All things in the Bible are open to interpretation. Less unambiguous documents than that have had wars fought over them...
Tom C wrote: >>> On 1/3/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Just one side point... neither purgatory or a burning hell are taught >>>> >> by the >> >>>> Bible. So yes a strange, in fact, false logic.<snip> >>>> >>> Indeed! >>> >>> The concept of purgatory is Roman Catholic dogma (perhaps other >>> Christian sects believe in it, I don't know). What has Catholicism >>> ever had to do with the Bible? >>> >>> cheers, >>> frank, recovering catholic >>> >>> >> Purgatory is inferred from one of the Deuterocanonical books (the 7 >> books of the Old Testament written in Greek that come from the >> Septaguint Canon of the old testament which was in common use until >> 300AD and is sill used by Catholic and Orthodox churches, but aren't in >> the Alexandrian Canon of the Old Testament used by most Protestant >> Churches). The basis is biblical, but something of a stretch. >> >> -Adam >> >> > > I guess we can call this the Purgatory Discuss Mailing List now. :-) > Inferrence is easy when looking at one statement or passage, but when that > inferrence is contradictory to other clear statements, it must be wrong. > > The concept of Purgatory clearly contradicts Ecclesiastes 9:5, "For the > living are conscious that they will die; but as for the dead, they are > conscious of nothing at all, neither do they anymore have wages, because the > remembrance of them has been forgotten." > > Tom C. > > > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net