Barad, A couple of points before I proceed: 1) Please don't shoot the messenger. What I quoted is what many christians believe and what many believe to be the official policy of the catholic church. 2) Sarcasm alert 3) Note that the original poster (Gabriel) elevated Catholics over other "trouble making" christian groups. It is a very common attitude shared by many intolerant persons of any faith viz people of other faiths.
So to answer your question, yes, many catholics/christians do believe that even a person like Mahatma Gandhi would be in hell. What is the official policy of the Catholic church? I guess it depends upon who you ask and how they interpret the policy of the church. In the long time past, the party line was very clear - if you were a non christian, you could say hello to hell. Today it is apparently more nuanced, but I am not an expert on these matters. Of course, the church continues to maintain its intolerance of homosexuality. What is hinduism's viewpoint on this? Marlon ________________________________ Marlon Meneses wrote: "We catholics have our priorities right. We know that Protestants and other Christians have half a chance of attaining salvation. Cannot say the same about the non-christian heathens and migrants though!" From: U. G. Barad <[email protected]> If Marlon was not saying the above in jest, then I would like ask him if he thinks that souls like that of Mahatma Gandhi are in hell.
