[Iscool]

The story is absolutely true - and far less clear than you make it sound. “Paradise” is not necessarily Heaven, and Christ wasn’t going to Heaven on Good Friday. He only went to Heaven (as far as we know) at the Ascension. The Good Thief, known to tradition as St. Dismas, may have gone to a natural paradise rather than the abode of God. He was saved from hell fire - of that there can be no doubt - but exactly where he ended up is unclear.

So he didn't end up in Hell, but he may not have made it to heaven...HaHaHa...Didn't realize there was a 3rd option...That must be a Catholic thing cuz it's certainly not a bible thing...

[Salvation]

Yes, it is a Bible thing, because Christ was the first one into heaven.

[Rashputin]

"That must be a Catholic thing cuz it's certainly not a bible thing..."

Yeah, Vlad, you forgot something.

Jesus was fudging, everyone is, "dead, dead, dead", until such time the Evangelical crowd sees fit for them to be recreated. All that, "shall not die" business is the result of mistranslation or misunderstanding on your part.

It has to be that way or denying the power of the Holy Spirit to throw part of the Old Testament in the garbage was a waste of time.

(is a '/sarc' tag really required?)