The most startling thing heard this morning, on a TV news program, is that Pope Francis has stated that there is no hell and the report added that we just disappear. On looking closer on what was said, it turns out to be a misunderstanding of his actual words.
[Quote] According to Scalfari’s article on Thursday, he asked the Pope where “bad souls” go and where they are punished. The journalist is an avowed atheist.
“Souls are not punished,” the Pope was quoted as saying in the Repubblica piece. “Those who repent obtain God’s forgiveness and go among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot be forgiven disappear. There is no hell – there is the disappearance of sinful souls.”
The Vatican said it had not been an interview, but a private meeting on the occasion of Easter, and Scalfari’s article “is the fruit of his reconstruction”.[Unquote]
Vatican: Pope did not say there is no hell
The following is a comment that I wrote 18 months ago, and most possibly is a response to a post on Facebook, but it happened to remain on my desk top which is fortunate because it fits well with the above content. The most important is the content of the message message from The True Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus Conveyed through the mediumship of James Padgett over 100 years ago now. It is the inner understanding which is important and which will be of benefit to people of all faiths.
From 6th September 2016:
It is a good question, but to arrive at an answer for each category is not cut and dried or determined by our own perception of morality because that depends on our own understanding of what the conditions, motives and behaviours are that defiles the soul for each individual. There could be many variables in each category, for instance there can be those soldiers who were put on the front line through conscription and forced to fight for their own preservation but there could be others who willingly joined the SS and willingly behaved with a cruel heart against humanity. Also to conclude that the opposing side must be evil is another area for discussion because it is the leaders who foment wars and send men off to fight them and in some respect those who are wreaking havoc in the Middle East at this time, justified by the so called war on terror are just as guilty as Hitler ever was in his day (If you understand the true ins and outs of what is really going on).
Also there are equally people who think themselves of being good who will also find themselves suffering in Hell and as has been said there are so many sub levels of hell to correspond to the immense variety of sinful behaviours as contrasted with the realms of heaven that represent the growth paths towards the Celestial Heavens.
Even the preacher can find himself in a very unexpected place for teaching beliefs that are incorrect.
p. 184 Hell–What it is and What the Purpose Is. Continued from preceding message
I liked the way you related morality with contemporary events.
It became very apparent while interacting with people while pursuing a religious life many years ago that people are essentially the same, in all the permutations, as at the time of Jesus which are described in the scriptures. It is as if humanity has been frozen in time, although we have progressed in terms of laws and civil liberties which to some extent create a better society, but within that structure there exists the possibility of misuse due to basic selfishness and quest for power at the expense of others.