***I’ll go to Scripture Catholic for a dump of Scripture that supports Purgatory:
You are right, it’s a dump...***
Hello Iscool. How is the LaZBoy seat in the Church of Iscool (population 1)? Haven’t seen much of you lately. Are the rocks overhead stifling things?
*** stopped at this one because it was too outrageous to ignore...
Luke 16:19-31 - in this story, we see that the dead rich man is suffering but still feels compassion for his brothers and wants to warn them of his place of suffering.
But there is no suffering in heaven or compassion in hell because compassion is a grace from God and those in hell are deprived from God’s graces for all eternity.
So where is the rich man? He is in purgatory.
How about just believing God instead...***
Unlike some, we do believe in God - the God of the OT and the New. Not outrageous - you’d post a reasonable opposition otherwise. What have you got?
***Luk 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
So you are 200% wrong...Proven by the word of God...The man is in HELL, not purgatory...And obviously people in Hell DO have compassion...***
Umm, no. The folks in hell are done for. And I might, if I were you, look at the translation of what the hell in this passage means. Can you show me where the denizens of hell have any compassion? Christianity is built upon compassion and mercy. Those in hell have none.
***Abraham’s bosom is now empty...There’s no one there...The locks are unlocked and the gates are open, thus, ‘and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’***
You have some novel ideas, sir. Can you back them up with Scripture?
I can back up everything I say with scripture but what's the point...You don't believe scripture...
The scripture just told you the rich man was in Hell...Do you believe it??? No...Because your common sense or your magisterium tells you there is no compassion in Hell...Well, God just told you otherwise...