This is very Tolkien-esque. An imagination so fantastic and so well
defined, it's hard to believe it's not true. No wonder it works for
some people.
--
Kiran Jonnalagadda
http://jace.seacrow.com/
http://jace.livejournal.com/
On 12-Mar-08, at 8:32 AM, The smaller the better 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.
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