[cloudmountain]

Have you thought much about predestination? God knows all that will occur. For pleas of grace and salvation, do you not think that He could apply our prayers in advance? Plus, for those of us who believe in a "third state" (Purgatory), prayers can be beneficial for those there right now.

Of course God knows what will happen to each and every soul. We DO, however, get many chances to say YES to Him.

Creating a soul that is going to say NO to Him is a mystery. I don't pretend to be able to unravel or comprehend the mysteries of God.

There ARE Protestant denominations that don't believe in Purgatory. I don't know which ones there are. There are thousands of Protestant denominations and their tenets differ. There are dozens of Catholic denominations (orthodox and such) but they can't hold a candle to the THOUSANDS of Protestant denominations. And, honestly, it doesn't matter to me what they believe. Not my job to judge them!

Thank goodness we don't have to sort all that out. Our good Lord will do that!

I went on-line to see how many Protestant denominations there are and who they were. Boggles, Ah say, BOGGLES the mind. (Foghorn Leghorn)

[Faith Presses On]

The answer is to ask God what the truth is and totally surrender to Him. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.”

[Iscool]

I went on-line to see how many Protestant denominations there are and who they were. Boggles, Ah say, BOGGLES the mind. (Foghorn Leghorn)

Hey, list those 30,000+ denominations, would ya???

[Alex Murphy]

I went on-line to see how many Protestant denominations there are and who they were. Boggles, Ah say, BOGGLES the mind.

Can you provide the rest of us with the URL that you found your list on? You might just be the first person in FR history who could actually cough up a list.

There are thousands of Protestant denominations and their tenets differ. There are dozens of Catholic denominations (orthodox and such) but they can't hold a candle to the THOUSANDS of Protestant denominations.

While you're at it, toss the URL to those "dozens of Catholic denominations" our way, would you?