"Pope Francis has a warning for Italy's mobsters: They will go to hell if they don't repent and renounce their "blood-stained money and blood-stained power."
But the Pope himself is headed for the same destination. He does not live by the faith that was delivered to us, i.e. the unadulterated Gospel. If Pope Francis were to die at this moment, he would be destined for hell, for his condemnation is already upon him. (John 3:18)
Therefore this verse comes to mind,
"Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
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And you're going to hell for judging the Pope and violating Christs command that you "Judge not."
Explain yourself, why would he go to hell? Is it because he does not say what you want him to say? Condem the things you want to condem? Speaks out for people you don't think deserve any support? It seems to me, Francis is making too much sense for you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You don't agree with every last detail of my delusion, therefore you're going to hell.
Hell being a place, I might point out, you can't even show actually exists.
He does not live by the faith that was delivered to us, i.e. the unadulterated Gospel.
Nobody follows the "unadulterated Gospel". It's impossible. Much of scripture is vague, subject to multiple interpretations and in many cases, actually contradictory. Take the simple example of the question of justification by faith alone or faith and works. There's Romans 3:28, which some interpret as meaning that one is saved by faith alone. Then look at James 2:24, which explicitly requires faith and works. Does the Bible demand faith alone, or faith and works? Catholics say the latter. But many Protestants believe the former*. In any event, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church", an enormous document, lays out the entire of RCC beliefs in minute detail, cross-referenced either to scripture or interpretation of it by ancient authorities like Augustine and Jerome. That's their interpretation. Anglicans have another. So do Lutherans, Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses. If there was such a thing as "unadulterated Gospel", we wouldn't have 100 Christian sects all claiming their interpretation of it is the only one that's right.
* Luther got around the problem basically by calling James an "epistle of straw" and ignoring it.
If Pope Francis is going to hell, then EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN is going to hell, perhaps with the exception of Jesus himself. Pope Francis is the most Christ-like pope for centuries and centuries. The fundies are the problem here; they have read more what Paul supposedly said, than what Jesus supposedly said. They are Paulites, not Christians.
He does not live by the faith that was delivered to us, i.e. the unadulterated Gospel.
How could he? He is the head honcho of the very organization that “adulterated” the Gospel in the first place. They most likely still have the minutes of the council that decided what to keep and what to edit out.
The pope is complaing about blood stained money & power?! And 3 weeks after April Fools' Day!
I love that, the pope yammering to criminals about their ill-gotten fortunes. Surely he knows how his own institution came to its own power & wealth? That is truly hilarious.
"He does not live by the faith that was delivered to us, i.e. the unadulterated Gospel."
Protip, fundie girl: neither do you.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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