where does a 10-year old kid learn that Catholics go to Hell?

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A kid at my church told me that her friend said Catholics go to Hell. Wow!

I could see this is why many people when they grow older, they come to realize what they heard was just wrong.
 
water said:
A kid at my church told me that her friend said Catholics go to Hell. Wow!

I could see this is why many people when they grow older, they come to realize what they heard was just wrong.
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You can’t blame the kid’s friend. Its the parent’s upbringing and irresponsible, bigoted views that are injected into her, day after day. They believe its beneficial to her upbringing. Usually such parents had psychological problems themselves, growing up as kids.
 
There will only be Catholics in hell. There will only be Catholics in heaven. Once we die, we will know all the truth. ONce we all know the Truth, we will all be Catholic.

The kid is right for the wrong reasons
 
ralphinal said:
There will only be Catholics in hell. There will only be Catholics in heaven. Once we die, we will know all the truth. ONce we all know the Truth, we will all be Catholic.

The kid is right for the wrong reasons
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🙂 However, those go to Hell, they surely deny the Truth and God gives them a free will to be what they want to be - …anything but Catholic.
 
water said:
🙂 However, those go to Hell, they surely deny the Truth and God gives them a free will to be what they want to be - …anything but Catholic.
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Oh, no, for like the angels, they cannot deny. In fact, that in itself might be hell to some of them.
 
ralphinal said:
There will only be Catholics in hell. There will only be Catholics in heaven. Once we die, we will know all the truth. Once we all know the Truth, we will all be Catholic.

The kid is right for the wrong reasons
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh!

Very good! 🙂

I can just see that response given as a kindly lesson by a grown-up to this little kid. Wow. THAT would be powerful!
 
ralphinal said:
Oh, no, for like the angels, they cannot deny. In fact, that in itself might be hell to some of them.
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ah, that makes sense. I am still puzzled if we consider all of those souls Catholic though such as those of non-Catholic etc …
 
water said:
ah, that makes sense. I am still puzzled if we consider all of those souls Catholic though such as those of non-Catholic etc …
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Not really. They will just be souls. It just ties in to the Fullness of Truth.
 
This reminds me of a story from my mother’s youth, when she was about 8.

She was raised Congregational. One day at Church,
she and her friend Jane were treated to a fiery sermon about cleansing our souls and serving God. They didn’t understand it very well.

The upshot was that they went out and found a Catholic child and *washed *her!

“…and now I *are *one!”

Ruthie
 
She learned it from her parents.
You can’t blame the kid’s friend. Its the parent’s upbringing and irresponsible, bigoted views that are injected into her, day after day. They believe its beneficial to her upbringing. Usually such parents had psychological problems themselves, growing up as kids.
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So because her parents have enough faith in what they believe in, and feel the duty to teach it to their children, they must have mental disorders?

Disagree with what they are teaching her, but to insinuate that just because someone is teaching their child that somoene is going to hell they must be mentally ill is absurd, in my opinion. Do not we teach our children that to be non-Catholic is to risk hell?

Bravo that the parents care enough to teach their child about Christianity, even if it’s not correct Christianity. Give me a fundie Christian who thinks I’m going to hell as a Catholic, over an apathetic, I-don’t-care-enough-to-think-about-it-one-way-or-the-other agnostic any day!
 
ralphinal said:
Once we die, we will know all the truth. ONce we all know the Truth, we will all be Catholic.
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Circular reasoning. Using what is to be proved…as part of the ‘proof.’

Mere assertion.

Faith is faith - because faith-beliefs are not available to empirics. :coffeeread:

'T’were they available, faith would no longer be ‘faith.’

It could be said: “As soon as we find a unicorn, everyone will
know that there are unicorns.” http://bestsmileys.com/nono/9.gif

Best,

reens
 
reen12 said:
Circular reasoning. Using what is to be proved…as part of the ‘proof.’

Mere assertion.

Faith is faith - because faith-beliefs are not available to empirics. :coffeeread:

'T’were they available, faith would no longer be ‘faith.’

It could be said: “As soon as we find a unicorn, everyone will
know that there are unicorns.”

Best,

reens
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Once we die, all Truth will be known, right?
 
water said:
A kid at my church told me that her friend said Catholics go to Hell. Wow!

I could see this is why many people when they grow older, they come to realize what they heard was just wrong.
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Take a few minutes to realize something: some Catholics say that those outside the Church will go to Hell. This isn’t the truth, but imagine non-Catholics’ reaction to the statement. I’m sure it’d be just like yours: “A kid told me that her friend said non-Catholics go to Hell. Wow!” Finally, do realize that the world hates the Church and believes that they deserve to go to Hell.
 
Paul takes us on a further flight of fancy:

“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” [Hebrews]

uh…right, Paul.

reen12
 
Paul could never seem to get it together.
One minute, he’s a passionate Pharisee,
the next minute, now he’s a passionate Christian.

One minute he’s talking about faith in Jesus -as constituting ‘salvation,’
“Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved…” [Acts 16]

and the next minute he’s saying:
“Work out your salvation in fear and trembling.” [Philippians 2]

Then we leap to James, to add to the confusion:
“…faith without works is useless…” [James 2]

So:
on Tuesdays and Saturdays, faith in Jesus = salvation?
on Mondays and Wednesdays = fear and trembling [aka ‘works’]?

The whole structure of this novel theology was built on a foundation of angelfood cake: ontological sin.

No one was awaiting a savior from sin.
A messiah [the anointed] is awaited - who will establish
God’s kingdom on earth - just as King David, strengthened by
God, led His people.

Jesus had it in his head that he was that messiah.
Paul fell all over himself, trying to provide a ‘reason’ for a savior.
“I know! I’ll say that we ‘inherit’ the sin of Adam.”

No one who knew Torah would have taken this flight of fancy seriously.
Hence, Paul headed off to the Gentiles, who wouldn’t have known Torah.

reen12
 
Nickkname said:
Take a few minutes to realize something: some Catholics say that those outside the Church will go to Hell. This isn’t the truth, but imagine non-Catholics’ reaction to the statement. I’m sure it’d be just like yours: “A kid told me that her friend said non-Catholics go to Hell. Wow!” Finally, do realize that the world hates the Church and believes that they deserve to go to Hell.
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I am not sure what you are trying to say here, but let me throw in my two cents for whatever they are worth. First, the Church teaches that there is no salvation outside of the Church. That is not something said by “some Catholics” it is a magisterial teaching. However, it must be understood what is meant by the Church. The Catholic Church considers all baptized Christians to be members of the Church. Some are incomplete members, but members nonetheless. Now other non-Catholic Christians may not like the assertion made by the Church. This does not take away from the truth of the statement that there is no salvation outside of the Church.

You last sentence I could not understand. Could you restate it or maybe clarify it?
 
water said:
A kid at my church told me that her friend said Catholics go to Hell. Wow!

I could see this is why many people when they grow older, they come to realize what they heard was just wrong.
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A Chick tract? That’s always a likely cause. 🤷
 
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