Am I going to Hell?

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I am a Protestant and have attended a Baptist church all my life. I have never been to a confession and the only mortal sins that I’m aware I committed are masterbation and watching pornography. So do you think I’m going to Hell?
 
None of us here is competent to make such a judgment.

You can make an act of perfect contrition.

I suggest you talk to a priest.
 
You may get many more responses, but 1ke’s three sentences really are all you need to know, and I agree 100%.
 
1ke said:
None of us here is competent to make such a judgment.

You can make an act of perfect contrition.

I suggest you talk to a priest.
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The OP is not a Catholic. An act of perfect contrition (even if you could be sure about it)** is conditional** upon the firm intent to go to Confession as soon as possible. Baptists do not have Confession to a priest.
 
Not to mention I think that any group of people who are running around trying to bash the Catholic Church with every breath in their bodies is already on shaky ground with the almighty.

Pax :signofcross:
 
Speedypizza said:
Not to mention I think that any group of people who are running around trying to bash the Catholic Church with every breath in their bodies is already on shaky ground with the almighty.

Pax :signofcross:
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No Baptists that I know bash the Catholic Church.
 
fbl9 said:
some do some don’t.
if the Catholic church allowed non-catholics to recieve the sacrement of reconcillation would you go?
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Yes I would. I’m actually planning to convert to the Catholic Church in the future.
 
1ke nailed it.

Do you believe that your soul is in danger?

Peace
James
 
Speedypizza said:
Not to mention I think that any group of people who are running around trying to bash the Catholic Church with every breath in their bodies is already on shaky ground with the almighty.

Pax :signofcross:
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That response was completely inappropriate… I hope the OP doesn’t think that all Catholics are this vitriolic.
 
1ke said:
None of us here is competent to make such a judgment.

You can make an act of perfect contrition.

I suggest you talk to a priest.
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Zenkai said:
Yes I would. I’m actually planning to convert to the Catholic Church in the future.
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See above

Welcome to the forums.
Feel free to check all the forums, especially the ask an apologist section.🙂
 
Zenkai said:
Yes I would. I’m actually planning to convert to the Catholic Church in the future.
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This is wonderful…Praise God…:clapping::extrahappy::signofcross:

And welcome to the forums. you’ll find a lot of good help here.

Peace
James
 
Zenkai said:
Yes I would. I’m actually planning to convert to the Catholic Church in the future.
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Hi Zenkai,

Why wait? It’s a little late in the year (most RCIA classes begin around the fall) but I’m sure if you talk to someone at your local Catholic parish, they can work to get you caught up and then integrate you with the class. Even if they ask you to wait until next year, you can still start attending mass and the like (though you cannot receive communion or any other sacrament there).

If you have a sincere desire to convert and are genuinely contrite re: your sins, I believe official Church teaching is that you are in a conditional state of grace. I am fairly sure, actually, that catechumens (people who are still in the RCIA process) like me are actually permitted to have a Christian burial if we die, even though I’ve never had any of the sacraments before.

So don’t worry at all about where you’re going. Do what you can now – i.e., jumpstart the conversion process – and trust the rest to God.
 
Zenkai said:
I am a Protestant and have attended a Baptist church all my life. I have never been to a confession and the only mortal sins that I’m aware I committed are masterbation and watching pornography. So do you think I’m going to Hell?
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If I can feel merciful toward you, I’m sure God is already 1000 steps ahead of little me.
 
sw85 said:
Hi Zenkai,

Why wait? It’s a little late in the year (most RCIA classes begin around the fall) but I’m sure if you talk to someone at your local Catholic parish, they can work to get you caught up and then integrate you with the class. Even if they ask you to wait until next year, you can still start attending mass and the like (though you cannot receive communion or any other sacrament there).

If you have a sincere desire to convert and are genuinely contrite re: your sins, I believe official Church teaching is that you are in a conditional state of grace. I am fairly sure, actually, that catechumens (people who are still in the RCIA process) like me are actually permitted to have a Christian burial if we die, even though I’ve never had any of the sacraments before.

So don’t worry at all about where you’re going. Do what you can now – i.e., jumpstart the conversion process – and trust the rest to God.
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That is correct. Such a catechumen would be deemed to be Catholic under Baptism of Desire - Explicit and would be saved if dying before officially joining the Church.
 
1ke nailed it. We here cannot judge others.

It seems that the Holy Spirit is moving you in the right direction and that you are cooperating with the Holy Spirit. Continue to pray for WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING and an INCREASE IN FAITH.

I see the word “convert” as coming from “converge.” That is, coming closer to God, eventually converging with Him in Heaven for all eternity.

Because I realize that God does love me and I, in return, want to Love God, I automatically want to be as close to Him as I can be in the Life.

We humans cannot reach God on our own. God must first approach us and THEN we can choose to respond, or not, to one degree or another. The Bible tells us how God reached out to us and how various people responded.

We accept Jesus Christ as the Living Son of God. Christ does not lie. In short form, Christ said in the Gospels:
  1. Thou art Peter and upon THIS rock I will build MY church.
  2. THIS IS MY BODY. THIS IS MY BLOOD. DO THIS in rememberance of Me.
  3. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven. Whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
The Sacraments of Confession and Holy Eucharist were established by Christ. We may not fully understand it all, but if we accept Christ as the Living Son of God, then we must accept these two Sacraments and the Church Christ Himself established.

If we are trying to converge with God and avoid eternal Hell, we do ourselves a great service by taking an honest close look at the Catholic Church. The Sacraments and teachings of the Catholic CHurch provide the FULLNESS OF CHRIST no other church, Christian or not, can.

Continue to pray for WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING and an INCREASE IN FAITH.
 
It’s not the place of the Church laity to do determine who’s going to the big guy upstairs and who’s going to the basement…

It’s God’s decision and his decision to judge alone… For all I know there could be some medieval popes in the fire of hell (just a metaphor)… 🤷
 
thistle said:
The OP is not a Catholic. An act of perfect contrition (even if you could be sure about it)** is conditional** upon the firm intent to go to Confession as soon as possible. Baptists do not have Confession to a priest.
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To thistle,

Do you actually believe that only Catholic people are capable of an act of perfect contrition?

Are you saying that all non - Catholics are doomed?

Do you believe that God allows only Catholics to enter Heaven?

Are you saying that God will not accept an act of perfect contrition from a Baptist young man, and God will send him to Hell, simply because he is not Catholic, and therefore is not allowed by the Catholic Church to make an act of perfect contrition?

Why would a Baptist young man even consider becoming a Catholic, if it were actually true, that the God of the Catholic Church would ever act in such an Unloving and Unforgiving way?

Perhaps it would be good for you to reconsider your own views on Who God really Is.
 
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