The Catholic Crisis of 2018

[SuburbanFarmer]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-03- ... lieve-hell
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w- ... re-no-hell
https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/esclusiva ... P1-S1.4-T1

Bad souls “are not punished,” Pope Francis is quoted, “those who do not repent and cannot therefore be forgiven disappear. There is no hell, there is the disappearance of sinful souls.”

Had the pope been speaking ex cathedra, as the vicar of Christ on earth, he would be contradicting 2,000 years of Catholic doctrine, rooted in the teachings of Christ himself. He would be calling into question papal infallibility, as defined in 1870 by the Vatican Council of Pius IX.

Questions would arise as to whether Francis is a true pope.

Vatican scrambles their lawyers:

The Vatican swiftly issued a statement saying the pope had had a private conversation, not a formal interview, with his friend Scalfari.

The Vatican added:

“The textual 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.”

I might actually go Catholic, just to support this guy... wow.

[Fife]

Fake News.

[DBTrek]

GCF is always like “Is something chipping away at a foundation of Western Civilization? SIGN ME UP, BROHAM!!!”

[SuburbanFarmer]

GCF is always like “Is something chipping away at a foundation of Western Civilization? SIGN ME UP, BROHAM!!!”

Not for this. I’ve argued before that the Bible says nothing about a hell. I’m pretty shocked to hear that the pope said the same though.

[DrYouth]

They disappear forever?

Worse than hell in some ways...

Cold Hell of nothingness... kinda creepy.

But then Atheists already believe this... without the heaven part...

[TheReal_ND]

Vatican II was created by jewish converts. Sometimes Haretz and such will brag about how they subverted Catholicism if you catch them in a cocky mood. Look it up.

[MilSpecs]

This would solve the conflict of believing in a god that is both just and merciful. A merciful God would not allow people to be punished for eternity and a just God would not grant eternal joy to everyone.

[Smitty-48]

Tickets to Heaven, available for purchase, from the Man, in the Funny Hat, who knew?

[SuburbanFarmer]

This would solve the conflict of believing in a god that is both just and merciful. A merciful God would not allow people to be punished for eternity and a just God would not grant eternal joy to everyone.

He’s resolving one of the most obvious contradictions in Catholicism. But that is 2 millennia of torture porn to go up against.

I like this guy. He’s got balls.

[Okeefenokee]

GCF is always like “Is something chipping away at a foundation of Western Civilization? SIGN ME UP, BROHAM!!!”

Not for this. I’ve argued before that the Bible says nothing about a hell. I’m pretty shocked to hear that the pope said the same though.

Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Matthew 25:46
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Psalm 9:17
The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.

2 Thessalonians 1:9
They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might

Matthew 13:50
and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Mark 9:43
If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

Matthew 25:41
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

Matthew 10:28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.