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yogosans14
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They all share similar experiences as well…
If Protestants dont go to Heaven, why are there so many NDE's with Protestants?
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Nicea325
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Come again? May you please elaborate?
BTW: No one…and I mean no one can say with 100% certitude whose in Heaven or not. So to make a remark that Protestants are not going to Heaven is either very ignorant or very arrogant.
God bless
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mdgspencer
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Catholics don’t believe Protestants don’t go to heaven. I presume that heard this idea somewhere. There are many ideas about Catholics that aren’t true.
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Beryllos
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Is there any official Catholic teaching on NDE (near-death experience)?
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ConstantineTG
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What if their similar experiences are hell? I’m not saying it is, but it is plausible.
We do not know how reliable a NDE is. How much of the afterlife is revealed to us if we aren’t really dead yet.
and apply it to protestants who think this way about Catholics.
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BlaconPaul
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No one watches the Simpsons then? 
You know the episode, Bart becomes a faithful catholic, converts Homer, and later on Marge is granted a vision of the Protestants in their level of heaven, and the Catholics on their heaven.
So the Protestant faithful DO go to heaven, it’s just that wearing their Sunday best outfits and playing croquet on the lawn, they look a bit boring…
Meanwhile we Catholics go to our heaven, and it’s all Irish and Italian music, dancing, and drunken bar fights.
Please forgive me, I couldn’t resist.
Pray for peace.
You know the episode, Bart becomes a faithful catholic, converts Homer, and later on Marge is granted a vision of the Protestants in their level of heaven, and the Catholics on their heaven.
So the Protestant faithful DO go to heaven, it’s just that wearing their Sunday best outfits and playing croquet on the lawn, they look a bit boring…
Meanwhile we Catholics go to our heaven, and it’s all Irish and Italian music, dancing, and drunken bar fights.
Please forgive me, I couldn’t resist.
Pray for peace.
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Bonnie
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You know, it’s examples like this that make me wish I had a TV.Meanwhile we Catholics go to our heaven, and it’s all Irish and Italian music, dancing, and drunken bar fights.
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jimperu
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There are no specific religious parameters regarding who is eligible for eternal happiness.
God is all knowing. He has given man/woman both life and freedom to choose. We of Christian belief, Catholics/Protestants believe that if we follow the Commandments, give to and forgive others, pray to and honor God, avoid sin, then for the most part Heaven is reasonably understood to be achievable. Do not be concerned about comments or actions from others, that have no firm biblical foundation. Just do what is just and God will love and embrace you for all time.
God is all knowing. He has given man/woman both life and freedom to choose. We of Christian belief, Catholics/Protestants believe that if we follow the Commandments, give to and forgive others, pray to and honor God, avoid sin, then for the most part Heaven is reasonably understood to be achievable. Do not be concerned about comments or actions from others, that have no firm biblical foundation. Just do what is just and God will love and embrace you for all time.
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Bonnie
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There is no evidence that NDE are anything more than the brain responding to a physical shut-down. If many of the experiences are similar, it could well be because we are all human.
I recall reading somewhere that the “experiences” are culture based. So a Hindu would “see” something that relates to his religion.
While NDE are “real” in the sense that people experience them, there is no way to prove if they are objectively true.
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GEddie
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I have never heard Catholics claim that Protestants do not go to Heaven. Some may have been told that in the past, but it was never Church teaching.
Many NDErs seem to be Protestant because the subculture surrounding NDE is centered in the USA, a majority Protestant nation. The USA has also pioneered many of the techniques that bring the human body back from formerly life-ending conditions; such that patients who in the mid-1900s would have died, now recover with memories of an NDE.
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Many NDErs seem to be Protestant because the subculture surrounding NDE is centered in the USA, a majority Protestant nation. The USA has also pioneered many of the techniques that bring the human body back from formerly life-ending conditions; such that patients who in the mid-1900s would have died, now recover with memories of an NDE.
