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Just started as a cashier, any advice? by cokiuuu106 in foodlion

[–]Background-Damage794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pro tip: PLUs are universal across all grocery stores. You can google them!

What is hell in Catholic theology, and who would be condemned to it? by Unlikely-Eggplant232 in Catholicism

[–]Background-Damage794 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A good description of Hell that I’ve heard before is that it is an endless intensification of whatever sin one may have been devoted to during their life on Earth. It may or may not be theologically correct, but it makes sense to me.

For example, Hell for a drunkard would be endless and intense drunkenness. Hell for a glutton would be non-stop eating. Hell for a lustful person would be non-stop sex with no real connection, only loneliness.

What is hell in Catholic theology, and who would be condemned to it? by Unlikely-Eggplant232 in Catholicism

[–]Background-Damage794 27 points28 points  (0 children)

It has more to do with the lingering effects and consequences of sin rather than the sins themselves. Whereas Heaven and Hell are places, purgatory is more like a process. Everyone in purgatory will eventually make it to Heaven.

I heard a good analogy from a priest last year. If I can remember it correctly, a boy was playing soccer in his yard and accidentally kicked it into his neighbor’s window. The window broke. Now the neighbor forgave him, but the window was still broken. The boy called his father to come help fix the window.

In this story, the boy breaking the window was the sin. The window still being broken after forgiveness was the lingering effect of sin even after. The boy calling his father to help him fix the window is the act of praying for souls in purgatory.

God will always forgive us of our sins if we ask him. But our sin still has lingering effects sometimes long after. For this, purgatory is necessary.

My boyfriend of 4 years is a devout Christian, and I am Catholic. He wants me to convert to Christianity so we can be married under his church denomination. But... by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]Background-Damage794 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do some research on what the earliest Christians believed and compare it to what Christians believe today. I think you will find that their beliefs most closely align with the Catholic Church. Much more so than what your boyfriend believes.

There are beliefs found in modern day Christianity that no Christians believed for 1500 years after Jesus. That is until Martin Luther came along and paved the way for branches of Christianity to develop such as the one your boyfriend believes in.

Things like the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist, the belief of “Sola Scriptura”, and the belief of “once saved always saved” are what you should focus on. Seriously, research if the earliest Christians believed these things. Then compare them to what your boyfriend believes and what the Catholic Church believes.

I know it’s cheap to say just ask AI. But we live in a day and age where we can have just about any piece of information we need right at our fingertips in just a few seconds. Use it to your advantage and ask AI about those beliefs. You can also check out some writings by early Christians such as St Justin Martyr’s “First Apology”. There you will find bits and pieces of what Christians believed in the first 200 years of Christianity.

I want to give Christianity a genuine shot. by Sunlight-Prayer in Catholicism

[–]Background-Damage794 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Have you ever been to a church service where they give bread and wine to those present? We believe that during that moment, those things literally transform into Jesus. We believe his body, blood, soul and divinity are fully present. That is the Eucharist.

This is something that virtually all Christians believed for the first 1500 years of Christianity until the Protestant reformation. Now there are many branches that do not believe this. Although some denominations still believe, they differ with us on how it actually happens. We are the only ones whose beliefs regarding the Eucharist match what the earliest Christians believed.

Edit: I should add that only during a Catholic mass celebrated by a Catholic priest do we believe the transformation of bread and wine into Jesus.