Welcome to the GEHENNA Page
Is your soul stained by the poison
of unrepented mortal sin?
Have you rejected the love of God and of neighbor?
Do you manipulate and use others without concern
for their dignity?
Are you regularly absent from Sunday Worship and
from giving God his due?
Have you jettisoned prayer and blasphemed against the Holy Spirit?
As far as you are concerned, are the commandments now only the ten suggestions?
Has Jesus become an empty caricature for you, altered so as not to challenge?
Do you seek vengeance and curse those different than you?
If the answers are YES, this page is only a
taste of what awaits you in the life to come.
The
word Gehenna is a Greek word used in the New Testament and often rendered
as Hell. It signifies an abode of punishment beyond the grave. It is the
place of CHOICE for those who fail to love God and neighbor. The greatest
tragedy of Hell is the deprivation of seeing God for whom we were created.
Like puzzles incomplete, the lost souls have opted to reject the one who
could make them whole and fulfilled. Perhaps as a distraction against their
serious loss of God, they also suffer a pain of the senses-- the agony
of hell-fire. The depths to which each soul is afflicted is determined
by the degree of one's depravity. Who has been lost? We do not know. We
can but pray that the devil is lonely. When the trumpet of the Last Judgment
sounds, the bodies of the damned will be restored to their souls and they
will endure eternal punishment. There is still time to repent and to
change your lives!
The Heck You Say?
Matthew 25:41-46
"Then he will say to those on
his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared
for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food,
I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, a stranger and you gave me no welcome,
naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care
for me.' Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry
or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister
to your needs?' He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did
not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.' And these will
go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
2 Peter 2:4-10
For if God did not spare the angels
when they sinned, but condemned them to the chains of Tartarus and handed
them over to be kept for judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient
world, even though he preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, together
with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the godless world; and
if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gommorah [to destruction], reducing
them to ashes, making them an example for the godless [people] of what
is coming; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man oppressed by the licentious
conduct of unprincipled people (for day after day that righteous man living
among them was tormented in his righteous soul at the lawless deeds that
he saw and heard), then the Lord knows how to rescue the devout from trial
and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, and
especially those who follow the flesh with its depraved desire and show
contempt for lordship.
Matthew 5:29-30
"If your right eye causes you
to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one
of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna. And if
your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is
better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body
go into Gehenna."
Matthew 10:28,32-33
"And do not be afraid of those
who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one
who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. . . . Everyone who acknowledges
me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever
denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father."
Proverbs 15:24
The path of life leads the prudent
man upward, that he may avoid the nether world below.
Isaiah 5:14-16
Therefore the netherworld world enlarges
its throat and opens its maw without limit; Down go their nobility and
their masses, their throngs and their revelry. Men shall be abased, each
one brought low, and the eyes of the haughty lowered, But the Lord of hosts
shall be exalted by his judgment, and God the Holy shall be shown holy
by his justice.
Isaiah 28:15,17-18
Because you say, "We have made
a covenant with death, and with the nether world we have made a pact; When
the overwhelming scourge passes, it will not reach us; For we have made
lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have found a hiding place,"--
. . . I will make of right a measuring line, of justice a level.-- Hail
shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters shall flood the hiding
place. Your covenant with death shall be canceled and your pact with the
nether world shall not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes, you
shall be trampled down by it.
Luke 12:45-48
"But if that servant says to himself,
'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and
the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, then that servant's master
will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish him
severely and assign him a place with the unfaithful. That servant who knew
his master's will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with
his will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten
only lightly. Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.
Luke 16:19-26
"There was a rich man who dressed
in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying
at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would
gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's
table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also
died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And
he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment
in these flames.' Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received
what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what
was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. Moreover,
between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from
crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side
to ours.'"
