SOGFPP said:
For someone who comments and awful lot about what Catholic do and believe, you sure don't know a lot about us.
Not only the priests....
ALL Catholics may partake in the body and blood of Jesus Christ under the appearance of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
This would be funny if I didn't know you were serious...... do you not believe in heaven?
Those in heaven, hell, purgatory.......... LIVE FOREVER.:bonk:
Do you not understand the difference between living forever in heaven and the physical death of our earthly body?
Nice chatting with you precept.
Scott
Not so fast! SOGFPP...."ALL Catholics may partake in the body and blood of Jesus Christ" . SOGFPP If I didn't know better I would even believe you think you are telling the truth. When was the last time you attended mass? Why is iis it more common for the devotees to be lining up to eat christ's flesh; while the "blood" is downed only by the priests? If as you say...."eating christ's flesh and drinking his blood" is for real then there can be no exempting the "eating his flesh" this time and not the "drinking of his blood" at the same sitting. And since the priests always do both, then why doesn't the devotees like the priests always do both, since "living forever" is completely dependent ion doing both! Or is it?
You try to make light of the "living in "purgatory", "hell" or "heaven"....but again you are not getting away that lightly. Roman Catholic doctrine distinctly teach that on the death of the Roman Catholic devotee, there is no assurance of heaven if the debt of works is
"not paid in full". The Roman Catholic thus indebted must make up by putting up with the inconvenience of waiting around in the halfway stop of "unquenchable fire"[as Tetzel , the popes emissary to the German people taught] Remember he "literally lit a fire" to bring to life the experience in purgatory. It must be therefore, that if payment is not made in full; that the "eating of christ's literal flesh and the drinking of his literal blood sealed forever in "unquenchable fire" of purgatory the "eternally living hell" for the Roman Catholic devotee.
Wouldn't it have been better if the Roman Catholic devotee had lived the life of the wicked; after all he would have ended up in the same "unquenchable fire" and also living as eternally in hell as his "purgatory" "blood/flesh eating" Roman Catholic in his "halfway house of fire".
"Living forever" does come with a "price"...because the Roman Catholic that ate of christ's flesh and who may or may not have drank his blood; is still not sure of his final "forever living accomodation" Which begs the question..Which is more important? The "eating of christ's literal flesh and the drinking of his literal blood; Or
"Payment in Full"!
"Payment iin full" seems to be the more important...wouldn't you say? Because if you don't have to both "eat" and "drink" of christ's "literal body" at each sitting, but
must have "payment in full" to go directly to heaven, then "payment in full" of necessity must be more important to ascertain a guarantee of an
"air conditioned space" of eternal living.
That you postulate as to my confusion, couldn't be more true! It is the "living forever" that has me confused. Is "living forever" due to the "eating of christ's literal flesh and drinking his literal blood? And if it is! Isn't dying the antithesis of "living forever"? It makes no sense that the Roman Catholic is assured that he will "live forever" if he eats christ's literal flesh and drinks christ's literal blood; but yet must die before enjoying the benefit of his
consuming "rare" delicasies purely for the benefit of "living forever". And why must he also have to
make "payment in full" Before he died.
It makes more sense to me, that "living forever" due to my eating christ's literal flesh and drinking christ's literal blood came in a package deal that would make me "live forever" and that without dying.
I am assuming that those who do not eat christ's literal flesh and drink christ's literal blood, when dead will not "live forever"..no! not even after death! Or will they!
But just let us assume that they will "live forever" in hell! Do the Roman Catholics in purgatory have any advantage in
"heat intensity" having eaten christ's literal flesh and having drank his literal blood, while in their "halfway house of heat" in purgatory??
Confused? You bet I am!
precept