For what it's worth: Way back when I learned my Catholic doctrine, we were taught
that those "otherwise blameless people" were not sent to a very bad place (Hell), but
were to remain forever in Limbo, where they would never experience the "knowledge of
and togetherness with" God but would not be punished as those in Hell would be.
Margie Stinson
Lee College Adjunct Faculty
Huntsville, TX
----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Black [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:26 AM
To: TIPS
Subject: Re: question for all of you
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Jim Guinee wrote:
>
> Admittedly, a very unpleasant aspect of biblical Christianity is the belief
that
> non-Christians go to a very bad place. This should never be taken lightly by
> the church, and is cause for much suffering and grieving. I don't like
> professing this belief one bit, but I don't see that professing it would make
> me judge and jury of the rest of my fellow earthlings.
Admittedly not a topic for TIPS, but fascinating to me, to have
Jim confirm this view so bluntly. Would not a God who would
condemn billions of otherwise blameless people to "a very bad
place" solely for not believing appropriately be an evil, cruel
and malicious entity? How can this be consistent with a belief in
a just, kind, and caring God?
-Stephen
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