2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
For it is surely just on God's part
to repay with afflictions those who are afflicting you, and to grant rest
along with us to you who are undergoing afflictions, at the revelation
of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels, in blazing fire,
afflicting punishment on those who do not acknowledge God and on those
who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty
of eternal ruin, separated from the presence of the Lord and from the glory
of his power.
Matthew 13:41-42,49-50
"The Son of Man will send his
angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to
sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where
there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. . . . Thus it will be at the
end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the
righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing
and grinding of teeth."
Revelation 20:10, 12-15
The Devil who had led them astray was
thrown into the pool of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false
prophet were. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
. . . Then another scroll was opened, the book of life. The dead were judged
according to their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. The sea gave
up its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead. All the dead were
judged according to their deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into
the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second death.) Anyone whose
name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the pool
of fire.
Revelation 14:9-11
A third angel followed them and said
in a loud voice, "Anyone who worships the beast or its image, or accepts
its mark on forehead or hand, will also drink the wine of God's fury, poured
full strength into the cup of his wrath, and will be tormented in burning
sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb. The smoke of the fire
that torments them will rise forever and ever, and there will be no relief
day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the
mark of its name."
All Scripture texts taken from The New American
Bible, 1991 Edition.
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The following are links to messages written by
a senior devil Slubgob on a host of concerns. The reader should BEWARE
that the devils are basically LIARS, although this particular one occasionally
confuses matters by mixing into his arguments grains of truth.
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Responding to Anti-Catholicism on the Internet
Unless otherwise listed . . .
All Non-Gospel texts taken from The New American
Bible, 1991 Edition.
All Gospel texts taken from the Challoner-Rheims
Bible, Revised 1943 Edition.
Citations also from the Catechism of the Catholic
Church, Libreria Editrice Vaticana.
Note: The apologetic style used here is in response
to clearly anti-Catholic attacks. Not everyone who disagrees with Catholic
teaching is a "bigot". Indeed, the dialogue between many Christian
bodies and their membership is quite respectful and congenial. We do not
seek to prosletyze each other, but rather to witness the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to one another and to allow the grace of God to handle the rest.
Having said this, we pray for unity; but it will never come at the cost
of truth.
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DIRECTORY PENDING
ALL WE NEED
ARE A FEW GOOD LINKS
The Catholic Hierarchy
Right to Life & Natural Family
Planning
Dating & Marriage
Defense of Church & Family
Defense of the Catholic Faith
Youth Organizations
Catholic Periodicals & Newspapers
Mega Catholic Sites with Great
Links
Organizations & Resources
Connected to the Virgin Mary
Information About the Other Saints
Good & Informative Catholics
Links
Three Places Dear to My Heart
DEAD
LINKS
from HECK
You can CLICK these sites all you want, nothing
will happen. They are DEAD LINKS. Oh, the places exist, and their internet
addresses are spelled out, but I do not recommend you visit them. They
are listed as a WARNING! These sites are a danger to true faith. They are
ANTI-CATHOLIC and teach FALSE DOCTRINE. They are LIBERAL and seek to establish
a NEW COUNTERFEIT CHURCH. Like the empty promises of Hell, they are lies
and distortions. The worse deceits are those rendered under the guise of
Christianity. Let us pray for an end to such bigotry and ignorance.
LIBERAL REVISIONISTS:
I would be hard-pressed to say anything
good about these guys and gals.
Catholic Women's Ordination http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/justitia/
Catholic Radical Page http://www.bway.net/~halsall/radcath.html
Call to Action (Chicago) http://www.ecnet.net/users/gbattag/ctac.htm
Call to Action (Northern California) http://www.microweb.com/burnside/cta/
Dignity of Baltimore http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/4058/
Neither Blessed Nor A Virgin http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/5959/virgin.htm
Catholic Women's Ordination http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/justitia/
Feminists Majority Foundation http://www.feminist.org/home.html
Catholics for a Free Choice http://www.igc.org/beijing/ngo/cffc.html
California Catholics for a Free Choice http://www.stasek.com/ccffc/index.html
National Organization of Women http://www.now.org/
National Abortion Rights Action League http://www.naral.org/
Catholics of Vision (Canada) http://www.odyssee.net/~prince/cccc/covc.html
Catholic Radical Page http://www.bway.net/~halsall/radcath.html
Neither Here Nor There
Mixing Orthodox Catholic Sources
(Very Good Ones) with That of Dissenters
Theological Library http://www.mcgill.pvt.k12.al.us/jerryd/cathmob.htm
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ANTI-CATHOLIC FUNDAMENTALISM:
Ignorance is so common, this is
only a sampling of those against the Church.
