The Tortures of Hell

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I think this should be passed around to everyone because it’s our duty to warn everyone about Hell.
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vjnycguy said:
I think this should be passed around to everyone because it’s our duty to warn everyone about Hell.
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It is our duty to spread the Good News (the Gospel first), according to the Bible. People need to be approached in love. The teaching about hell is important, and needs to be done, but that is not how one evangelizes or approaches potential converts.
 
CB_Catholic said:
It is our duty to spread the Good News (the Gospel first), according to the Bible. People need to be approached in love. The teaching about hell is important, and needs to be done, but that is not how one evangelizes or approaches potential converts.
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No, but it would be helpful to many Catholics now to remind them that Hell still exists and it’s not just a figment of our imagination.
 
I listened to this and sent it to my sisters. Speaking for myself it’s easy to become lax and think your doing pretty good. This will make me take a closer look at my conscious and see how my actions are offending God.
 
For many Catholics like myself who experienced a conversion after falling into the depths of our darkness, we don’t have to watch a video on hell to be reminded of it.

We have experienced it right here on earth.

I think what’s lacking in the Church is not teaching on hell. It’s teaching on how hellish our earthly lives can become without God.

But that’s hard to teach. Most of us who have been there need no teaching. Those who have not, can’t comprehend, and those who have not yet reached the depths of their own depravity are too busy enjoying its spoils to want to hear the message.

Salvation begins now, not after death, and very often it is life itself, not teaching about hell, that teaches us what hell is really like. People who have been through this wringer need to witness to others about what their very real experience of hell was like and the impact it had on their lives. Nothing causes people to stand up and take notice like hearing a first-hand experience.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt…
 
10gr8kids said:
I listened to this and sent it to my sisters. Speaking for myself it’s easy to become lax and think your doing pretty good. This will make me take a closer look at my conscious and see how my actions are offending God.
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It’s NEVER too late to start over. Good for you my good friend in Christ.
 
For a believer the only description of hell that is needed is that you will never experience God’s love there. That should be more than enough reason to remain ever vigilant, I would rather tortured in any number of horrific ways for eternity rather than not ever have His love.
 
Rhuarc said:
For a believer the only description of hell that is needed is that you will never experience God’s love there. That should be more than enough reason to remain ever vigilant, I would rather tortured in any number of horrific ways for eternity rather than not ever have His love.
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Indeed, and that’s how we create hell for ourselves on earth.

Except that rather than Him depriving us of His love, we deprive ourselves of His love.

Arguably we also make the choice to go to hell eternally.

But it sure as heck helps us to understand what hell is like if we cut ourselves off in the here and now. We see the results every day, addictions, broken families, etc. A foretaste of that should concentrate the mind and heart.
 
cranster said:
Looks like there are a bunch of great sermons. Thanks for posting the link. I’m especially going to listen to the ones on purity as that is a major problem today, not limited to, but especially for men.
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Audio Sanctu is a great site!
 
CB_Catholic said:
It is our duty to spread the Good News (the Gospel first), according to the Bible. People need to be approached in love. The teaching about hell is important, and needs to be done, but that is not how one evangelizes or approaches potential converts.
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The Catechism says, "The Gospel parable of the two ways remains ever present in the catechesis of the Church; it shows the importance of moral decisions for our salvation: “There are two ways, the one of life, the other of death; but between the two, there is a great difference.” (CCC 1696)
 
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