ok first things first im not trying to question christianity of anything - I'm an agnostic.
1) Heaven is paradise for all that enter it.
What would happen if your paradise included say being with someone you loved (wife or something) that had been condemned to hell? Not for mass murder, just for generally not believing in got etc? Or would you not be in heaven anyway because you loved someone who wasn't christian or whatever?
I' just curious
yes, very good point which every protestant dismisses out of hand.
You see, for Protestants, and for the Catholic Bishops... the only Catholics who believe in Paul more than in Mary and Jesus ... well, Heaven is a place for Sinners who believe that having Killed Jesus was a Good thing. They believe that Heaven is a Place of Victory for those who Defeated and Murdered the Messiah.
Well, that is OBVIOUSLY Satanic and couldn't be true.
But the Marian Catholics have a different Vision of Heaven. Heaven is reserved only for the Pure. Well, many people do not die pure, but if they die on the Right Side of Morality, that is, if they MEAN well and are on the Right Side of things, Wishing to be Pure, then they have the opportunity to go to Purgatory.
What is Purgatory? Well, Purgatory, by incremental degrees is the Light of Heaven that burns away the dross of sin and ill-will. If the Light Shines through Purity, then all is Clear and the light cannot make Heat. But if the Light hits upon anything gross and material then Heat is generated and that Heat will burn. It purifies, but the burning is burning and it is not very comfortable. So Purgatory is made to operate gradually, though some souls in the impatience to attain Heaven will jump ahead to the most excruciating levels of Purification. I can see their reasoning. Short or Long, it all amounts to the same amount of Pain in the end, doesn't it. So the Soul might as well get it over with. However, Heavenly wisdon knows that in an Eternity there should be no hurry, and so the Pains involved are kept to a bearable level.
But, yes, no Sin is allowed in Heaven. It is ridiculous, that Protestant notion that believing in Jesus can allow for a polluted soul to stink up Heaven.
Besides, has anyone ever wondered why Christ would specify that people would have to "believe". Why? If Sinners are allowed to be sinners, then why should they have to believe. If Jesus was murdered for the Forgiveness of Sins, then what does it add to anything that they would have to acknowledge what is nothing more than a story from History. The Blood of Christ being able to Forgive Sins is either Able to do it or Not. What does the belief of individual people have to do with it? So this is just another thing that Paul was able to assert which people automatically believed, without a single good reason.
How do we know Paul was Satan? It is because he could spout such obviously stupid crap and yet so many people believed him. Isn't THAT the prophecy of the Antichrist? Who better fits it then Paul?
