Why is Catholicism such an EMBARRASSMENT TO ITSELF?

Question

Pope revises 'limbo' for babies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070420/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_limbo

Answer 1

They recently forgave Galileo's scientific inquiry, so I'd say they are catching up to the 18th century. By the year 2500 I expect a referendum on contraception.

Answer 2

There is no embarrassment here.

The Church has pondered the suggestion of Limbo for a few hundred years and has decided that it is not a good idea. Limbo was never official doctrine.

Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:15-16)

For centuries, people have wondered about children who died before they were baptized. The Bible does not explicitly state that they will go to heaven.

Limbo was suggested as the place where unbaptized babies went when they died. This idea was never official Church doctrine and has been rejected.

The Church now says that it is not sure what happens to unbaptized babies when they die but she entrusts them to the mercy of God.

With love in Christ.

Answer 3

contained in the starting up there the position 5 churches, each and each having their own bishop. After a lengthy time period lower than completely pretend claims the Pope requested to rule over all different churches as 'vicar of Christ'. the full theory is amazingly absurd starting up with the identify: on condition that Christ is alive and latest contained in the international, why ought to He favor someone to carry His position because the precise of the church?! yet another challenge replaced into that the Pope also demanded political supremacy. In his insanity have replaced extremely some the dogmas of the church attaining the precise of evilness contained in the course of Pope John Paul the 2d which received advantages from human beings like: a shaman, a witch, a buddhist. contained in the psalms it truly is beautifull stated that "enable the annointment of sinners no longer contact my head". also it truly is declared: "No witch can inherit the dominion, nor all and sundry who befriends a witch or asks her help" about substantial adjustments: Orthodoxy says that the guidelines of God favor no longer replace with human beings, yet human beings could replace in accordance to the guidelines of God. Roman Catholicism says the different: the guidelines of God replace even as the options of the international replace. it truly is a very antichristic view. there are quite some adjustments, yet fairly the element is the Pope thinks he can replace God's regulation. Orthodoxism thinks this isn't the case.

Answer 4

It would be so much easier to just read the Bible. It has the answers. Babies go to heaven. Jesus compared children to the kingdom (church). If children didn't go to heaven and were full of sin, do you think Jesus would have compared the church to them??

So much for the Pope having a "direct" line to God. Maybe he should read the Bible instead of letting it collect dust.

Exactly where in the Bible do you read about the "limbo"???

Answer 5

Why don't you look into what the document says before you become an even bigger embarrassment to yourself?

Also, read what the Catholic Church had to say about "limbo" in the past.

Or do you prefer to let the news guide you on what to think?

Answer 6

The Church, made up of humans, has made many mistakes in the name of God. It is is amazing that God is still with the Church. But Jesus promised the Catholic Church that He would be with them forever. If there is embarrassment, it is on those who attack what God has established and has stood by since the time of Jesus.

Answer 7

Well first of all, why do CHRISTIANS embarrass themselves? The whole idea of a baby being born with "original sin" was created completely by the Catholic Church AND CARRIED OVER INTO PROTESTANT CHURCHES.

This is NOT a doctrine that Judaism has EVER had - remember Judaism, the ORIGINAL instructions from God? No, the Jews aren't blind (another insertion by the Church into the New Testament), the Jews hold onto what God gave them, from then until now.

In any case, there has never, ever existed in Judaism the doctrine of Orginal Sin, not from the beginning until now. Jews do not believe (as per the explanations given by God Himself on Mt. Sinai over the 40 day period Moses was up there) that what Adam and Eve did taints all mankind to an eternal hell forever and is passed down to all human beings.

Jews believe (because this is what they were told by God Himself on Mt. Sinai) that all people are born with a clean slate, and that we use our own free will to choose to either walk the path of selfishness (evil) or unselfishness (good) both of which exist and as we chose either/or, we bring that aspect into us more and more.

So the more we are unselfish the more we develop our souls with good, and the more good we become from our original clean slate. And the more we are selfish, the more we develop our souls with evil and the more evil we become from our original clean slate.

At our death, we are judged by our slate at that time, we make repentance and we reincarnate to meet whatever conditions we created during our life. If we were cold-hearted to homeless people, for instance, we may choose to come back and suffer as a homeless person to both "burn off our impurity blemish" on our soul we had created, AND so that we gain understanding of what it is like to be homeless so that we will in future lifetimes never look down on them again or treat them badly.

Yes, reincarnation has ALWAYS been a foundation of Judaism. We do not have any such thing as an "eternal burning lake of fire" where people are cast forever and ever to be tortured while some perverted god gets enjoyment from it. This is absolutely disgusting to Jews, and is NOT what God gave on Mt. Sinai for what happens. Reincarnation IS, and the Jews have always had it. Betcha didn't know that, did you. Most Christians think that Judaism is just the same as Christianity except that the Jews somehow "missed" their messiah when he came. NOT! Almost nothing in Judaism resembles Christianity, almost none of the very foundations resemble anything in Christianity, from Original Sin to a Messiah who dies as a virgin human blood sacrifice for sin (this has NEVER been the role of the Messiah in Judaism), to the Messiah being born of God who swoops down and impregnates a woman (this comes from ancient paganism), and on and on and on.

Judaism has NEVER had any of these things, these are not what GOD HIMSELF gave on Mt. Sinai - again, they are either a Christian invention or Christianity brought it into their new religion from the pagan religions that were around at that time.

So, for the question as to whether babies who die go to heaven or hell because they are tainted with Original Sin - this is absolutely ridiculous to Jews, and shouldn't even be an issue if the Catholic Church had not invented the concept in the first place to control everyone with. So now we see they are having to revise it, change it a bit over time and circumstance.

This concept of Original Sin never existed in the first place, at least until the Catholic Church invented it, so both Catholics AND Protestants are being taken for a ride there. And Protestants, since they believe the doctrine as well that we are born with Original Sin, have NO right to point fingers at the Catholics, except to ask them why they invented such a concept in the first place. And a little historical digging will show that the answer was for controlling the people, nothing more. You are born with Original Sin and nothing can save you except believing in a virgin human blood sacrifice for sin, and you can only have THAT through our church, our doctrine, our religion. Talk about fear tactics, and plain out LIES. You're all being taken for a ride, both Catholic and Protestant.

Answer 8

Are you afraid that the Roman church is the true church and you are going to burn in hell? As the person above me ask... why such hatred? Theologians can make mistakes. And Christianity can adapt to new knowledge and thought. Theology is not dead.. it is always evolving.

Answer 9

We ALL do that..none of us are perfect. Have you ever embarrassed yourself? The Church is made up of people, they sin. Talk to a priest. Ask him the questions.

Answer 10

Nothing was actually revised.

Limbo was never an official doctrine of the RCC.

Why are you embarassing yourself like this? Do better research next time.