Phillippines.

[cappy]

Even the Confession box wont save you . Father O, Sullivan and the Archbishop will check on every word muttered.
Id rather have arotten meal of a Hungry hogarths chef than front those people.

well glen isure have heard many names given to the doctors of food in hogarths .......but chefs....

[robpage]

The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a "purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," which is experienced by those "who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified" . It notes that "this final purification of the elect . . . is entirely different from the punishment of the damned" . Personally my understaning of Scripture means that God's forgiub=veness is absolute , and there is no need to spend a time in Purgatory as an intermediate stop between Earth and Heaven

[gray_marian]

Phew!!!! That's a relief Robpage........ I watched a play in the West End in the late 70's called "Once a Catholic" and decided then to follow my own rules thereafter.......

[Richard Quartermaine]

Richard i just googled Rio Tinto Marine I see that they ave one ship full Australian crew.Google the site and have a look Ships named after Rivers River Boyne etc.
Regards.
Jim.B.

That is a plus Jim. Wouldn't it be great if our unions were to consider the big picture and work towards reversing the wreckage of self interest.
Richard

[John Pruden]

the best religion you can have if the person is good to you with a good nature about him it dos not matter what god he worships? through history we have butchered each other because of one book or another its been the biggest killer next to the mosquito and like them is still going on to this day? best left alone dirty buiseness?just my view jp

[Jim Brady]

Rob I dont know what inspired you to write #32 but seeing that you seem to know a lot about this subject and I may be a likely candidate could you please tell me how long that I am likely to be in there.Will it be one hour,one day,one year,one hundred years or seeing that it is eternal life maybe a million years waiting my turn to be released from this purgatory in to the kingdom of heaven.????
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Captain Kong]

I guess if it is an eternal life, then it makes no difference how long it takes. all the time there is.
Brian

[Glenn Baker]

My Point being more specific about the Catholic Church and many others is the fact that we are asked to empty our pockets everytime there is a Disaster of which I have no objection, my point is this latest Disaster is in a Catholic Dominated country of which the Vatican excepts millionof dollars in collection funds and so called Assistance programs, the nasty part of it is that they pay no tax and yet are one of the Richest Organisations on this planet, The pope himself will stand outside on his Balcony and raise his hands saying (All my People) let us pray and yet they will take your money any old time and make it tax free in their own very holy Papal Vatican city making a law unto themselves.
Banks do the same too with oversea,s aid money making 5Pounds on every Pound given in oversea,s aid loans, not a bad profit is it.
If any of us carried out our lives like that we would be in Jail as Tax Avoiders, even right down to the electricity Bill we are threatened, but Churches and Banks still ask for (Our) money in any Disaster, and they make Zillions in Profit out of our transactions of any kind whatso ever. The Catholic Church also adopt the same Banking Methods by even having yes youve got it (Their own Papal Bank of Rome).thats why Ive mentioned the two faced standards of so called Christianity. all the best Glenn

[gray_marian]

All I can find regarding the amount that the Vatican itself has donated is 3 million euros. That was 8 days ago. Anyone have an update?

[robpage]

It was because of the hypocritical ways of the major religious organisations , Catholic , Anglican , Methodist , to name just a few that kept me away from churches for nearly forty years . I had seen drunken ministers rail against overindulgence when sober on a Sunday , men who preached the commandments who could not keep their flys zipped up with other women , It was when faced with life threatening Surgury that I found an independent Church where the pastor practices what he preaches . I still think purgatory and a few other practices are there to encourage. Donation for salvation . Here endeth today's lesson