Adam and Eve (and we) would have lived forever had they not eaten the forbidden fruit after being convinced by the serpent that they could become essentially gods. They disobeyed God and thus we all shall die. But, to die does not mean to cease existing. We believe our spirit lives on (somewhere). Do you not believe in life after death?
Again, I ask you, where will there be “wailing and grinding of teeth” (described in Matthew 13:42)? If Satan made this up, then you must believe that Jesus is Satan? Or you reject the New Testament? Trying to understand why you believe what you do.
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This is a lie & a SATANIC thing to say! You are calling Christ a liar. You’re clearly just here to get a rise out of Catholics! Get a life.
I know a priest who is like 90 years old and has been listening to confessions for decades. He told me the vast majority of confessions are not that bad. Most people who go in there are sorta already do gooders.
He says most people in confession don’t bring any big surprises
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Or he is hard of hearing ; ) Only kidding. My Wife’s Mom (brought up aniti-Catholic) once said when My Wife and I were dating, “Catholics have it easy; they get drunk at the bar on Friday, go to Confession Saturday, Church on Sunday, and back to the bar on Friday.”
I told her:
- Confession is hard. Recalling how we have wronged God, who loves us is not easy.
- The Catholics getting drunk at the bar on Friday nights are not the ones going to Confession on Saturday.
- I am Catholic and I’ve never been drunk. Never “tried weed” either.
Christ did the hardest part on the Cross, which she would agree. However, I would argue that saying the generic “sinner’s Prayer” and much easier than truly repenting of our sins, if we have a real relationship with the Lord. Just saying “I am a sinner” is not as difficult as actually admitting our sins and how we have hurt God our father. But, the love of God is amazing!
He doesn’t want anyone to choose Hell. And like the Prodigal Son He welcomes us back with open arms, no matter how much slop we have fallen into and how much we have rejected Him. If we are truly contrite and turn back to Him, He pours out His grace, which Jesus suffered and merited on the Cross, so that we can be forgiven. Do not take this lightly, but be grateful for His undeserving Sacrifice.
They use “Gehenna” (γέεννα), which is the Valley of Wailing, where either (1) children were burned as sacrifice to Moloch, (2) carcasses and corpses were burned as trash/reprobate (Mt. iii. 10, Mt. iii. 12, Mt. vii. 19, etc.), (3) or perhaps both, all of which occurred proximate to Jerusalem (outside thereof). Then those who go to Gehenna go to the Lake of Fire (Apoc. xx. 9). I know that Gehenna is not a good place and we wish that no one goes there, but this is something that must be believed in.
May the Lord’s Countenance be upon you.
