No more Limbo

[br0k3n 0]

It would seem that the Vatican is now pondering whether stillborn babies belong in Heaven, or not. Apparently they have not belonged there so far. Also, it appears that anyone born before Jesus is automatically excluded from Heaven!

[sic]It seems that Limbo’s lack of doctrinal authority has long failed to impress the now-Pope, who was recorded as saying before his election, “Personally, I would let it [the notion of Limbo] drop, since it has always been only a theological hypothesis.” Oh, I see – maybe.

Okay. Tell me if I’ve got this straight. So the virgin birth of Christ, transubstantiation, Heaven & Hell, the loaves-and-fishes party, walking on water – not to mention the parting of the Red Sea and that pillar-of-salt business, Jonah living three days in a whale’s belly, the water-to-wine trick, and those ever-burning bushes – they’re not just “theological hypotheses”? They’re all established facts


But what’s happened to Limbo, that overly-cozy place where – up till now – the blindly faithful were supposed to believe that millions upon millions of souls of still-born and/or unbaptized babies were piled up “resting” because they’re awkwardly free of sin but not actually baptized, thus banned from Heaven? Those tiny shades are stacked next to the souls of unfortunate folks who were sent to Limbo because they “went” before Christ was born, so of course they couldn’t get to Paradise, either. You’re saying that Limbo is now a silly idea that’s being “dropped”? So were – or are – all those souls there, or are they now somewhere else, and if somewhere else, where?

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[freethefly 6]

Could it be possible that the Vatican was seized control of Limbo via imminent domain and may have plans to develope the property for a shopping mall and condos? Up scale living at the Holy Rolling Hills Estate

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[kallend 1,647]

I hope the complexities of this issue engage the Vatican's great minds for a century or so. That way they'll have less time to interfere in the lives of non-believers.

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[Andy9o8 0]

Bummer. I guess this won't happen anymore, then:

[SpeedRacer 1]

exactly right. The pope can't get his big funny hat under the stick, so he bans limbo altogether.

Speed Racer
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