cannot pray with enemies in your heart,” he said June 20. “With (both) brothers and enemies in your heart, you cannot pray.”

“They must go to hell, right? I will have nothing to do with them!” the Bishop of Rome said sarcastically.

The Pope told how Jesus noted, “if we do not forgive others, neither will the Father forgive us our sins.”

“It’s so hard to forgive others, it is really difficult because we always have that regret inside,” he said.

“We think ‘you did this to me, you wait … I’ll repay him the favor.'”

nobody trusts me
they blame me for the fires in town
they say that hell is where i'm bound
and pray that God will speed me

-- from the song "Hard Luck Bad News"
on the Solid Rock release Something New Under The Son
lyrics by Larry Norman


35 posted on 06/21/2013 5:37:28 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: NYer
How was this accomplished? To whom was the information conveyed?

God picked men and inspired them to write the scriptures...

God said he would preserve his words forever...That has just as much truth as when Jesus said, 'I and the Father are one', or, 'Come unto me and I'll give you rest'...

The only bible that all Christians agree that contains only scripture comes from the area where people were first called Christians and is the result of the Received Texts, the Majority Texts, the Masoretic texts...

The Body agrees that that book does not contain more material than God gave us...And either he told the truth and preserved his words, or he didn't...I believe God told the truth...

36 posted on 06/21/2013 10:27:54 AM PDT by Iscool
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Yet the newer Bibles do allow for the extra seven books as a sign of RESPECT

Respect for who, or what??? And why would anyone care???

37 posted on 06/21/2013 10:29:20 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: NYer

The Lord’s prayer is for believers. God is our Father. He is not the Father of everyone.

Perhaps he just wasn’t clear.


38 posted on 06/21/2013 12:08:24 PM PDT by HarleyD
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To: Iscool
God picked men and inspired them to write the scriptures...

We all agree that scripture is inspired by God. But before it was compiled into a book, there were hundreds of letters and books in circulation among the various christian communities. Since all of these documents are not in the Bible, who decided which letters and books would be included? How was it decided? By what authority did these individuals make their decision. What about the Gospel of Thomas or the Gospel of Philip, two of the many books in circulation. Who decided that these two books should not be included?

39 posted on 06/21/2013 1:43:22 PM PDT by NYer ( "Run from places of sin as from the plague."--St John Climacus)
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To: HarleyD

“The Lord’s prayer is for believers. God is our Father. He is not the Father of everyone.”

Sure, he’s the Father of everyone! And, it’s my sincere hope that everyone will know that before they die. Unfortunately, everyone won’t. But they are still Gods children.

(and it is my sincere hope that I don’t regret my first post in the religion forum!)


40 posted on 06/21/2013 2:19:41 PM PDT by saleman
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