Quotes

"Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning."


C.S. Lewis

"The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly."


Charles Reznikoff

"Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere."


G.K. Chesterton

"Humility enforces where neither virtue nor strength can prevail, nor reason."


Francis Quarles

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."


C.S. Lewis
Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback
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Thursday, 19 March 2009

A news article, while containing much mockery, talks on Catholics, some of whom are bringing back indulgences to reduce time in 'purgatory'. What is purgatory - does it exist - and do indulgences fit with Biblical Christianity? What are the deeper issues? Debate this on the forum

Why Catholic Indulgences Are Making a Comeback

By Bonnie Rochman, Time.com, 22 Feb, 2009

It sounds too good to be true. Now, for a limited time — the year of St. Paul, to be specific, which ends in June — say a prayer, pop by a designated church and qualify for an indulgence that deducts time from your scorching sojourn in the cleansing fires of purgatory.

Read the full article on Time.com

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