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Originally Posted by vinceprince
But you wish to blindly submit to a guy in a white dress for eternity.
Give me sweet oblivion instead!
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I am of the opinion that we are reincarnated. (The soul, that is, not the ego we believe ourselves to be. That little voice in our head is talking to ...???) Since this is the special education planet it is assumed that few, if any of us will be moving on to Nirvana.
When one has been through 12 years of Catholic school education, one is never free of the indoctrination. In any event, it does no harm to take out a little insurance in case there is something other than a new chance to work on our unresolved issues, or as you hope, oblivion. If you are right, it won't matter what the priest does. If my parents, grandparents, and all the good sisters, brothers, bishops, and priests are right, I don't want to be spending any more time in purgatory than necessary. (I find it impossible to believe that a just and loving God would allow any of his children to remain in everlasting torment. Although it would appear that many of our Muslim brothers are really working on getting some hot coals up their asses for awhile.)
