The mind is its own place and can make a hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. -christopher marlowe I guess this means we don't have to wait to die to find out where we are going!
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 8:02 PM, The smaller the better < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When a person dies, there are 4 possibilities & they are effective > immediately: > > 1) Heaven - for pure souls who died in acceptance of God > 2) Hell - for impure souls who rejected God > 3) Purgatory - for redeemed souls who die in acceptance of God, but whose > souls need just a little more saving. Purgatory is the prep school for > heaven. A little bit more punishment will occur here and then Jesus (or God > himself, depending on which faith you follow) will release the person to > Heaven at an unknown date. > 4) Limbo - for those souls who do not have earthly / wilful / mortal sins, > but have not been freed from original sin. This includes unbaptized babies, > non Christians who have not known Jesus or God etc. > > After the second coming, there will be a Judgment day. All those who are > dead will become undead / ressurected and their souls will be re-united > with their bodies. God will then pronounce judgement. (Long line of good > guys to His right, and bad 'uns to His left). > > 1) Those who were already in Heaven will remain in Heaven, except that > their bodies are re-united with them, so they will be able to feel the > physical pleasures of Heaven as well. > 2) Those who were already in hell will remain in hell, except that their > bodies will now be able to experience the pains of hell fully. > 3) Those who are in purgatory will be released to Heaven (finally - unless > they had been released earlier). > 4) Those who are in limbo have no prescribed path. > 5) Those who are alive will be sorted immediately. It is unclear if they > will first die, then be resurrected before judgment is pronounced or whether > this red-tape will be deemed unnecessary. > > The nature of Heaven and Hell are very clear even before judgment day. IE > - they are not simply holding cells for future pains or pleasures. Pains and > pleasures will be immediate upon death, but will not be felt in a physical / > bodily form until after Judgment. > > Hope this clears things up & helps in making your choices. > Anjana. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 2:51:54 AM > Subject: Re: [silk] Thou shall not be disgustingly rich > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: > > > The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "immediately after > > > death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend > into > > > Hell". > > > > But, but, but, don't souls supposedly just float around until > > judgement day, when they can expected to get sorted into heaven or > > hell? Or have the procedures changed? Are the powers that be tiring of > > waiting for the day? > > > > > they have waiting rooms called 'purgatory', 'limbo' and 'hell'. > though hell has always sounded like the most entertaining one. > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
