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Post by prolifedorothy on Apr 8, 2006 9:47:16 GMT -5
My Catholic friend asked to take "The Good Test" when he saw the magnetic sign on my van. He admitted to breaking the Ten and said he would be guilty on Judgment Day. However he was still adamant about spending time in Purgatory. So I used Ray's statment "The Bible doesn't even mention the place..." which seems to work with every other person. He dissagreed and said that the Bible does mention Purgotory. So I said show me where you think it mentions purgatory. So he went to his car and got out some xeroxed hand outs but couldn't find the place he was looking for. So he said I'll have it next week. So we agreed to discuss this further in one week. The passage I think he was refering to was Matthew 18:23-35. So all of you apologetical minds help me out. I really want this person to see the truth without being rude or unkind. I am really concerned with his eternal salvation.
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Post by Kerrigan on Apr 8, 2006 10:17:56 GMT -5
Hey Dorothy, I find that www.carm.org is always a good place to go for apologetics....here is the page about Catholics: www.carm.org/catholic.htm . You will see three links to about purgatory if you scroll down a little. Matthew 18 usually isn't the passage they use. One thing I will say though, is that Scripture NEVER contradicts itself and one VERY CLEAR principle in interpreting Scripture is that you interpret Unclear verses in light of Clear verses. The classic verses that Catholics use to justify their heretical doctrine of purgatory do not even come close to speaking about what they say it speaks about. Yet, ALL of Scripture is VERY CLEAR that we are saved by Grace alone through Faith alone by the Blood of Christ alone. Purgatory assumes that you can DO something to save yourself. Another clear principle in Scripture is that it is appointed to man once to die, then the judgement. In the end, all you have to do is see how the whole idea of purgatory got started: the Greedy Catholic church wanted to make money off of people, so they created a false doctrine which played on the emotions of people in order to make money off of them. God have mercy on their souls...
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