James White, Dinesh D’Souza, Mike Licona, Michael Bird, Craig Evans, Michael Brown, Kyle, Butt, William Lane Craig, Al Sharpton, Peter Hitchens, many others.
Yup. not a Catholic theologian in the bunch.
They won’t debate Catholic theologians because Catholics aren’t limited by fundamentalist notions about the Bible. Most of their arguments only hold up against a fundamentalist reading of the Bible, and so they will only engage with people they know they can make look foolish.
It was either Trent Horn or Jimmy Akin who said they have extended an invitation to Dawkins many times, and have never gotten a response back.
It warrants Hell I agree but there is the mercy of God. Look at St Augustine, he lived a life like the priest in my scenario, he could have gone to Hell but he did not, why? because of Gods mercy.
(You should try to quote the post you’re responding to, it makes it easier for people to keep track ^^)
You’re right, Augustine lived an objectively-sinful early life. However, the difference is that he repented and rejected his sinful ways. The priest in your example didn’t, at least not fully. Had Augustine died young, I agree, he probably would have been damned. He says as much in his Confessions. Thank God that didn’t happen.
You’re also right that it is God’s mercy that gives any of us the time or call to repent. I wouldn’t even think of denying that. But we do not know how much time we are to be given, we don’t know when we may be called home. That is why we must always repent after we sin, and seek absolution as soon as possible.
I will also say that it’s entirely possible that your priest repented as he was dying, and that in His mercy God accepted this repentance and forgave the priest. The thing is, we can’t know that. What we know is that mortal sin brings about damnation, and the only
normal means of being forgiven for a mortal sin is confession. To rely on anything else simply because it
might work is foolhardy.
