Although raised Catholic I did not realize there was a difference between purgatory and limbo. According to the BBC the Roman Catholic Pope may shortly “abolish” the latter:
The Pope, himself, has been quoted in the past as saying that he would let the idea of limbo “drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis”.
That would be rich if it weren’t redolent. Get back to me when the theologians have a test for this hypothesis.
Limbo may deter sheep in regions with high infant deathrates from joining the Roman Catholic flock, so doctrine may be changed such that unbaptised infants and the unborn go straight to heaven instead of languishing in limbo, to improve the competitive position of this particular earthly church. I’d rather they switch back to RCC’s old mythology — the unbaptised go straight to hell. Otherwise, new signs will be needed, and that would be a waste.
Ratzinger head from here.
Via Mahalanobis, where I also found a nice cartoon two years ago.
World estimations of the number of terminations carried out each year is somewhere between 20 and 88 million.
3,500 per day / 1.3 million per year in America alone.
50% of that 1.3 million claimed failed birth control was to blame.
A further 48% had failed to use any birth control at all.
And 2% had medical reasons.
That means a stagering 98% may have been avoided had an effective birth control been used.
Thats like a sep 11 every day…..
Except that most of the victims of 9/11 will go to hell (NYC is a den of sin, no?)
But all aborted baybees go straight to heaven (well, if only the pope would say so).
So ausblog, what was your point?
It might be comforting to them to think there babies go straight to heaven, after the fact and before.
Oh and sorry , I really shouldn’t have used the 9/11 idea,
Just similar number of lives.
As for the figures I thought people would want to know.
You’d actually prevent some abortions if you handed out birth control.
Did you get rid of the signe?
Ausblog, comforting? No, it should be joyus. Life on earth is inconsequential relative to eternity in heaven. Believers should rejoice whenever a soul makes it to heaven without regard for the earthly contingencies that led to that soul getting a pass.
What sign(?)?
Have you seen ( HOT OFF THE SHOW! Throw-away babies )
a blog by Sharon Hughes?
Never heard of it, but let me guess: botched abortion, still living baybee gets thrown in the trash. Am I right?
The lucky thing goes to heaven after a mercifully short life in this cruel world.
I’m 98% pro-life and 2% pro-choice, though the 2% didn’t come easy.
World estimations of the number of terminations carried out each year is somewhere between 20 and 88 million.
Over 3,500 per day / Over 1.3 million per year in America alone.
50% of that 1.3 million claimed failed birth control was to blame.
A further 48% had failed to use any birth control at all.
And 2% had medical reasons.
That means a staggering 98% may have been avoided had an effective birth control been used.
Australia (with a population of 20 million) terminated over 100 thousand young people last year. I’ve done the figures and Australia do more per head.
Abortion has got to be by far the Mother of all holocausts, the most extensive crime against humanity the world has ever seen.
Though it pains me to say it but, there may always be a need for the 2% medical reasons and such, but that’s all.
So how do we get the other 98% to be responsible……………….
How do we get them to be honest with themselves, about when life begins.
egg+sperm = human being
Sadly many prefer to have an occasional abortion over using birth control, they have all kinds of reasons, each of them selfish.
Then there’s the christian impossition,(all a bit talibanish), and their men in high places.(church and state should never entwine) their stance against b/c has only added to the numbers.
Sanity must provale, abortions should remain available and safe to the 2% and such and the rest need to have a good look at themselves and get their act together.
I’d like to see effective birth control made available to all who can’t afford it.
People have to stop using abortion as birth control…..
If egg+sperm=human how can you justify an abortion based on medical necessity? Seems like you’re declaring the life of the mother to be worth more than that of the fetus. You aid and abet the mother of all holocausts!
On that note, surely characterizing tens of millions of abortions as a holocaust is a case of seeing a glass infinity-1/infinity full and calling it empty, for those tens of millions egg+sperm+souls go straight to eternal bliss. What a deal! If only we could all be so fortunate.
When a sperm penetrates an egg exactly when does a soul get added?
fuck all you narrow minded cunts ausblog was right.
you are all to fucking stupid to see common sense.
go to hell.
JAISEE, upset that limbo is dead?
what are you going on about?
he isnt dead?