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Pope Decides Unbaptized Babies Aren't Stuck in Limbo After All

Well now that's a relief!  Unbaptized babies and other undecided sordids once  stuck in limbo (aka: Purgatory, aka: Mall of America) on their way to Heaven/Hell can breathe (drool?) a collective sigh of relief.  A recent papal investigation determined (via research?) that unbaptized babies will no longer be stuck in limbo.  They can finally crawl on up to Heaven. 

Phew!

Slate's Michelle Tsai asks the question of the year: So now what happens to all those babies who've been stuck in limbo all this time? Are they given a gold-expressway-stroller to Heaven?  I mean, God's gonna get his ass kicked by a bunch of angry babies unless he grandfathers (Fathers?) them in.

And God may not be afraid of a pack of angry teethers, but sure as shit he should be.

 

 


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Comments

 

Brian (dad to 3) said:

Libo isn't the same thing as purgatory unless he changed that too.

April 24, 2007 1:55 PM
 

Lulu said:

This is stupid. (not the article)

April 24, 2007 2:01 PM
 

Sheri said:

Yep, let's all jump down on the Catholics.  

Fun fun fun!!!!!

Let's mess with people's religious beliefs!!!!

Yay us!!!!

Limbo and purgatory are not the same.  The Catholic church has been questioning this for years.  My priest doesn't believe that babies go to hell.  (yes, I asked)  This is an idea that came about in the early years of the church.  It is a man-made thing.  In mass, we sing about the "mystery of faith".  There are so many things we don't have answers for.  This is where the mystery is, and where faith takes over.  One day, I believe, we will have all the answers, until then, our religion can change its ideas from time to time (masses aren't done in latin as often as they were).  And church leaders are figuring out that a loving God wouldn't send babies to "limbo" or anywhere else but heaven.

My religion and relationship with God are a very sacred thing to me.  

I know people tend to make fun of things they don't understand, so if you don't understand something, talk to a learned person (a priest, a nun or another catholic), before you trash something that is very meaningful to me and millions of other catholics around the world--our faith.

Thanks.

April 24, 2007 10:04 PM
 

Sheri said:

Yep, let's all jump down on the Catholics.  

Fun fun fun!!!!!

Let's mess with people's religious beliefs!!!!

Yay us!!!!

Limbo and purgatory are not the same.  The Catholic church has been questioning this for years.  My priest doesn't believe that babies go to hell.  (yes, I asked)  This is an idea that came about in the early years of the church.  It is a man-made thing.  In mass, we sing about the "mystery of faith".  There are so many things we don't have answers for.  This is where the mystery is, and where faith takes over.  One day, I believe, we will have all the answers, until then, our religion can change its ideas from time to time (masses aren't done in latin as often as they were).  And church leaders are figuring out that a loving God wouldn't send babies to "limbo" or anywhere else but heaven.

My religion and relationship with God are a very sacred thing to me.  

I know people tend to make fun of things they don't understand, so if you don't understand something, talk to a learned person (a priest, a nun or another catholic), before you trash something that is very meaningful to me and millions of other catholics around the world--our faith.

Thanks.

April 24, 2007 10:04 PM
 

lively snively said:

wow now I can breathe a sigh of relief.  who really ever believed that anyway?  you have to have to intelligence to understand God and religon to be able to go to hell.  and my god is a loving god.

May 11, 2007 3:19 PM
 

lively snively said:

wow now I can breathe a sigh of relief.  who really ever believed that anyway?  you have to have intelligence to understand God and religon to be able to go to hell.  and my god is a loving god.

May 11, 2007 3:19 PM

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