Re: Purgatory?

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:01:33 -0500, ";o)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:46:49 -0500, Joseph Geloso
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following funny stuff in Usenet
>News'Froups! :
>
>>
>>>I said:
>>>I don't just say "Lord, Lord" either, Joe. I LIVE my faith in the
>>>Lord, and I trust Him totally.
>>
>>Except when He says, "let me solemnly assure you: if you do not eat
>>the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His Blood, yoiu have no life in
>>you." There, you have to invent reasons not to trust Him.
>
>
>The TRUTH IS, I don't believe old 'innocent IIIrd' and his tall tale
>of 'transubstantiation'.

Apparently it was Jesus Christ who taught this doctrine to the Church,
before it was formed into the Church.

>Don't tell me I 'invent' any reasons not to trust him, Joe- your very
>own words will trip you up if you do.

You have to invent reasons to dismiss the plain words of Jesus Christ
is Capharnaum, and later at the Last Supper. The plain words of the
Scriptures support the Catholic position.

>And don't try pressing me for any answer.

Are you threatening me with not answering me at all? 

>I'll post what I want to say, and no amount of needling from you will
>force me to post otherwise.

What do you want to say about my charge against you that either you or
your pastors have had to invent reasons not to take Jesus at His word?

There were many among His followers in that day who also could not
trust Him, and they immediately stopped following Him at that point.
The sole difference between you and them is that you can pretend to
still follow Him even though you don't trust Him, while they could
pretend no such thing.