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SteveVH
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While I agree with the general premise of your statement I think it is important to point out that we do know some who are in heaven because they have let us know they are in heaven and have been canonized as saints. What we don’t know is who is in hell. That is a proclamation the Church has never made.
But as far as the premise of this thread is concerned (“Protestants don’t go to heaven”), yes, that is a ludicrous statement.
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kimg901
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According to South Park, only the mormons are in heaven But on a serious note, dont we believe in God and His Mercy?
But on a serious note, dont we believe in God and His Mercy?
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EvangelCatholic
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Pope Francis suggested that good atheists may go to heaven!
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aidanbradypop
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ugh! I will just leave it at that.
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sennincatholic
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Pope Francis said even atheists are redeemed and “good atheists will meet us there…”.The pope didn’t mention anywhere that good atheists are saved nor will go to heaven!Please read very carefully all what he wrote in context.
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aidanbradypop
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I agree. Many will look for something to grab onto
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Beryllos
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If you’re interested in that, look in on this discussion:
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=789831
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rinnie
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Where is it said in the bible who does and who does not enter heaven. It is up to God whom he rejects and whom he accepts.
I is wrong to exclude anyone into heaven.
Only God knows a heart
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Monergistic
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Yogo, I’d like to help you familiarize yourself with the names of a couple of Catholics. One name is Leonard Feeney, a Jesuit who died in 1978. He is responsible for a teaching/position known as Feeneyism. According to Feeney, it is pretty much impossible for Protestants to go to heaven. Read more here. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeneyism
There’s another name I want you to be familiar with, however, and that name is Karl Keating. He is best known for creating an organization called Catholic Answers. You may be familiar with some of the radio/TV programming, and I know you’re familiar with the website. This is the website. This is Catholic Answers Forums.
Karl Keating (and everyone else at CA) is opposed to Feeneyism. In public discussion and/or debate with other Catholics, Karl Keating has been/is known to be sharply critical of Catholics who espouse something like Feeneyism, even if they personally reject the label as an unfair pejorative. And that’s what you would expect anyone to do- being called a Feeneyite is a bit like being called a Birther. It is an extreme fringe belief known to be held by kooky people. Feeneyite and Kook are so closely associated at this point that Feeneyism can’t be taken seriously if it’s called by that name.
Again, this is Catholic Answers. There are no Feeneyites here. Well, there are no Feeneyites working here. Anymore. That we know of. There may be some forum members that are Feeneyites, but come on, I’m an Evangelical Protestant and no one thinks that’s representative of what CA stands for.
CA does not stand for an extreme fringe kooky position on this matter. CA in general is quite against it, and Karl Keating in particular is very much against it. The only reason I know what a Feeneyite is, is that I saw Keating use the word, describe the term, and slam the belief. Repeatedly.
There’s another name I want you to be familiar with, however, and that name is Karl Keating. He is best known for creating an organization called Catholic Answers. You may be familiar with some of the radio/TV programming, and I know you’re familiar with the website. This is the website. This is Catholic Answers Forums.
Karl Keating (and everyone else at CA) is opposed to Feeneyism. In public discussion and/or debate with other Catholics, Karl Keating has been/is known to be sharply critical of Catholics who espouse something like Feeneyism, even if they personally reject the label as an unfair pejorative. And that’s what you would expect anyone to do- being called a Feeneyite is a bit like being called a Birther. It is an extreme fringe belief known to be held by kooky people. Feeneyite and Kook are so closely associated at this point that Feeneyism can’t be taken seriously if it’s called by that name.
Again, this is Catholic Answers. There are no Feeneyites here. Well, there are no Feeneyites working here. Anymore. That we know of. There may be some forum members that are Feeneyites, but come on, I’m an Evangelical Protestant and no one thinks that’s representative of what CA stands for.
CA does not stand for an extreme fringe kooky position on this matter. CA in general is quite against it, and Karl Keating in particular is very much against it. The only reason I know what a Feeneyite is, is that I saw Keating use the word, describe the term, and slam the belief. Repeatedly.
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