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Pure B.S. The Hell There Is!

I didn't think you were a Catholic. You've apparently proved me right. This is a caucus thread.

I am a Catholic and an R.C.I.A instructor. Frankly, you don't even sound Christian. You and the author you posted here seem to take an almost demonic glee in your false certitude that people have been condemned to eternal separation from God. I hope that you reexamine your position.

If you are Catholic, then you should trust in the Magisterium of the Church. If it were important for us to believe that people are in Hell, the Church would provide us with clear doctrine on this point. Since it hasn't, we are free to hope in God's infinite mercy for all of us sinners.

You may find the exert from the article linked below interesting. It is from a much better source than anything you have contributed to this thread.

The Population of Hell by Avery Cardinal Dulles

"The search for numbers in the demography of hell is futile. God in His wisdom has seen fit not to disclose any statistics. Several sayings of Jesus in the Gospels give the impression that the majority are lost. Paul, without denying the likelihood that some sinners will die without sufficient repentance, teaches that the grace of Christ is more powerful than sin: “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Romans 5:20). Passages such as these permit us to hope that very many, if not all, will be saved.

All told, it is good that God has left us without exact information. If we knew that virtually everybody would be damned, we would be tempted to despair. If we knew that all, or nearly all, are saved, we might become presumptuous. If we knew that some fixed percent, say fifty, would be saved, we would be caught in an unholy rivalry. We would rejoice in every sign that others were among the lost, since our own chances of election would thereby be increased. Such a competitive spirit would hardly be compatible with the gospel."