Re: Purgatory?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joseph Geloso
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:46:26 -0500, "Cracker !  :+D"
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> 
> >...
> >>I know, I saw it in your sig line ;-) But you know that the name
> >>"Peter" means Rock, and you also know that Our Lord spoke to Saint
> >>Peter about this, and made him certain promises that did not apply to
> >>the other Apostles.
> >>
> >Sorry, but Peter had no more authority than any of the other
> >disciples.
> 
> Our Lord did not give the keys to Saint Andrew, nor to Saint James,
> nor to Saint John, nor to any other Apostle except Saint Peter.
> 
**   Jesus spends a good deal of his several-year ministry speaking out
against religious apparatchiks and their salvation businesses, but near
the end  Jesus authorizes one of his pals to organize yet another one.
> >
> >>> And this entire world will
> >>>be destroyed, so where would any rock you refer to be left standing?
> >>
> >>God's Church will not be destroyed, and the Rock -- who is now John
> >>Paul II -- is in the Church. The Church is founded on him, in fact.
> >>
> >You class your 'pope' as THE ROCK ????
> 
> No, I don't do that. Jesus did that.
> 
> ...
> 
> >Sorry, but I must politely agree to DISAGREE on that.
> 
> Be as polite as you like. I have told you the truth, plain and simple.
> If you are seeking the truth, you will find it.
> 
**  Some do.  Some do not.  The critical thing is what type of inculcation
takes place before the 7th birthday.  
> 
> >Well, Joseph, I am sorry to dissapoint you, but there is no way you
> >will convince me that the Roman catholic religion is unbiblical.
> 
> I would convince you that it is *not* unbiblical, nor unreasonable,
> and if you were not already prejudiced against her, you might receive
> that truth.
> 
> 
> >The only reason I am posting against catholicism here is because there
> >are so darned many RC's in the Baptist group, and many of them
> >insisting that EVERYTHING said against the doctrines and teachings of
> >it are 'lies'.
> 
> That is in fact the case. They are lies. Whether they have their
> origin in the sins of pride of Luther, Calvin, et al,...

** which should undoubtedly include Pope Innocent III.
> 
> I only tell you the truth. What you do with that is up to you.

**  I heard a lecture by a prevarication expert.  He said that that the
more a person uses the word "truth", the more one should be on guard for
the opposite.  In other words, people who tell the truth habitually don't
think of mentioning the subject.

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