[sinkspur]

No one goes to Hell for simply eating a hot dog on Friday. They go to Hell for the sin of Pride, the pride of a person who freely chooses to disobey the teaching of the Church in a matter of faith and/or morals.

It was a joke, for heaven's sake. I'm not sure where abstaining from meat falls, since it is a discipline of the Church that's flexible.

The only people who go to Hell are people who want to go there.

Well, we can hope that Hell's population is very small, then.

[B-Chan]

It was a joke, for heaven's sake. I'm not sure where abstaining from meat falls, since it is a discipline of the Church that's flexible.

Well, okay. You're off the hook -- but only because we're from the same Diocese. Speaking of: come visit us at St. Mary the Virgin parish sometime. Ever been to an Anglican Use mass?

Well, we can hope that Hell's population is very small, then.

We do. But that's the truly wonderful part about Christianity: the only way to end up in Hell is to look into Christ's loving eyes, fully realizing one's own sin and His perfect Sacrifice that forgives it, and say to Him, "Non serviam. I'd rather reign in Hell than serve You in Heaven."

We should all pray to God that nobody chooses to go to Hell.