The Pope is A Dope http://people.delphi.com/hammond_in/rome/vatican/popedope.html
Does Hell Really Exist?
http://www.primenet.com/~etdt/hell.html
Virtual Hell http://sxws.com/VHELL/
Good News for Catholics http://www.gnfc.org
Chick Publications http://www.chick.com
Roman Catholic Faith Examined http://www.bible.ca/cath-church-over-bible.htm
Stand to Reason http://str.org/
Controversial Topics http://www.wwco.com/religion/
Evangelical Outreach http://www.hhs.net/evangout/
Bible, Salvation, Grace and Doctrine http://www.hhs.net/evangout/cat2.htm
Bible's Believers Resource Page
http://webs.tcsn.net/kcondron/#Catholicism
To Catholics http://www.journeypubs.com/2thecatholic/index.html
R. C. Exposed http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6104/catholicismexposed.html
Berean Beacon Ministries
http://www.integrityonline.com/cl/berean/
Jesus is Lord http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/
Former Catholics for Christ
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2594/index.html
The Other Side of Rome http://pages.prodigy.net/hebrews412/rome.htm
Mission to Catholics
http://mtc.org/~bart/
bbBob's Homepage http://www.jbic.com/~wiser/
End Times Apostasy
http://wayoflife.org/~dcloud/fbns/rccfbns.htm
Matthew 10:32 Ministries
http://www.mat1032.com/praise-him/
Hum, the link addresses are a little hard to
read, too bad-- NOT!
(Actually, I would ask all to pray for an end
to bigotry and for true unity in God's love.)
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A Purgatory Listing, Maybe?
BREAKAWAY CATHOLICS?:
Actually, these fellas have a lot
of good material, but real problems remain.
Old Catholics
http://www.en.com/camillus/ocintro.html
They deny papal jurisdiction and infallibility.
Consequently, they have also renounced Western discipline, including obligatory
priestly celibacy. Their liturgies allow for a mixing of the old Roman
Canon with revised elements.
In Hoc Signo Vinces http://www.bardstown.com/~ihsv
They emphasize the doctrine of "no
salvation outside the Church" to the extent of utterly repudiating
ecumenism and the teachings regarding baptism by desire. They acknowledge
the current Pope, but seriously question some of his pronouncements and
overtures toward Protestants and non-Christians. The authority of Vatican
II is largely rejected, as is the revised liturgy.
St. Benedict Page http://www.catholicism.org/homepage.htm
With the addition of pot shots against
Karl Keating and Father Most, see previous comments.
Society of St. Pius X (UK)
http://www.sspx.org.uk
They emphasize the older forms while
largely repudiating and condemning the new ones, particularly regarding
the Mass. Despite their arguments from canonical necessity, the Holy See
warned that the unlawful ordination of bishops would constitute a formal
schism and excommunication. Predominately doctrinally orthodox, they are
in the precarious position of honoring the present Pope while ignoring
his immediate authority over them.
Society of St. Pius X (USA)
http://www.sspx.org
See previous comments.
True Catholic http://www.truecatholic.org
While espousing the older liturgical
forms, this group rejects Vatican II as utterly heretical and declares
all the popes going back to John XXIII to be bogus.
Fortes in Fide http://www.fred.net/jmcnally
Ridiculing Pope Paul VI and John Paul
II, they are similar to the previous site.
