Re: Purgatory?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:09:03 -0500, "Pope Watson 1st ;O) "
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 02:44:40 -0500, Joseph Geloso
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following funny stuff in Usenet
>News'Froups! :
>
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>>>Why would it be? The Baptist Church teaches BIBLICALLY.
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>>Parts of the Bible, anyway.
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>ALL of it.
>
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>>>Certainly, no Church is perfect on earth, and that includes both Roman
>>>Catholicism, as well as Baptist.
>>>
>>>THE CHURCH is not OF this world. the CHURCH created by Christ.
>>>
>>>The roman religion is NOT 'THE CHURCH' founded by Christ.
>>>It is manmade.
>>>
>>>So is the Baptist Church. ALL denominations are manmade.
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>>That is an interesting assumption. How did you arrive at it, or do you
>>treat it as a priori?
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>READ the Bible on your own and see for yourself. Jesus said HIS
>KINGDOM is not of this world. Neither is His CHURCH. His CHURCH would
>be IN HIS KINGDOM, do you not agree?

No.  In fact, I would argue that logic dictates the opposite.  When
Jesus's kingdom is in fact a reality, there will be no need for a
Church at all, it is only until the Kingdom that there is any need for
a Church.

Alberich