Re: Do You Want To Know For Sure That You Are Going To Heaven? The

bob young wrote:
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> Yik Yak wrote:
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> Someone in heaven was talking to the man in charge [god] who told
> him that his best friend down on earth had just passed away.
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> “Ooooh I’m so looking forward to seeing him again” the man said.
> “Sorry” said god, “But he will not be coming here because he has
> been a bit more naughty than you, so your friend, I have to tell
> you, will be going to
> the other place that we call Hell”.
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> So here’s this man, sitting for eternity on the right hand of his
> god, whilst his friend, who had been a little bit more sinful than
> he, is about to roast forever and ever on burning coals in a place
> called Hell.
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> Is it conceivable that anything could be more banal, juvenile and
> crassly stupid?

Didn't they tell you about Purgatory in atheism class?
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Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

Peter T. Daniels wrote:
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> bob young wrote: 
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> Didn't they tell you about Purgatory in atheism class?
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> Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net
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You mean a decent religions course?
Irrelevant. Only catholics believe in purg. or else they wouldn't
even allow each other to BREED! Nobody else believes in it, it's
a 9th century catholic invention.
Steve

In article <426EBA7B.359E@worldnet.att.net>,
Peter T. Daniels <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>bob young wrote: 
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>Didn't they tell you about Purgatory in atheism class?
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>Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net



The scenario offered doesn't invoke purgatory, so it's irrelevant.
Your made-up category of "atheism class" indicates a willful ignorance.

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