The Remnant http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/remnant
The Remnant site is actually little
more than an advertisement for its publication. I suspect that it is quite
orthodox and the concerns addressed, legitimate. However, it admits to
"public" disagreement with the Holy Father over issues such as
ecumenism, interacting with the United Nations, and his generous support
of the Second Vatican Council.
Mount Saint Michael http://www.stmichaels.org/
At least from the time of Pope Paul
VI, this group also argues that the See of Peter is vacant, that Vatican
II was heretical, and that the validity of the sacraments as celebrated
today are seriously in doubt, including the Mass and ordination.
Society of St. Pius V http://www.sspv.org/sspv.htm
In competition with the aforementioned
group, they are in essential agreement and consider Vatican II the work
of "the enemy".
| I have added a few notations to this
final sampling of sites for purposes of clarification. A number of Traditionalists,
completely loyal to the Church, thought that I was castigating the entire
movement. This is not the case. My concern is that there should be no endorsement
of groups which have no official standing with the Holy See. I am a supporter
of the Society of St. Peter and the indult that allows the beautiful and
rich liturgy of our inheritance to be celebrated. What I oppose are those
organizations which make public their dissent with the Holy Father, either
by disavowing him altogether or by disregarding his full authority over
them as the "Rock" established by Christ. As a priest in good
standing in my archdiocese, I could hardly support those who deny this
jurisdiction and that of the teaching role of the Magisterium-- past and
present. As for those Traditionalists working toward their goals within
the Church, there can be NO HERESY in simply retaining the classical and
tried-and-true formulations of Church doctrine and the older forms of divine
worship. Having said this, the mere fact that these organizations mentioned
here largely follow the ancient truths of faith implies that they are very
close to the heart of Catholicism. Let us all pray for a full reintergration
of all such sad divisions into the unity of a Catholic faith which speaks
to the times and yet also brings to us the voice of eternity. |
Our Abortion President
The very day that he took office, President Clinton,
kept his promise to remove federal bans against fetal research. Dedicated
to their cause, he has filled many posts in his administration with Planned
Parenthood personnel. Indeed, the pro-abortion industry considers him,
his wife Hillary, and the Gores as the best friends they have ever had.
Research grants were offered to the NIH for experimentation on human embryos;
he encouraged the World Health Organization in its American testing of
the French abortion drug RU-486; he removed Reagan's long-standing federal
restrictions on taxpayer-funded abortions; the White House sought to suppress
legitimate protest in front of abortion clinics; he sent an official United
States delegation, largely made up of NARAL and Planned Parenthood members,
to the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development; he
has made access to America's foreign aid programs dependent upon the implementaion
of widespread usage of artificial contraception, sterilization, and abortion;
he has praised China's initiatives at population control even though they
include forced sterilizations and abortions; he has urged the United Nations
to make abortion an integral component of their population control agenda
in developing countries; and the list goes on and on.
At least the President's public and private
life on this matter is consistent. The woman with whom he purportedly had
an intimate relationship back in Arkansas, made no secret of the fact that
he paid for the abortion of their unborn child. Does he ever remember his
lost son or daughter in prayer? Is there no sorrow or regret?
Despite all this, the President has told us
that he HATES abortion. If this is the case, given the harvest of death
under his leadership, then may heaven spare us from what his LOVE might
bring. What is the old saying? Oh yes, "Actions speak louder than
words."
Let us PRAY for our President and for all government
leaders. May they know a true conversion in Christ and renounce the message
of death for the Gospel of Life. Let us pray for all mothers and fathers,
that they will protect the child in the womb as a priceless treasure and
a reflection of the Christchild. Let us pray for the child, that God will
shower his care and love upon those rejected by their parents and our society.
Let us pray for ourselves, that our response to abortion will be one of
love, prayer, and peaceful protest. God bless America! Amen.
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Last Updated on August 3, 1998 by Fr.
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