Pope abolishes Limbo

[kirovman]

And for his next act, he's going to replace Jesus with Santa.

"LOL I pressed teh deletes!"

 

[Adabiviak]

Link? What effect exactly does this have on spiritual people?

 

[CptStern]

well for one thing he completely changes hundreds of years of catholic dogma ..I mean as it was before pretty much everyone went to purgatory (limbo) ..it was like a waiting room before you wen to heaven/hell

they should just bring back predestination and tithing and throw the church back to the middle ages where it belongs

 

[Solaris]

What?
The pope gets to decide what happens when you die?

 

[tehsolace]

Abolishes an idea of Hell thats been around for thousands of years? He makes it sound like hes redesigning a section of Hell...

"Okay well lets replace the waiting room with an entertainment center. Also, we'll add a play area for the kiddies and they can have Barney playing on the tele."

 

[Jangle]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1897480,00.html D:

 

[bryanf445]

Well Im pretty sure they've been talking about taking out the idea of limbo for quite sometime, because I can't recall it being mentioned in the bible (I could be wrong). But It's still kinda odd to just take out limbo completley.

 

[Adabiviak]

Wasn't this a 'creation' of theirs to explain away the souls of children who died before they could be baptised (as baptism was the only ticket into heaven)? They couldn't very well go to hell, because that's just not fair.
edit - just found the link and read the article. :dork:

they should just bring back predestination and tithing and throw the church back to the middle ages where it belongs

FTW!
2nd edit -

“Personally, I would let it drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis.”

Isn't that religion by definition? Maybe not, because a hypothesis is meant to be tested against, not taken on faith. Who let the scientist in?

 

[Ravioli]

lol this is funny.

 

[PvtRyan]

"Yeah, I had a good talk with God, he told me we got that limbo thing like totally wrong. He also said that The Simpsons really stopped being funny about 10 seasons ago, he thinks about getting an 11th Commandment against that."

 

[Death.Trap]

well for one thing he completely changes hundreds of years of catholic dogma ..I mean as it was before pretty much everyone went to purgatory (limbo) ..it was like a waiting room before you wen to heaven/hell

they should just bring back predestination and tithing and throw the church back to the middle ages where it belongs

Purgatory and limbo are NOT the same thing.


You don't go to purgatory before hell, only before heaven.

Plus, limbo never has been dogma...it was kind of a sideline thing that has never been part of the catacism.

 

[CptStern]

ok my bad ...limbo for teh evils and purgatory for the "chosen" ...either way it's still idiotic

from biblical passage found in the sea of galilea circa 800 ad:

Every limbo boy and girl
All around the limbo world
Gonna do the limbo rock
All around the limbo clock
Jack be limbo, Jack be quick
Jack go unda limbo stick
All around the limbo clock
Hey, let's do the limbo rock

Limbo lower now
Limbo lower now
How low can you go

clearly god had other plans ..like sending us straight to H-E-double hockey sticks. He's teasing us, just like he teased moses in the desert

 

[15357]

He looks rather evil. D:

 

[kirovman]

So, are they going to delete that Doom level?

 

[Death.Trap]

ok my bad ...limbo for teh evils and purgatory for the "chosen" ...either way it's still idiotic

from biblical passage found in the sea of galilea circa 800 ad:



clearly god had other plans ..like sending us straight to H-E-double hockey sticks. He's teasing us, just like he teased moses in the desert

No, limbo is not for teh evils. It was thought that children who were not yet baptised went to limbo along with people who died before jesus died on the cross. It's like heaven, except they never get to see the face of God.






/cry brainfreeze DAMNFROSTY

 

[ríomhaire]

 

[Sulkdodds]

Ha, saw this. I like how he can just declare an entire section of religious suddenly wrong.

 

[Raziaar]

lol riomhaire.


I swear this pope is going to announce himself to be god.

He just looks so sinister.

 

[Sam]

I think purgatory is where you go if you're not quite good enough to go straight to heaven, so you get punished for a bit then get let in.

Limbo is a big white void where you have to try and get underneath a stick without using your hands / arms.

 

[kirovman]

Ha, saw this. I like how he can just declare an entire section of religious suddenly wrong.

I like how he can suddenly make a ficitional place cease to exist... like Hogwart's being destroyed or something.

 

[Que-Ever]

I thought he meant limbo like, go under the stick.

Pope banned limbo

 

[Geogaddi]

I don't care as long as they don't take away my precious indulgences.

 

[Bob_Marley]

So not only does he have the eyes of a killer, he's abolished limbo too?

Thats one step too far!

 

[Cole]

Ok everybody lets go into rome and start doing limboing!!

 

[kirovman]

The Jamaicans are up in arms about this.

 

[Danimal]

Limbo got Popwned.

 

[Docm30]

..."Simpsons really stopped being funny about 10 seasons ago, he thinks about getting an 11th Commandment against that."

Truest thing I have ever heard.

 

[kupocake]

I thought he meant limbo like, go under the stick.

Pope banned limbo

Me too. Sour bastard. Just because he doesn't feel the rhythm and can't bend his legs proper he's got to go and ban it for the rest of us.

 

[Saketi]

What?
The pope gets to decide what happens when you die?

only if u believe in this crap!

 

[Tr0n]

I wonder what Christians, mainly Catholics, here at hl2.net think about this?

 

[Saketi]

I wonder what Christians, mainly Catholics, here at hl2.net think about this?

I'm a catholic but i couldn't care less about what other people think.

 

[kirovman]

Aren't you meant to care what the Pope thinks if you're a Catholic?

 

[Saketi]

Aren't you meant to care what the Pope thinks if you're a Catholic?

What and act like a sheep on a field, lol

 

[Tr0n]

Considering you're catholic...

 

[ZOnline]

According to what they are teaching us in school about generations is that people born between 1980-1995 don't really care or believe in religion, they just say what religion they are but it means nothing.

 

[Sulkdodds]

What and act like a sheep on a field, lol

He's the direct descendent of Saint Peter, you dirty heretic.

 

[kirovman]

Surely not the virgin St. Peter?

Obviously the rampant nymphomaniac one?

 

[CyberPitz]

According to what they are teaching us in school about generations is that people born between 1980-1995 don't really care or believe in religion, they just say what religion they are but it means nothing.

Well, I know a whole lot of people born between those times that believe and follow. So that study is retarded because I SAY SO.

Then again, the Pope is mad magical, so if he said it's so, my bad.

 

[Steven]

And for his next act, he's going to replace Jesus with Santa.

"LOL I pressed teh deletes!"

At first I thought this was a spam thread.

 

[Raziaar]

I wonder what Christians, mainly Catholics, here at hl2.net think about this?

I'm Christian... The pope factors nowhere in my faith.