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To: nicmarlo; metmom; terycarl

“Baptism dogma is useless for the thief on the cross...”

I don’t know what you mean by the dogma being useless. The dogma might simply not apply because of his situation which prevented baptism at that point. That doesn’t make the dogma useless. It just means it isn’t applicable to him.

http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/dismissing-the-dismas-case

In any case, God is merciful to those who sincerely repent. The Good Thief seems to have done that. We call him St. Dismas.


1,886 posted on 12/14/2014 4:25:48 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: vladimir998; metmom; terycarl

Baptism doesn’t cause salvation.

The only sin Christ mentions in John 16:9 that God the Father condemns anyone in the world is disbelief in Christ.


1,902 posted on 12/14/2014 4:58:31 PM PST by nicmarlo
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To: vladimir998
In any case, God is merciful to those who sincerely repent.

Even those who PROPTEST the RCC?

2,049 posted on 12/15/2014 4:33:18 AM PST by Elsie ( Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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