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"I can swear there ain't no heaven, and I pray there ain't no hell."
Topic Started: Mar 30 2018, 02:42 PM (158 Views)
George K
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Does hell exist? Pope Francis says 'no'.

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Catholic Pope Francis made a startling revelation Thursday by stating that hell did not exist, in an interview with a leading liberal Italian newspaper.

In an article titled “It Is an Honor to Be Called a Revolutionary," La Repubblica founder Eugenio Scalfari acknowledged the pontiff's previous remarks about how "good souls" who sought repentance from God would receive it and then asked, "What about the bad souls?" Seemingly going against centuries of core Christian belief, Pope Francis said the souls of sinners simply vanished after death and were not subject to an eternity of punishment.

"They are not punished, those who repent obtain the forgiveness of God and enter the rank of souls who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear," Pope Francis said, as translated by Catholic blog Rorate Caeli.

"There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls," he added.

Shortly after the article was published, the Vatican issued a statement that claimed the article was "not a faithful transcript" and that the meeting between Pope Francis and Scalfari was a private meeting and not a formal interview.

"What is reported by the author in today’s article is the result of his reconstruction, in which the literal words pronounced by the Pope are not quoted. No quotation of the aforementioned article must therefore be considered as a faithful transcription of the words of the Holy Father," the Vatican said in a statement translated by the Catholic News Agency.

The Catholic New Agency also pointed out that, after a controversial 2013 article, Scalfari admitted that some words attributed to the pontiff "were not shared by Pope Francis" himself.

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Jolly
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The interviewer is older than dirt and does not take notes or use a recording device. I doubt very seriously the Pope said there was no Hell.
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George K
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Yeah, but he's a Jesuit...
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Jolly
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George K
Mar 30 2018, 02:49 PM
Yeah, but he's a Jesuit...
Well, there is that....
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Davis
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Vanishing after death is hell in religious eyes. Duh
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George K
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Davis
Mar 30 2018, 03:16 PM
Vanishing after death is hell in religious eyes. Duh
(Raised Catholic, here)

I thought hell was eternal suffering and pain.

(Mrs. George - Lutheran Church Misery Missouri Synod)

Yep.
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Mikhailoh
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Sounds a lot like the plot of Coco, the new Disney Pixar movie.
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George K
Mar 30 2018, 02:42 PM

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"There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls," he added.


Kind of like friends of Hillary.

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Kincaid
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HOLY CARP!!!
Jesus will be surprised to learn this.
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Mikhailoh
Mar 30 2018, 05:09 PM
Sounds a lot like the plot of Coco, the new Disney Pixar movie.
:lol2:

Wonderful movie, by the way.
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Jolly
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Speaking of Jesus...

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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Wim
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L'enfer c'est les Autres.

Damn right! :veryangry:

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HOLY CARP!!!
Forgetting the theology involved, I have always loved that line by blood sweat and tears.

I think it sums up quite nicely my deep rooted thoughts on belief. That inner contradiction. Swearing it’s all hogwash but praying it’s all true.
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