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The Pope didn't say that that atheists are going to Heaven. He was just saying that everyone is redeemed because Christ died for all, including atheists. Redemption and salvation are two different things.
Well, the Catholic Church is going to become more and more Pelagian. I can assure you that; trust me, I live in Italy so I know what I am talking about. I listen to what Bishops, cardinals say every day on Italian television.
By the way, even this Australian Cardinal says that Atheists can go to Heaven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riF9pbMLmHY
Atheism is not a sin. Greed and money-hunger are. Illuminati and Bankers are the enemies of Christianity. Certainly not Atheists
He did not say that atheists will go to heaven. What he said was more or less said the same thing as I did.
Further, atheism is a sin. However, as I and the cardinal said; the circumstances of a person's atheism can diminish moral culpability.
Well, the Catholic Church is going to become more and more Pelagian. I can assure you that; trust me, I live in Italy so I know what I am talking about. I listen to what Bishops, cardinals say every day on Italian television.
By the way, even this Australian Cardinal says that Atheists can go to Heaven:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riF9pbMLmHY
Atheism is not a sin. Greed and money-hunger are. Illuminati and Bankers are the enemies of Christianity. Certainly not Atheists
The Church will never be Pelagian as that's a heresy.
Hay85 said:I am sorry, sir. But he did say what Pelagians think about salvation.
Hay85 said:That is, first that Atheism is not an evil act, so is not a sin.
Catechism 2125 said:Since it rejects or denies the existence of God, atheism is a sin against the virtue of religion. The imputability of this offense can be significantly diminished in virtue of the intentions and the circumstances. "Believers can have more than a little to do with the rise of atheism. To the extent that they are careless about their instruction in the faith, or present its teaching falsely, or even fail in their religious, moral, or social life, they must be said to conceal rather than to reveal the true nature of God and of religion."
Hay85 said:By the way, the Gospel says: You have to worship the Lord in spirit and in Truth
that means you have to be Christian through deeds, not through useless prayers of adoration, that sometimes become mere foot-licking
Some Catholic priests in Italy already are Pelagian
And they are heretics who can be excommunicated.
St Paul's letters are authoritative scripture. The validity of their content is not up to debate.
I think it's not reasonable to believe in Saint Paul's stuff. He says very anti-Christian things, like:
- Man is born with original sin (silly superstition)
- That Man can't do but sin (This is even sillier, given that there is free will, and you can decide not to sin)
- That all men need God's grace to be saved. (Not all: if a person is sinless doesn't need any God's grace. Nobody forces you to hurt the others)
Lots of Catholic priests are taking consciousness that these are nonsense, that were for justifying the birth of Protestantism
St. Paul doesn't say any of these things.I think it's not reasonable to believe in Saint Paul's stuff. He says very anti-Christian things, like:
- Man is born with original sin (silly superstition)
- That Man can't do but sin (This is even sillier, given that there is free will, and you can decide not to sin)
So what, are you Pelagian, believing that we can go through life without committing even so much as a single tiny little sin? Do you think that we don't need God to be saved?- That all men need God's grace to be saved. (Not all: if a person is sinless doesn't need any God's grace. Nobody forces you to hurt the others)